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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

Founders Metals’ high-grade hits hint at Guiana Shield bounty for Antino project in Suriname

Founders Metals (TSXV: FDR) has been hitting high-grade gold in southeastern Suriname over the past seven months, fuelling hopes that its Antino […]

Blair McBride | December 2, 2023 | 10:19 am

Nearly one-third of tailings dams close to protected areas – study

Nearly a third of the world’s mine tailings are stored within or near protected conservation areas, posing risks to some of the […]

Staff Writer | November 28, 2023 | 6:06 am

Fraser Institute ranks global mining with 9% of survey

An annual report that may affect billions of dollars in investment decisions has a weak process to rank countries, provinces and states […]

Colin McClelland | November 20, 2023 | 8:00 am

Illegal mining causing high mercury levels in Colombia’s Cali River

The Attorney General’s Office of Colombia issued a communiqué on Sunday alerting about high levels of mercury and lead in the Cali […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 19, 2023 | 12:13 pm

JV Article: Automaker Stellantis takes 19.9% stake in Argentina Lithium subsidiary

Amsterdam-based carmaker Stellantis (NYSE: STLA) whose iconic brands include Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Fiat, Opel, Maserati, Peugeot, Jeep and Vauxhall, has invested […]

Northern Miner Staff | November 7, 2023 | 9:30 am

JV Article: Torq sees double in the Chilean Andes

Torq Resources (TSXV: TORQ) could be on the cusp of discovering not one, but two major copper-gold systems right under the noses […]

Northern Miner Staff | November 7, 2023 | 6:24 am

Cuajone’s expansion project would not increase water usage – Southern Peru exec

Southern Copper Peru’s (NYSE: SCCO) superintendent of environmental services, Eduardo Talavera, said over the weekend that water use will not increase at […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 21, 2023 | 1:15 pm

Indigenous groups in Peru’s northernmost department demand mining concession nullity

Indigenous groups in Peru’s northernmost department of Loreto issued a communqué rejecting a mining concession approved by the Mining and Metallurgical Geological […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2023 | 7:50 am

Battery metal miners lack serious policies on informed consent – report

Many companies mining battery metals do not have the necessary policies in place to respect the rights of the communities impacted by […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 20, 2023 | 8:00 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

Founders Metals’ high-grade hits hint at Guiana Shield bounty for Antino project in Suriname

Nearly one-third of tailings dams close to protected areas – study

Fraser Institute ranks global mining with 9% of survey

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