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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

NGEx Minerals reports drilling results, claims ‘major high-grade discovery’

NGEx Minerals (TSXV: NGEX) has reported results from the final seven diamond drill holes from this season’s program at the Potro Cliffs project, […]

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 5, 2023 | 8:01 am

JV Article: Denarius Metals develops high-grade projects in Spain and Colombia

Mine builder Serafino Iacono has made his mark in Colombia. At his former company, Gran Colombia Gold, he took the troubled Segovia […]

Northern Miner Staff | June 26, 2023 | 12:54 pm

Chile’s mining association asks Congress to reverse payment increase for patented mining claims

The president of Chile’s National Mining Association (Sonami), Jorge Riesco, met with Congress’s Mining Commission and requested a reversal of the cost […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 11, 2023 | 7:04 am

Canadian Mining Hall of Fame looks to the future with newest inductees

The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame (CMHF) held its 35th annual induction ceremony on May 24 at the Carlu in Toronto, welcoming […]

Blair McBride | May 29, 2023 | 9:56 am

Colombia’s new mining policy to be water-focused

Colombia’s Minister of Mines and Energy, Irene Vélez, said that the country’s new mining policy will consider reorganizing the country’s development areas […]

Staff Writer | May 28, 2023 | 1:27 pm

New ‘Copper Board’ aims to boost Argentina’s copper projects

A group of companies that are part of the Argentinian Chamber of Mining Entrepreneurs have launched a “Copper Board” to push for […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2023 | 12:03 pm

Lithium industry leads employment growth in Argentina’s mining sector

Argentina’s Mining Secretariat released its annual statistics which show that employment in the lithium mining sector grew by 68% year-over-year, with a […]

Staff Writer | May 14, 2023 | 2:47 am

Scientists find two different types of water in lithium-rich salt flats

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Alaska Anchorage have characterized for the first time two different types […]

Staff Writer | May 11, 2023 | 6:06 pm

Chamber of Mines of the Argentinian province advocates against nationalization of lithium resources

The Chamber of Mines of the Argentinian northwestern province of Salta is pushing for the South American country to continue the current […]

Staff Writer | May 7, 2023 | 12:56 pm

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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

NGEx Minerals reports drilling results, claims ‘major high-grade discovery’

JV Article: Denarius Metals develops high-grade projects in Spain and Colombia

Chile’s mining association asks Congress to reverse payment increase for patented mining claims

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