Sarama sells WA assets to Riedel, confirms date for Burkina Faso arbitration hearing

Vancouver-headquartered Sarama Resources has entered into a binding share sale agreement with ASX-listed Riedel Resources to sell its Cosmo and Mt Venn gold projects, in Western Australia, in... 

Lithium Ionic advises of four resignations in the ‘best interest’ of the company

TSX-V-listed Lithium Ionic has announced its directors David Gower, Lawrence Guy and Hélio Diniz have resigned effective immediately. The company’s corporate secretary Damian Lopez also tendered... 

Agnico signs three deals to expand, consolidate Finland gold prospects

NYSE- and TSX-listed Agnico Eagle Mines has announced plans to consolidate its properties in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt, in Finland, pursuant to which Agnico has entered into definitive... 

Fortuna Mining inks 70% earn-in agreement for Guyana gold prospect

As Canadian precious metals miner Fortuna Mining advances its Diamba Sud gold project in Senegal, the company has also entered into an earn-in agreement with a private Guyanese company, Qstone,... 

Australian company demos tech that solves prominent semiconductor issue

ASX-listed Adisyn has successfully demonstrated full coverage graphene on a 1 cm by 1 cm coupon using an industrial Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) system, with the deposition process having been... 

Mangrove launches North America’s first commercial lithium refining facility

Private, venture-backed Canadian company Mangrove Lithium has opened North America’s first commercial lithium refining facility, in British Columbia. This marks a major milestone in establishing a... 

E3 Lithium awaits licence to start Phase 2 of battery-grade lithium pilot plant

Canadian leading lithium developer E3 Lithium has completed well development and pump installation at its demonstration facility, near Olds, in Alberta, with Phase 2 now ready to start operating.... 

St Barbara to reach 200 000 oz output within five years

ASX-listed gold producer St Barbara has revised upward its gold production outlook to 200 000 oz/y, owing to strong attributable output expected from the New Simberi gold project, in Papua New... 

B2Gold expects 10koz lower Q2 production after fire damage

TSX- and NYSE-listed B2Gold has developed a preliminary revised mill processing plan for the Goose mine, in Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada, following a fire incident on April 16. While the... 

Australian gas explorer announces drill campaign on three initial Austrian targets

ASX-listed ADX Energy has started drilling at its 50%-owned Hochfeld-1 shallow gas exploration well in Austria, marking the start of what could be a transformational chapter for the company.... 

DFS confirms Sovereign, Rio Tinto’s Kasiya project can be world’s largest rutile, graphite producer

ASX- and Aim-listed Sovereign Metals has stated a modest 9% increase in the capital expenditure required for Stage 1 development of the Kasiya rutile project, in Malawi, combined with a 6% increase... 

British investment service increases stake in Greenheart to 19.9%

England-based La Mancha Resource Capital, which manages the La Mancha Resource Fund, has announced it will increase its shareholding in TSX-V-listed Greenheart Gold from about 4.6% to 19.9%. The... 

Century Aluminum expanded smelter adds 10% to primary US production

Nasdaq-listed Century Aluminium Company has produced the first hot metal from its expanded Mt Holly plant, in Berkeley County, South Carolina. The plant underwent a major expansion, which... 

Defense Metals included in world’s first dedicated ex-China rare earths ETF

TSX-V-listed Defense Metals Corporation has been included in the newly launched Sprott Rare Earth Ex-China Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), which is the only ETF providing focused exposure to rare earth... 

Paladin increases uranium full-year guidance but defers some capex

ASX-listed Paladin Energy has revised upward its full-year guidance for triuranium octoxide (U3O8) produced from the Langer Heinrich Mine, in Namibia, following a period of ramp-up and transition... 

Strong governance amplifies good tailings engineering

Mining investment dynamics in a growing Africa and the Middle East mining industry are driving a more structured and risk-sensitive approach to tailings storage facility (TSF) management, says... 

Orion greenlights merger with its Sweetwater Royalties business, Uranium Royalty Corp

Global investment firm Orion Resource Partners has agreed to a merger between its private portfolio company Sweetwater Royalties and Uranium Royalty Corporation (URC) to bring together two royalty... 

Fredonia launches large-scale drilling for expanded gold resource in Argentina

TSX-V-listed Fredonia Mining has started with a 10 000 m drill programme at its flagship El Dorado-Monserrat (EDM) gold project in Argentina. The company aims to expand and upgrade the existing... 

Northern Dynasty, supporters file latest court briefing over Pebble veto dispute

TSX- and NYSE-listed Northern Dynasty Minerals and its US-based subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership have filed a brief in the Alaska Federal Court responding to the Department of Justice (DoJ)... 

Millennial nears full ownership of Gabon potash project, DFS targeted for year-end

TSX-V-listed Millennial Potash Corporation has completed a milestone payment to to the vendors of the Banio potash project, in Gabon, which earned Millennial an additional 10% interest in... 

