February 13, 2024

British Columbia rare earth project testing makes 50% TREO concentrates with 80% recovery

Defense Metals says metallurgical testing of samples from its Wicheeda project has shown a 50% total rate earth oxide concentrate can be made.

February 13, 2024

Electra given Canadian federal grant to support EV supply chain

Electra’s refinery recycles spent batteries, creating black mass from which critical minerals can be recovered.

February 13, 2024

Canada to accelerate critical mineral mining – energy minister

Canada plans to reduce the time to approve mining permits by better funding the regulatory agency to get rid of paperwork backlogs.

February 13, 2024

SSR Mining stock sinks on Turkish gold mine disaster

Nine workers are missing, according to Turkey’s energy ministry. Rescue efforts are under way.

February 12, 2024

McEwen Mining forecasts reduced output in 2024

The company has set of guidance of 130,000-145,000 GEOs for the year.

February 12, 2024

Scient launches Nova Scotia’s first cloud-based virtual drill core laboratory

The project facilitates remote access to hyperspectral drill core imagery in the eastern Canadian province, impacting mineral exploration in the region.

February 12, 2024

Dolly Varden discovers new, high-grade gold zone at Homestake Ridge

The new zone remains open to the northwest, projecting towards the Homestake Main deposit.

February 12, 2024

Alaska Energy boosts contained nickel at Nikolai project to 8 billion lb.

The new resource includes 813 million tonnes of indicated material grading 0.29% nickel equivalent.

February 9, 2024

Auxico Resources hails exploration results at Colombian RREE project

Results from a 2021 campaign show that Minastyc holds important concentrations of critical minerals, including niobium, gallium and germanium.

February 9, 2024

New Gold unveils three-year plan for 35% production growth

New Gold aims to produce 410,000 to 460,000 ounces in 2026 by boosting output at current mines and completing growth projects.