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$812m Contango, Dolly Varden deal creates new North American miner
$812m Contango, Dolly Varden deal creates new North American miner
Updated 1 hour 6 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

Gold miner Contango ORE and explorer Dolly Varden Silver on Monday announced an all-stock merger to create a new North American mid-tier precious-metals producer with operating cash flow,... 


Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller (rear seat) being chauffeured by Valterra Platinum marketing and market development executive Hilton Ingram in hydrogen car.
Valterra Platinum returns from Seoul Summit with important hydrogen economy insight
8th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly today interviewed Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller, who has just returned from the Hydrogen Council’s Global CEO Summit 2025 in South Korea with important insight... 


Gold surge sees shift to speculative asset from haven, BIS says
Gold surge sees shift to speculative asset from haven, BIS says
8th December 2025 By: Bloomberg

Retail investors drove the recent gold price surge, pushing bullion out of its traditional safe haven pattern to a more speculative asset, according to the Bank for International Settlements.... 


Anson inks lithium supply MoU with US's Nusano for nuclear use
8th December 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's Anson Resources said on Monday it signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Utah-based firm Nusano to supply lithium chloride for use in nuclear and advanced manufacturing... 


Asante Gold starts process for dual listing on the ASX
8th December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V- and Ghana Stock Exchange-listed Asante Gold has started work to secure a secondary listing on the ASX, targeting an early-2026 debut. The company said on Monday workstreams for the... 


Anglo American's corporate head office in South Africa
Anglo American withdraws remuneration-related resolution from Teck merger vote agenda
8th December 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Global miner Anglo American has decided to withdraw Resolution 2 from the agenda of the general meeting of shareholders to be held on December 9 to vote on the group’s merger with Canadian mining... 


Where coal once reigned, Virginia eyes data centers
8th December 2025 By: Reuters

The demise of the coal industry left the US Appalachian region in tatters, with lost jobs, spoiled water and countless miles of abandoned underground mines. Now entrepreneurs are eyeing the rural... 


EIA to ditch some existing reports and launch new surveys on minerals, data centers
8th December 2025 By: Reuters

The US Energy Information Administration will ditch some of its reports, launch new surveys on data centers and critical minerals next year, and tweak its flagship Annual Energy Outlook, the... 


Perpetua strengthens leadership bench
8th December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Project developer Perpetua Resources has announced senior leadership changes as it advances early works construction at its Stibnite gold/antimony project in Idaho, ahead of a final investment... 


Vizsla Copper completes Palmer VMS acquisition
Vizsla Copper completes Palmer VMS acquisition
8th December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

TSX-V-listed Vizsla Copper has completed the acquisition of Constantine Metal Resources (CMR), becoming the 100% owner of the Palmer volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project in Alaska, and has... 


Silver, copper eclipse gold as top metals bets on supply fears
Silver, copper eclipse gold as top metals bets on supply fears
8th December 2025 By: Bloomberg

Silver and copper have replaced gold as the hot metal trade heading into 2026, with institutional and retail traders positioning for record rallies. Silver has nearly doubled this year, with most... 


Mithril secures option to acquire property near Copalquin
5th December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and TSX-V-listed Mithril Silver and Gold has signed a purchase option to acquire the La Dura gold/silver property in Mexico’s Durango state, expanding its land position near the company’s... 


Rio Tinto limits lithium to in-flight projects only
Rio Tinto limits lithium to in-flight projects only
5th December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified mining giant Rio Tinto has reined in its lithium growth plans, confirming at its capital markets day in London that it will restrict investment to projects already under way, with any... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
New gold mine’s a milestone for industry, economy, communities – Minerals Council
5th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The new Qala Shallows gold mine is not only a milestone for West Wits Mining but also for South Africa's mining industry, the South African economy, and the communities that will share in the... 


XXIX Metal files PEA for Opemiska
5th December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Copper project developer XXIX Metal has filed a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) technical report for its Opemiska copper project in Chapais, Québec, confirming a long-life operation with... 


Copper producer Freeport would pursue M&A only if 'stars and moon' align, CEO says
Copper producer Freeport would pursue M&A only if 'stars and moon' align, CEO says
5th December 2025 By: Reuters

Copper producer Freeport-McMoRan would pursue an acquisition if "the stars and the moon" aligned, but is not counting on deals to grow and is focused on developing existing assets, its CEO said on... 


American Rare Earths is working to build a mine in Wyoming.
US minerals projects seek 'industrial vision' from Washington to compete with China
5th December 2025 By: Reuters

Washington must move even faster to bolster critical minerals projects and offset Beijing's grip on the world's supply of the building blocks for electronics, weapons and a range of other goods,... 


