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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump meeting in the White House.
US, Australia back gallium and rare earths projects in $2bn critical minerals pact
21st October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The US and Australia signed a landmark agreement on critical minerals and rare earths aimed at accelerating development of a secured supply chain for materials for defence and advanced... 


Iamgold consolidates Quebec gold district with Northern Superior acquisition
Iamgold consolidates Quebec gold district with Northern Superior acquisition
20th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-listed Iamgold on Monday announced the $267.4-million acquisition of Northern Superior Resources, consolidating a major gold district in Quebec’s Chibougamau region into the 'Nelligan... 


Headwater's Spring Peak project selected for US FAST-41 permitting
Headwater's Spring Peak project selected for US FAST-41 permitting
20th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

CSE-listed Headwater Gold’s Spring Peak project, in western Nevada, has been selected for inclusion in the US Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council’s FAST-41 programme, a federal... 


ExGen, MTB Metals agree to merge
20th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed ExGen Resources and MTB Metals have signed an arrangement agreement to merge, creating a copper, gold and lithium exploration and development company with projects in several... 


Golden Triangle dispute deepens as Tudor proposes reroute, Seabridge pushes back
Golden Triangle dispute deepens as Tudor proposes reroute, Seabridge pushes back
20th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

A land-use conflict in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle intensified this month as Tudor Gold put forward a formal proposal to reroute Seabridge Gold’s planned Mitchell-Treaty Tunnels (MTT) – and... 


Flashback to the listing of Southern Palladium on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Southern Palladium powers ahead with A$20m raise to fast-track Bengwenyama project
20th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed platinum group metals (PGMs) company Southern Palladium has locked in a A$20-million raise to ramp up work at its Bengwenyama PGM project in South Africa's Limpopo... 


US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Rubio, Liberian minister discuss boosting US participation in Liberia's critical minerals sector
20th October 2025 By: Reuters

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed avenues for expanding US participation in Liberia's critical minerals sector in a meeting last week with Liberian Foreign Minister Sara Beysolow Nyanti,... 


African Gold boosts cash with Montage stake sale
20th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian exploration company African Gold has sold its entire shareholding in Canada-listed Montage Gold, unlocking nearly A$15-million in proceeds to support an expanded exploration push at its... 


Elevra Lithium appoints former Arcadium exec as CFO
20th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Elevra Lithium, dual-listed North American lithium producer formed through the merger of Sayona Mining and Piedmont Lithium, has appointed Christian Cortes as its new CFO following the resignation... 


Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet President Donald Trump on Monday in Washington.
Australia pitches to be Trump’s fix for China rare earths curbs
20th October 2025 By: Bloomberg

Australia’s prime minister is set to pitch his nation’s vast resource holdings as a solution to China’s rare earth curbs at a meeting Monday with President Donald Trump, as the US and other... 


Sunshine Silver plans US antimony refinery
Sunshine Silver plans US antimony refinery
17th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Private company Sunshine Silver Mining and Refining (SSMRC) has announced plans to revive one of the US's most storied silver mines and build the country’s only large-scale, permitted antimony... 


Jubilee in Zambia.
Sale of South African chrome, PGM assets progressing well, Zambia-focused Jubilee reports
17th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Workstreams to conclude the sale by Jubilee Metals of its South African chrome and platinum group metals (PGM) operations are progressing well, the now Zambia copper focused London AIM- and... 


NexGen raises A$1bn to advance Rook I uranium project
NexGen raises A$1bn to advance Rook I uranium project
17th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Dual-listed uranium developer NexGen Energy has closed a global equity offering raising A$1-billion (C$950-million) to advance its flagship Rook I project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin. The... 


Minister Tim Hodgson
Canada unfazed by US moves on critical minerals, calls it 'capitalism in action'
17th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada’s Natural Resources Minister, Tim Hodgson, says the government is not alarmed by the US taking minority stakes in Canadian critical minerals companies, describing the moves as “capitalism in... 


Tanbreez in Greenland is being positioned to strengthen Western supply chains for rare earth elements.
European Lithium sells another $50m in CRML shares
17th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed European Lithium has further monetised its stake in Nasdaq-listed Critical Metals Corp (CRML), selling a block of shares worth $50-million in an off-market deal to a single US... 


GM, Vale pause battery material plans in Canada on EV pullback
17th October 2025 By: Bloomberg

General Motors Co. and a partner have paused the second phase of a cathode factory in Quebec, resulting in the cancellation of a nickel sulfate project by Vale SA. GM agreed in 2022 to buy nickel... 


