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FMR sells Canadian assets in Chile pivotAnson inks lithium offtake MoU with WogenAmerican Tungsten & Antimony produces antimony ingot at Del SolCapstone sells Cozamin mine to Luca in $540 million dealBroken Hill Gold boosts Vertigo resource by 160%Perpetual mobilises for 1,500m diamond drilling at IgrejinhaArtemis expands into Australia with $600 million deal for Vista GoldGold price edges lower as rate hike pressure growsSilverco outlines $461.93 million La Negra NPVAmnesty alleges possible M23 war crimes at DRC minesCopper price approaches record on strong Chinese demandOsisko Gold proposes $701.58 million secured notes offeringGreenland pact sharpens minerals focusTata seeks more Port Talbot fundingBayan units secure expanded coal quotaRio Tinto, Prysmian supply ELYSIS cables for AmazonBHP, China Baowu extend steel decarbonisation workEurope invests over $200 million in renewable energy projectsNew ASX ‘regime’ set to benefit resource industryTin price rallies higher amid limited supply growth FMR sells Canadian assets in Chile pivotAnson inks lithium offtake MoU with WogenAmerican Tungsten & Antimony produces antimony ingot at Del SolCapstone sells Cozamin mine to Luca in $540 million dealBroken Hill Gold boosts Vertigo resource by 160%Perpetual mobilises for 1,500m diamond drilling at IgrejinhaArtemis expands into Australia with $600 million deal for Vista GoldGold price edges lower as rate hike pressure growsSilverco outlines $461.93 million La Negra NPVAmnesty alleges possible M23 war crimes at DRC minesCopper price approaches record on strong Chinese demandOsisko Gold proposes $701.58 million secured notes offeringGreenland pact sharpens minerals focusTata seeks more Port Talbot fundingBayan units secure expanded coal quotaRio Tinto, Prysmian supply ELYSIS cables for AmazonBHP, China Baowu extend steel decarbonisation workEurope invests over $200 million in renewable energy projectsNew ASX ‘regime’ set to benefit resource industryTin price rallies higher amid limited supply growth
 

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FMR sells Canadian assets in Chile pivot

FMR Resources (ASX:FMR) has agreed to sell its Fairfield Project in Canada to Australian company MFM Resources for $200,000 worth of MFM shares. The transaction allows FMR to focus on its Chilean portfolio, which includes the Los Warbos, La Lorena, and Llahuin joint venture projects in central Chile. Located in the Canadian Appalachian Copper-Gold Belt, Fairfield is considered prospective for…

| By Paula Fabe
Capstone

Capstone sells Cozamin mine to Luca in $540 million deal

Capstone Copper (TSX:CS) is selling its Cozamin mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, to Luca Mining (TSX-V:LUCA) in a deal worth up to US$385 million ($540.7 million) as it looks to strengthen its balance sheet. Under a definitive agreement announced on Monday, Capstone will receive an upfront cash payment of US$275 million from Luca for the underground copper-silver operation. Luca will also…

| By Jackson Chen

Artemis expands into Australia with $600 million deal for Vista Gold

Artemis Gold (TSX-V:ARTG) is acquiring Vista Gold (TSX:VGZ) in an all-share deal valued at US$427 million ($600 million), expanding its gold portfolio beyond Canada and into Australia. Under the agreement, Artemis will acquire the remaining 95.05% of Vista it does not already own by issuing 0.0966 of an Artemis share for each Vista share. The exchange ratio values Vista at…

| By Jackson Chen
Banyan Gold AurMac Gold Project

Banyan raises $81.4 million for Yukon gold projects

Banyan Gold (TSX-V:BYN) has launched a US$58 million ($81.4 million) capital raise, consisting of a best-efforts private placement plus a concurrent non-brokered private placement, to advance its gold projects in Yukon, Canada. The company appointed Canaccord Genuity as lead agent and sole bookrunner for a syndicate of agents for a best-efforts private placement of up to 25 million shares at…

| By Paula Fabe
Wildcat Resources - Tabba Tabba

Wildcat pounces on Tabba Tabba ramp-up with $60 million capital injection

Wildcat Resources (ASX:WC8) has received firm commitments for a $60 million institutional placement to fast-track early development works at its Tabba Tabba Lithium Project in Western Australia. The placement comprises approximately 196.7 million new shares priced at $0.305 per share, representing a 10.3% discount to its last traded price of $0.34 on 18 September. Wildcat says existing and new domestic…

| By Paula Fabe

BATTERY METALS

Perpetual Resources Igrejinha Lithium Project in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Perpetual mobilises for 1,500m diamond drilling at Igrejinha

Perpetual Resources (ASX:PEC) has executed its drilling contract with ServDrill…

Argosy Minerals Rincon Project
Lithium Africa Agboville Project in Côte d'Ivoire

VIDEOS/INTERVIEWS

Encounter pushes Green beyond the resource lines

Aileron Project’s Green deposit in Western Australia just delivered its strongest intersection to date. Encounter Resources (ASX:ENR) Executive Chairman Will Robinson joins Oriel Morrison-Higgins as drilling pushes ‘high-grade’ niobium outside the existing resource. Green: ‘Best’ hit yetExtension: Mineralisation extends beyond the resourceDrilling: Moving from 200m…

| By Oriel Morrison-Higgins

gold

Broken Hill Gold White Dam Gold Project in South Australia

Broken Hill Gold boosts Vertigo resource by 160%

Broken Hill Gold (ASX:BH6) reports a 160% increase in its Vertigo oxide indicated resource to 24,300 ounces gold at the White Dam Gold-Copper Project in South Australia. The updated mineral resource estimate (MRE) brings the global project resource to about 120,000 ounces gold, a 20% increase in total ounces, with indicated oxide contained ounces rising to 44,000 ounces. The Vertigo…

| By JC Villarba

Artemis expands into Australia with $600 million deal for Vista Gold

Artemis Gold (TSX-V:ARTG) is acquiring Vista Gold (TSX:VGZ) in an all-share deal valued at US$427 million ($600 million), expanding its gold portfolio beyond Canada and into Australia. Under the agreement, Artemis will acquire the remaining 95.05% of Vista it does not already own by issuing 0.0966 of an Artemis share for each Vista share. The exchange ratio values Vista at…

| By Jackson Chen

Gold price edges lower as rate hike pressure grows

Gold edged lower on Monday as the prospect of further monetary tightening by the US Federal Reserve weighed on the precious metal. Spot gold fell nearly 1% to as low as US$4,323 ($6,065) an ounce, while US gold futures experienced a similar decline to around US$4,360 per ounce. Bullion remains under pressure from hawkish signals from the Fed over the…

| By Jackson Chen

Amnesty alleges possible M23 war crimes at DRC mines

Amnesty International has accused M23 rebels of committing abuses that may amount to war crimes against miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while minerals are allegedly trafficked across the border into Rwanda. A new report by the human rights group documents alleged killings, torture and ill-treatment, arbitrary detention, forced labour, and forced recruitment involving artisanal miners in…

| By Jackson Chen
Banyan Gold AurMac Gold Project

Banyan raises $81.4 million for Yukon gold projects

Banyan Gold (TSX-V:BYN) has launched a US$58 million ($81.4 million) capital raise, consisting of a best-efforts private placement plus a concurrent non-brokered private placement, to advance its gold projects in Yukon, Canada. The company appointed Canaccord Genuity as lead agent and sole bookrunner for a syndicate of agents for a best-efforts private placement of up to 25 million shares at…

| By Paula Fabe

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