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Australian mining company Aldoro Resources Ltd has announced the discovery of rare minerals at the site of its Kameelburg project in Namibia. The minerals, identified as niobium and strontium, were found in high-grade quality in central Namibia between Otjiwarongo and Omaruru. Strontium…
The United States is spending billions of dollars to secure access to critical minerals – minerals and metals that are essential to modern technology, from electric vehicles to smartphones and military systems. But amid the push to dig more, one question gets far too little attention: Who…
Spot gold prices are sharply lower and spot silver prices are also weaker, as firmer Treasury yields, a stronger U.S. dollar and another oil-price spike pressured metals despite still-elevated geopolitical risk. At the time of writing, spot gold was trading…
TMC the metals is moving from a focus on permitting to building commercial infrastructure, with the Allseas agreement tying regulatory progress to an actual offshore collection system. The stock last closed at $5.91, with the share price up 13.9% over…
Results Suggestive of Productive Copper Porphyry System at Depth Vancouver, British Columbia TheNewswire – May 12th, 2026 Prismo Metals Inc. (the “Company or “Prismo”) (CSE: PRIZ,OTC:PMOMF) (OTCQB: PMOMF) is pleased to provide an update on recent reconnaissance geologic mapping and rock sampling…
Defense Metals (DEFN.V) announced the start of a pilot flotation test program at SGS Lakefield for its Wicheeda rare earth project in British Columbia. For casual investors, this may sound like another routine mining milestone. It is not. Pilot-scale metallurgy…
The Indigenous traditional owners of land in north-western Australia have been awarded a record A$150.1 million ($108.3m; £79.9m) payout after a court ruled one of the country’s most well-known billionaires mined their land without permission. The verdict amounts to the…
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have found a new way to change how a metal behaves electronically by controlling atomic-level interactions at the boundary where two materials meet. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that interfacial…