Burundi Signs Deal with Bezos, Gates-Linked Miner
Burundi has signed a three‑year memorandum of understanding with U.S. miners KoBold Metals and Life Zone Metals to explore lithium, cobalt, copper and other critical minerals. The deal, witnessed in Washington, DC, includes a commitment to digitise Burundi’s geological data by July using AI‑driven analysis. KoBold, backed by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, will provide expertise to map potential deposits, laying groundwork for future mining investments. The partnership signals a deepening of U.S. involvement in Africa’s resource sector.
FLS Vertical Mills Meeting Decarbonisation Demands in Era of Lower Grades
FLS is expanding its vertical grinding portfolio to meet decarbonisation goals as ore grades fall worldwide. The company’s FTM tower mill and VXPmill deliver 25‑30% energy savings versus traditional horizontal ball mills while offering internal classification that limits overgrinding. A...
Shell Sees Encouraging Signs at Sirius-1X Exploration Well Offshore Egypt
Shell reported encouraging initial indications from its Sirius‑1X exploratory well offshore Egypt, which reached its target depth of 2,115 metres. The well, part of a four‑well Mediterranean campaign, leverages data from the earlier Mina West 2 drill to reduce additional exploration risk....
Analyst Warns of 'Big, Big Risk' For Oil Over Weekend
SEB chief commodities analyst Bjarne Schieldrop warned of a “big, big risk” to oil over the upcoming weekend, citing potential damage to Iran’s Kharg island export hub. He noted Brent crude surged 9.2% to $102.4 per barrel, trading near its...
Idaho Strategic Executes Lease Agreement for Niagara Project
Idaho Strategic Resources (IDR) has signed a ten‑year lease for the Niagara copper‑silver project in Shoshone County, Idaho, with an initial $18,000 annual payment that escalates 3% each year. The historic resource estimate suggests more than 150 million pounds of copper...
Op-Ed: Europe’s Rare Earth Test Begins After Finland’s Drill Hit
European Resources reported its strongest rare‑earth intercept at Finland’s Korsnäs project, logging an average 4,902 ppm TREO over a 31.5‑metre interval. The drill core also showed a high proportion of neodymium‑praseodymium (NdPr), comprising roughly 28‑30% of the total rare‑earth mix. While...
Felix Expands High-Grade NW Array Antimony
Felix Gold Ltd. announced that its 2025 drill program has expanded the high‑grade antimony mineralization footprint at the NW Array target of the Treasure Creek project in Alaska. Recent assays include multiple intercepts above 10% antimony, such as a 4.92‑m...
Liberia: Koijee Accuses Minister Nyumalin of Illegal Mining Role in Liberia-Guinea Border Tension
Opposition leader Jefferson Tamba Koijee accused Liberia's Minister of Local Government Francis Sakila Nyumalin of owning dredging equipment used in illegal mining along the Makona River, linking it to heightened border tensions with Guinea. Koijee claims the minister’s actions sparked...
Tartisan Nickel Drills 24.6 Metres of 0.71% NI, 0.56% Copper at Kenbridge Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project, Ontario
Tartisan Nickel Corp. announced results from its fourth Phase 1 drill hole (KB26-210) at the Kenbridge nickel‑copper‑cobalt project in Ontario. The hole intersected 24.6 m of 0.71% Ni and 0.56% Cu, including higher‑grade intervals of 1.17% Ni/1.45% Cu over 6.1 m and 1.73%...
Renewables-Battery Scenario Proposed for Saving Ferrochrome While Sustaining Eskom and Reform ...
A joint analysis warns that South Africa’s ferrochrome sector faces collapse as Eskom’s 62 c/kWh tariff threatens profitability. The paper proposes a 8 GW solar PV plus 2 GW/24 GWh battery storage solution, requiring R157 billion in capital, with a R77 billion government subsidy to achieve...
‘We Live in One Ocean’: Native Hawaiian Activist Calls for Inclusion in Deep-Sea Mining Decisions
Delegates at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) gathered in Jamaica to push the long‑delayed deep‑sea mining code toward finalization this year. The code will set rules for extracting polymetallic nodules from the Clarion‑Clipperton Zone, a 2.3‑million‑square‑mile area central to the...
Iron Ore Heads for Biggest Weekly Gain
Iron ore futures are set for their biggest weekly gain in over a year as China’s state‑backed buyer, the China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG), expands restrictions on BHP products. Singapore‑listed contracts rose more than 6 % this week, reaching nearly $109...
ERG Unit Urges Congo to Halt Illegal Mining
A unit of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), operating through its 51%‑owned subsidiary Boss Mining, urged the Democratic Republic of Congo to stop illegal mining after a landslide on its copper concession killed and injured workers. The slide, which occurred on...
‘The Largest Supply Disruption in the History of the Global Oil Market’: IEA’s Take on the Hormuz Crisis
Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has pledged to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, turning the vital oil chokepoint into a geopolitical weapon. The International Energy Agency warns this blockade represents the largest supply disruption in oil market history,...
Barry FitzGerald: Finding a Contender for the ASX’s Best Leveraged Gold Stock
Barry FitzGerald spotlights Xpedra Resources (ASX:XPD) as a highly leveraged gold junior on the ASX, benefitting from gold prices above US$5,200 per ounce. The company, rebranded from Thunderbird, trades at 2.2 cents with a market cap of $12.6 million and is run...
