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Zinc’s quiet bull run meets Altoro’s bold rebrand
- 17 September 2026
Viking Mines on track to become one of the first…
- 08 September 2026
Taltson’s district-scale ambition revives O’Connor Lake
- 08 September 2026
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…
22 September 2026
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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…
22 September 2026
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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…
22 September 2026
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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…
21 September 2026
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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…
21 September 2026
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Perpetual mobilises for 1,500m diamond drilling at Igrejinha
Perpetual Resources (ASX:PEC) has executed its drilling contract with ServDrill…
22 September 2026
Understanding market cap vs enterprise value
- 14 September 2026
Gold stocks vs physical gold: Which is the smarter way…
- 09 September 2026
How copper deposits form and where they are found
- 24 August 2026
What a capital raise means for shareholders
- 18 August 2026
The biggest gold mine in the world (2026)
- 17 August 2026
Europe invests over $200 million in renewable…
The European Commission has approved €125.8 million ($202.8 million) worth of grants to finance actions on…
- 21 September 2026
Copper price approaches record on strong Chinese…
Copper extended its rally on Monday as stronger demand signals from China supported prices, while broader…
- 22 September 2026
Greenland pact sharpens minerals focus
The US, Denmark, and Greenland have reached a security agreement that could increase scrutiny of foreign…
- 21 September 2026
Rio Tinto, Prysmian supply ELYSIS cables…
- 21 September 2026
BHP, China Baowu extend steel decarbonisation…
- 21 September 2026
Tata seeks more Port Talbot funding
- 21 September 2026
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…
21 September 2026
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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…
22 September 2026
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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…
22 September 2026
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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…
22 September 2026
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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…
22 September 2026
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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…
21 September 2026
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Broken Hill Gold boosts Vertigo resource by 160%
Broken Hill Gold (ASX:BH6) reports a 160% increase in its…
22 September 2026
Seeing through rock without drilling it: Fender Geophysics
- 05 September 2026
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