NGEx sets date for spin-out of LunR Royalties
16th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Copper and gold explorer NGEx Minerals has set October 23 as the effective date for the spin-out of its royalty interests in the Lunahuasi and Los Helados projects into a new company, LunR... 


Gold refining
HSBC raises average gold price forecasts for 2025 and 2026
16th October 2025 By: Reuters

HSBC has raised its 2025 average gold price forecast to $3 355 per ounce from $3 215 due to safe-haven demand driven by geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, and a weakening US dollar.... 


Fortuna’s Diamba Sud study points to high-return, quick-payback gold project in Senegal
16th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canada-based Fortuna Mining has unveiled a strong set of numbers for its Diamba Sud gold project in Senegal, with a new economic assessment showing the openpit operation could pay back its capital... 


Teck's Highland Valley copper operation in Canada is a participant of the Copper Mark.
Copper Mark seeks independent chair to steer shift to global mining standard
16th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The Copper Mark has opened applications for an independent chair of its board of directors as it prepares to take on a broader mandate – managing the new Consolidated Mining Standard, a global... 


Ergo processing plant.
More liquid DRDGOLD generates additional first-quarter cash
16th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The high gold price has increased liquidity and cash generated by DRDGOLD in the three months to the end of September, the first quarter of the 2026 financial year of this Johannesburg- and New... 


US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
US may seek more stakes in strategic companies to counter China, Bessent says
16th October 2025 By: Reuters

he Trump administration will seek to tighten control over strategic sectors by taking more equity stakes in key companies to counter China's economic policies and export restrictions, Treasury... 


Paladin's Langer Heinrich uranium mine in Namibia
Paladin accepts A$100m after SPP draws seven times initial target
16th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Uranium miner Paladin Energy said on Thursday that it would accept A$100-million from a heavily oversubscribed share purchase plan (SPP), after receiving applications worth more than A$138 million... 


Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Greer, Bessent blast China's rare earths curbs, urge Beijing not to implement them
16th October 2025 By: Reuters

Top US officials on Wednesday blasted China's major expansion of rare earth export controls as a threat to global supply chains, but said Beijing could still change course and avoid steps by... 


The lawsuit sought damages on behalf of Turquoise Hill shareholders.
US judge set to approve Rio Tinto's $138.75m Mongolia mine settlement
16th October 2025 By: Reuters

A US judge on Wednesday said he was ready to approve Rio Tinto's agreement to pay $138.75-million to settle a lawsuit that accused the Anglo-Australian mining giant of defrauding investors by... 


Nicky Oppenheimer
Africa must collaborate to protect ‘our precious planet’, Oppenheimer event urges
15th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

To protect "our precious planet", Africa must unite in its collaborative effort, align its efforts and share its strength with international players and partners, the fourteenth Oppenheimer... 


Taseko cuts annual copper guidance despite stronger third-quarter output
Taseko cuts annual copper guidance despite stronger third-quarter output
15th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada’s Taseko Mines has lowered its full-year copper production guidance to between 100-million and 105-million pounds, from a previous forecast of 120-million to 130-million pounds, despite... 


Greenland REE developer Eclipse targets Nasdaq listing
15th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian explorer Eclipse Metals on Wednesday announced plans to pursue a dual listing on the Nasdaq to position the company to capitalise on rising demand for rare earth elements and other... 


Gold bars
Gold tops $4 200 for first time on US-China trade tensions, Fed cut bets
15th October 2025 By: Reuters

Gold prices pierced the $4 200 mark for the first time to set a fresh record high on Wednesday, as renewed US-China trade tensions exacerbated existing global uncertainties, alongside increased... 


Loncor agrees to C$261m takeover by China's Chengtun
Loncor agrees to C$261m takeover by China's Chengtun
15th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian gold explorer Loncor Gold has agreed to be acquired by China’s Chengtun Mining Group in an all-cash transaction valued at C$261-million. The transaction is not only a significant... 


Blue Moon moves to buy Nevada mine, eyes Nasdaq listing
15th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Blue Moon Metals has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Goods LG to acquire the Springer mine and mill complex in Pershing county, Nevada, and has announced plans to... 


The Mungari mill
Evolution’s Mungari expansion nears completion below budget
15th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian gold and copper miner Evolution Mining’s Mungari operation, in Western Australia, is on the brink of completing its major plant expansion this month – ahead of schedule and 15% below the... 


CMOC owns the Tenke Fungurume cobalt mine in the DRC.
Cobalt rally risks pushing away battery makers, top miner says
15th October 2025 By: Bloomberg

Battery makers will hasten a shift away from cobalt if the metal’s price – boosted by export limits in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – goes even higher, said an executive at the biggest... 


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