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Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

Record precious metal prices are driving global exploration for gold and silver. Here’s a list of four companies to keep an eye on. Another four companies under the global […]

Northern Miner Staff | March 9, 2026 | 9:30 am

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC), Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) and MP Materials (NYSE: MP)…

Blair McBride | February 3, 2026 | 10:00 am

Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling

Founders Metals, (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) one of the most advanced gold…

Blair McBride | January 9, 2026 | 11:59 am

Veolia sets new standard for large-scale water reuse in Brazil

Veolia’s innovative technologies are establishing a benchmark for water reuse…

Joseph Quesnel | July 29, 2025 | 6:23 pm

Site visit: Pasco aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings

CERRO DE PASCO, PERU — Standing on a hilltop over…

Blair McBride | June 10, 2025 | 5:52 pm

Ecuadorian human rights organization denounces criminalization of anti-mining protest

Ecuador’s Ecumenical Human Rights Commission (CEDHU) issued a couple of statements this week denouncing the criminalization of anti-mining protests by law enforcement […]

Staff Writer | March 24, 2024 | 7:10 am

Ecuadorian government releases controversial prior consultation manual

Following a visit by Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Energy Minister Andrea Arrobo to Canada in the context of the 2024 Prospectors […]

Staff Writer | March 10, 2024 | 7:04 pm

Worker’s death spurs strike action at Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic mine

Following the death of Ana Camila Rojas Farías in an accident on March 8, unionized workers blocked Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic copper mine […]

Staff Writer | March 9, 2024 | 2:10 pm

JV Article: Argentina Lithium targets first resource by September

Argentina Lithium & Energy (TSX-V: LIT; US-OTC: LILIF), backed by Chrysler automaker Stellantis, says it’s drilling the Rincon West lithium brine project, […]

Northern Miner Staff | March 4, 2024 | 12:00 pm

Solaris strikes deal with Ecuadorian Indigenous organization, other groups complain

Vancouver-based Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS) announced a trilateral cooperation agreement with the Interprovincial Federation of Shuar Centers (FICSH) and Ecuador’s Alliance for […]

Staff Writer | March 3, 2024 | 2:54 am

New method could simplify detection of diamond deposits

Geologists from ETH Zurich and the University of Melbourne have established a link between diamond occurrence and the mineral olivine. In a […]

Staff Writer | February 11, 2024 | 6:06 am

Argentina, US strengthen ties concerning critical minerals

The Argentine Chamber of Mining Companies (CAEM) and the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian A. Nichols, […]

Staff Writer | February 11, 2024 | 5:56 am

Argentinian, German officials meet to discuss critical minerals

Argentina’s Mining Secretary, Flavia Royon, and the governors of the Lithium Table provinces, that is, Jujuy, Catamarca and San Juan, travelled to […]

Staff Writer | February 4, 2024 | 7:06 am

Peruvian government unveils platform to expedite exploration permits

Officials from the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) met with representatives from the largest mining companies operating in the country […]

Staff Writer | February 4, 2024 | 5:45 am

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Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling

Veolia sets new standard for large-scale water reuse in Brazil

Site visit: Pasco aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings

Ecuadorian human rights organization denounces criminalization of anti-mining protest

Ecuadorian government releases controversial prior consultation manual

Worker’s death spurs strike action at Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic mine

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