Barrick gold bar
Council reflects on drivers of gold’s ‘remarkable’ 2025, outlook for 2026
4th December 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

World Gold Council (WGC) says gold has experienced a remarkable year, achieving more than 50 all-time high prices and emerging as one of the strongest-performing assets in respect of returns. It... 


Gaspe mine rehabilitation project
Major players back Osisko's capital raise for Gaspé copper
4th December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-listed Osisko Metals has lined up a C$32.5-million private placement backed by major industry players, including Hudbay Minerals, Agnico Eagle Mines, Franco-Nevada and a strategic... 


Goldman says copper’s ‘breakout’ above $11 000 won’t last
Goldman says copper’s ‘breakout’ above $11 000 won’t last
4th December 2025 By: Bloomberg

Goldman Sachs Group injected some caution into the debate over copper’s prospects, saying its surge past $11 000 a ton will prove short-lived as there’s still more than enough metal to meet global... 


Rio Tinto’s Nuton technology yields first copper at Johnson Camp
Rio Tinto’s Nuton technology yields first copper at Johnson Camp
4th December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Rio Tinto has produced the first copper using its Nuton bioleaching technology at the Johnson Camp mine, in Arizona, marking a step in commercialising a process the company says could transform... 


Glencore CEO Gary Nagle.
Energy transition needs investment of a further $304-trillion, Glencore calculates
4th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The global energy transition needs investment of a further $304-trillion, Glencore CEO Gary Nagle pointed out during the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed diversified mining and marketing... 


The Kamoa-Kakula complex
Ivanhoe sets 2026, 2027 Kamoa-Kakula production guidance as dewatering progresses
3rd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

With dewatering of the Kakula mine progressing well and positive progress having been made on underground rehabilitation to date, Canadian mining company Ivanhoe Mines has set the copper production... 


Tracr CEO Wesley Tucker
CEO of De Beers Group's Tracr business to step down in Feb
3rd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diamond company De Beers Group has announced that Wesley Tucker will step down as CEO of its blockchain technology platform and diamond traceability business Tracr at the end of February 2026.... 


Headwater, Centerra sign $25m earn-in deal for Idaho gold project
Headwater, Centerra sign $25m earn-in deal for Idaho gold project
3rd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US minerals explorer Headwater Gold has struck a definitive earn-in agreement with Centerra Gold that could see the Canadian miner take a 70% interest in the Crane Creek gold project in Idaho... 


World Platinum Investment Council Regional Head Asia Pacific Weibin Deng.
China considers platinum strategic critical mineral, WPIC Asia Pacific head points out
3rd December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

China considers platinum a critical mineral with strategic value owing to its importance in new energy technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells and electrolysers to produce hydrogen. However, China... 


Contango’s Johnson Tract accepted Into FAST-41
Contango’s Johnson Tract accepted Into FAST-41
3rd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Johnson Tract critical metals project in Alaska has been accepted as a “covered project” under the US federal FAST-41 permitting framework, owner Contango ORE reported on Tuesday. The... 


Appian talking to US, Australia on critical minerals after IFC deal
3rd December 2025 By: Reuters

Appian Capital Advisory said it is in talks with the US and Australia about replicating the critical minerals investment partnership it recently agreed with a World Bank division. The private... 


The Nickel Rim South mine is on care and maintenance
Vale, Glencore to explore $2bn joint copper development in Sudbury
3rd December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Vale Base Metals (VBM) and Glencore Canada have signed an agreement to evaluate a potential $1.6-billion to $2-billion brownfield copper project that would combine deposits on their neighbouring... 


Perseus will secure control of the Bankan gold project in Guinea.
Perseus ambushes Robex deal with sweeter offer for Predictive
3rd December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Africa-focused Perseus Mining on Wednesday launched a definitive, binding offer to acquire full control of Predictive Discovery, upping the pressure on Robex Resources with a proposal that... 


Barrick completes sale of Tongon mine
Barrick completes sale of Tongon mine
2nd December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold miner Barrick Mining has completed the sale of its interests in the Tongon gold mine and associated exploration properties in Côte d’Ivoire to the Atlantic Group, in a transaction worth up to... 


Sibanye-Stillwater's Driefontein mine
Sibanye-Stillwater inks three-year wage agreement with local gold mine unions
2nd December 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE- and NYSE-listed precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater has confirmed that it has concluded wage negotiations for its South African gold mining operations. The company signed a three-year... 


US mining groups back Northern Dynasty in challenge to EPA Pebble veto
US mining groups back Northern Dynasty in challenge to EPA Pebble veto
2nd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Copper and gold developer Northern Dynasty Minerals says several major US industry organisations have filed amicus briefs in federal court supporting its legal challenge to the US Environmental... 


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