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US advances first offshore critical minerals lease near American Samoa
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (284+ words) The Trump administration has advanced what may become the first federal offshore mineral lease sale in modern US history, taking another step toward establishing a domestic deep-sea mining industry aimed at reducing dependence on imported critical minerals. Rather than announcing…...
Pentagon Bids $300M for Lithium as China Reliance Looms
1+ week, 1+ day ago (261+ words) Lithium carbonate prices have climbed more than a third this year, and the U.S. military wants to lock in a large supply before conditions shift further. The Defense Logistics Agency has issued a solicitation for nearly 36 million pounds of battery-grade lithium…...
$1 Billion Gold Mine Deal: Inside Canada's Next Top 10 Producer | Jonathan Awde - Hemlo Mining
1+ week, 2+ day ago (262+ words) the deep dive $1 Billion Gold Mine Deal: Inside Canada’s Next Top 10 Producer | Jonathan Awde – Hemlo Mining We sat down with Hemlo Mining Corp. (TSX: HMMC, OTCQX: HMMCF) Executive Chairman Jonathan Awde at the 2026 Rule Symposium for Natural Resources in Boca…...
Canadian Copper Secures Court Approval For Caribou Complex Purchase, Eyes July Site Handover
2+ week, 3+ day ago (273+ words) Canadian Copper (CSE: CCI) has won court approval to acquire the Caribou Complex, clearing the final legal hurdle in a transaction that has spent months moving through receivership. The company said a judge granted an approved sale and vesting order at…...
Why the West Still Doesn’t Have an Antimony Plan | Jim Atkinson - Antimony Resources
2+ week, 6+ day ago (219+ words) Why the West Still Doesn’t Have an Antimony Plan | Jim Atkinson – Antimony Resources thedeepdive.ca Why the West Still Doesn’t Have an Antimony Plan | Jim Atkinson – Antimony Resources In this conversation with James Atkinson, P.Geo., CEO of Antimony Resources…...
Pentagon Opens Military Bases to Critical Minerals Processing in First-of-Its-Kind Push
3+ week, 1+ day ago (361+ words) Friday, June 26, 2026 Four companies have secured agreements with the Pentagon to build critical minerals processing plants on US Army bases, marking the first time military property has been used for this purpose in the country. The move is part of…...
Eagle Gold Receiver Sues Engineering Firm over 2024 Heap Leach Disaster
3+ week, 2+ day ago (279+ words) Wednesday, June 24, 2026 PricewaterhouseCoopers, acting as receiver of the defunct Victoria Gold Eagle Gold Mine, has sued Vancouver-based JDS Energy and Mining Inc. in B.C. Supreme Court, alleging the engineering firm’s negligence and breach of contract caused one of the worst mining…...
Panama’s Cobre Panamá audit: leverage for First Quantum, but not yet a restart
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (540+ words) Saturday, June 20, 2026 Panama’s long-awaited audit of Cobre Panamá has not settled the future of First Quantum Minerals’ shuttered copper mine but it has made the next fight more concrete. Instead of a binary debate over whether the project should exist,…...
Guanajuato Silver Pays Down Gold Loan Installments, Leaving Lone Bullet Payment | the deep dive
1+ mon, 7+ hour ago (240+ words) Guanajuato Silver (TSXV: GSVR) has made a second accelerated payment against its gold loan in as many months, clearing another tranche of the obligation while gold trades below recent highs. The company repaid 1,448.7 ounces of gold to Ocean Partners UK…...
Silver Storm Pours First Doré at La Parrilla, Restarting Mexican Mine | the deep dive
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (208+ words) Silver Storm Mining (TSXV: SVRS) has poured its first silver-gold doré at the La Parrilla Silver Mine Complex, marking the restart of a Mexican operation it acquired less than three years ago. The doré was produced during commissioning of the…...