VanadiumCorp closes first tranche of $700 000 private placement

TSX-V-listed VanadiumCorp Resource has received stock exchange approval for a private placement to raise $700 000 from 5.8-million units issued at a price of $0.12 apiece. The company has already... 

Silver poised for investment demand as another market deficit year looms

US-based industry body The Silver Institute expects total demand to decrease modestly by 2% year-on-year this year to 1.11-billion ounces, given sustained high prices that impact jewellery and... 

USA Rare Earths subsidiary achieves first pour of pure yttrium

Nasdaq-listed USA Rare Earth’s UK-based subsidiary Less Common Metals has successfully poured its first commercial batch of 99% pure yttrium metal, placing it among a small group of non-Chinese... 

American Eagle charts new way for 13-year dormant Morrison project through takeover

Toronto-headquartered American Eagle Gold Corporation has made an offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of TSX-V-listed Pacific Booker Minerals and thereby the dormant... 

Ucore confirms Bokan resource now skewed towards more valuable heavy rare earths

TSX-V-listed Ucore Rare Metals has announced an additional 801 600 t of newly estimated measured mineralisation grading 0.60% total rare earth oxides (TREO) for the Bokan Dotson-Ridge rare earths... 

Primary vanadium producer Largo reports higher Q1 output, plans to supply base metals, PGMs

TSX- and Nasdaq-listed vanadium and ilmenite producer Largo has achieved a 101% year-on-year increase in vanadium pentoxide ( V2O5) production to 2 616 t in the first quarter of the year. This... 

Anglo Asian achieves meaningful copper output increase

Aim-listed Anglo Asian Mining has achieved a notable increase in copper production of 3 711 t in the quarter ended March 31, compared with 534 t having been produced in the same quarter of last... 

Antofagasta affirms copper production will tick up in remainder of the year

Chilean multinational conglomerate Antofagasta has reported a strong quarter of cash cost performance, with net cash costs having been 108c/lb at group-level in the first quarter of the year.... 

Silica developer Diatreme streamlines Cape Flattery project holding JV

ASX-listed silica sands developer Diatreme Resources’ subsidiary Metallica Minerals has entered into a binding share sale agreement with joint venture (JV) company Cape Silica Holdings to sell the... 

Canadian Copper secures C$96m of financing for Bathurst Complex development

Copper, zinc and silver miner Canadian Copper has secured up to C$96-million in committed project financing from OR Royalties, which is a global top-five precious metal streaming company, and Ocean... 

Tudor Gold confirms scope of 2026 exploration works

TSX-V-listed precious and base metals explorer Tudor Gold has confirmed that planning is well advanced for its 2026 Treaty Creek exploration programme, which will follow up on gold discoveries made... 

Serabi reaches debt-free status, anticipates record output in 2026

TSX- and Aim-listed Serabi Gold has managed to increase its gold production by 20% year-on-year to 12 042 oz in the first quarter of the year and to settle all of its debt. After repaying... 

Aura board approves higher capex for Era Dorada project

Having garnered full board approval for constructing the Era Dorada gold and copper project, in Guatemala, on April 14, Nasdaq-listed Aura Minerals is proceeding with the $382-million project, with... 

Federal investment continues to transform US coal communities

The US Department of Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) issued $134-million in funding in the 2026 financial year, through the Abandoned Mine Land Economic... 

Aclara confirms 18-year high-purity heavy rare earth production viability at Carina

TSX-listed Aclara Resources confirms in a feasibility study for its Carina project, in Brazil, the viability of an 18-year operation producing 4 378 t/y of rare earth oxides. This includes... 

Vale builds tailings reprocessing plant at defunct Gongo Soco mine

Brazil-headquartered iron-ore and nickel producer Vale is reinforcing the Minas Gerais region as a hub for iron-ore production from circular sources, having advanced a circular mining programme at... 

MinRex turns efforts to Serbia as it concludes Electrum acquisition

ASX-listed MinRex Resources has completed its merger with TSX-V-listed Electrum Discovery Corporation, with the enlarged group now focused on advancing drilling at the Tlamino gold project in... 

Selkirk increases private placement to raise $30m

After announcing a private placement to raise C$20-million, TSX-V-listed Selkirk Copper Mines has increased the size of the placement to raise gross proceeds of C$41-million, or $30-million, owing... 

Metals Exploration granted four concessions next to flagship project in Nicaragua

Aim-listed Metals Exploration has been granted four exploration concessions adjacent to its La India gold project, in Nicaragua. The new concessions cover a combined area of about 64 400 ha and... 

Neo successfully produces first heavy rare earths in Estonia

TSX-listed Neo Performance Materials has successfully commissioned a small-scale heavy rare earth element (HREE) solvent extraction production line at its Silmet facility, in Estonia. The solvent...