6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (810+ words) By: Chloe Ferreira June 17, 2026 A farm located by tailings from historical gold mines near Johannesburg has joined the legion of illegal mining sites in South Africa in an unusual way. It began with a traditional healer's dream of gold buried…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (349+ words) By: Staff Writer June 16, 2026 Resouro Strategic Metals (TSX-V: RSM) says a starter operation at its main Tiros rare earths and titanium project in Brazil could be a billion-dollar operation, according to a new preliminary economic assessment." The mine would deliver…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (213+ words) Posted By: Cecilia Jamasmie June 16, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney has offered Italy priority access to Canada's critical mineral reserves as the two countries expanded cooperation on supply chains, defence and energy during talks at the G7 summit in France. "Italy's intention…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (142+ words) Posted By: Northern Miner Staff June 15, 2026 Oliver Baker and Bella Ruppert have found six 1-oz. gold coins valued at about $35, 000 (US$25, 000) after months of tracing clues through New Brunswick's old mining districts. The pair uncovered the bonus prize for The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1162+ words) By: Denise Heckbert June 15, 2026 Flush with a recent A$350 million ($246 million) investment, Arafura Rare Earths (ASX: ARU) is looking to a September construction start at its Nolans mine in Australia's Northern Territory that would position it as the country's first…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (507+ words) Posted By: Cecilia Jamasmie June 12, 2026 American consumers are showing renewed interest in natural diamonds, offering a potential boost to Africa's diamond-producing nations after several difficult years for the industry. Generation Z members " those born between 1997 and 2012 " are leading the resurgence,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (255+ words) By: Andrew Seale June 12, 2026 Silver inventories at the world's two largest bullion trading hubs have fallen sharply from pandemic-era peaks, underscoring a sustained drawdown in visible stocks even as definitions of available supply diverge across markets. However, not all analysts…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (293+ words) Posted By: Cecilia Jamasmie June 11, 2026 Canada risks losing its competitive edge in critical minerals, energy and other strategic sectors unless it accelerates infrastructure investment and project approvals, according to a new Pw C Canada report. "Canada can exceed this forecast....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (330+ words) By: Staff Writer June 10, 2026 First-quarter mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in mining saw combined deal value surge despite a sizeable decrease in the number of transactions, according to S&P Global. The value of transactions involving metals and mining companies…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (190+ words) Posted By: Cecilia Jamasmie June 10, 2026 An ancient meteorite impact in Western Australia's Goldfields may have redistributed gold while leaving behind rare geological evidence of one of Earth's violent collisions. Researchers led by former Curtin University Ph D student Raiza Quintero…...