India Taps 65m Barrels of Russian Crude
The U.S. Treasury issued a one‑month OFAC wind‑down licence, allowing Russian crude already at sea to complete voyages through April 11. The licence is intended to stabilise energy markets amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis that has disrupted Gulf supplies. Broker...
Worley Embarks on More FEED Work for Cypriot Gas Development
Australian engineering firm Worley has been selected by Chevron to deliver front‑end engineering design (FEED) and procurement services for Cyprus’s inaugural offshore gas project, the Aphrodite field. The scope covers subsea systems, a floating production unit, export pipeline and onshore...
Glencore Raises Hope of Reviving Rio Tinto Deal as Coal Prices Turn
Glencore CEO Gary Nagle sees the recent 26% jump in coal prices as a catalyst to revive talks with Rio Tinto on a $240 billion mega‑merger that previously stalled over valuation disputes. The surge has boosted Glencore’s share weight in a potential...
Stacked Uranium Horizons Revealed as QXR Digs Into Historical Drilling
QX Resources has digitised and re‑interpreted historic drilling data from Tanzania’s Madaba project, revealing multiple stacked roll‑front uranium horizons across the Luwegu Basin. The new model shows mineralised sandstone seams that thicken and coalesce, confirming significant uranium presence at four...
Iran Vows to Keep Blocking the Strait of Hormuz
Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, still recovering from a U.S. strike, declared that Iran will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, leaving roughly 1,000 vessels stranded in the Gulf. While the closure is driven by political retaliation, insurers have confirmed that...
Belararox Expands Copper Exploration Footprint in Argentina’s Vicuña District
Belararox has added the 22 km² El Faro tenement to its TMT copper project in Argentina’s Vicuña District, extending the exploration corridor around the Toro South prospect. The new land adjoins Toro South, where drilling is testing a shallow epithermal target that...
Premier1 Drills Deeper in WA Yalgoo Gold Hunt
Premier1 has completed a 16‑hole, 2,776‑metre reverse‑circulation drilling campaign at its Yalgoo gold project in Western Australia, focusing on Mt Kersey, Central Block, Carlisle and Crescent South prospects. The program targets a 500‑metre structural fault zone adjacent to the Wadgingarra maiden...
Canaccord Lifts Ausgold Price Target to $3.00 After DFS Update
Canaccord Genuity raised its price target for Ausgold Ltd. to $3.00 while keeping a Speculative Buy rating, citing an updated definitive feasibility study for the Katanning Gold Project. The DFS forecasts an average annual production of 121,000 ounces over a...
Kingfisher and Broken Hill Mines Ink Copper Partnership
Kingfisher Mining Limited and Broken Hill Mines Limited have signed a 10‑year cooperation agreement to process Kingfisher’s Copper Blow IOCG and Allendale projects at BHM’s 750,000‑tonne‑per‑year Rasp Mine plant. The deal removes the need for Kingfisher to build its own processing...
Adelaide-Developed Crusher Targets Cheaper, Cleaner Mineral Processing
University of Adelaide researchers have created a low‑emission crusher, GRolls, that replaces traditional grinding in copper‑gold ore processing. Early trials show the system can reduce particle size to below 425 µm in a single pass while cutting energy use by roughly...
Greenfire Resources Ltd (GFR) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Greenfire Resources reported a 6% increase in full‑year sales volume, driven by a 48% surge in U.S. shipments and an 83% Q4 jump. Average selling price fell 9% YoY to $4,000 per metric ton, widening the Q4 net loss to...
Exploration Round-Up: Odyssey Confirms Tuckanarra Gold
Odyssey Gold announced high‑grade, shallow oxide mineralisation at its Tuckanarra project, highlighted by a 22.3‑metre interval grading 7.4 g/t gold. Alliance Nickel is evaluating vat leaching for its NiWest nickel‑cobalt development, a move that could slash the $310 million water‑infrastructure cost embedded...
In Memoriam Berta Cáceres
Ten years after Berta Cáceres was murdered in 2016, a former DESA executive was sentenced for hiring the killers, while the Atala Zablah family that owned the hydropower firm remains at large. The case underscores Honduras' entrenched oligarchic power, which continues...
AI’s Application Still Clouded by Hype
AI is being promoted across mining for exploration, but most tools deliver modest efficiency gains rather than breakthroughs. EY’s 2026 outlook shows 21% of miners intend to raise AI spending by over 20% despite limited returns due to siloed data...
Canada’s Copper Frontier Lures BHP and a Wave of ASX Explorers
BHP, now the world’s largest copper producer, is positioning Canada as a core part of its exploration strategy, signalling a long‑term commitment to the country’s copper assets. The miner’s CEO highlighted hopes for new investments over the next decade, while...
Electrified Materials Adds Processing Capacity
American Resources Corp.'s subsidiary Electrified Materials Corp. (EMCO) has added a new preprocessing line at its Indiana plant, expanding capacity to aggregate and condition magnet, copper, aluminum, ferrous metals and rare‑earth/critical‑mineral feedstocks. The conditioned materials are shipped to sister company...
Rio Tinto Produces Low-Carbon Aluminum Rod in Partnership with Prysmian
Rio Tinto and Prysmian have completed an industrial trial producing low‑carbon aluminum rod by blending hydro‑powered metal from the Alma smelter in Quebec with aluminum made using Rio Tinto’s ELYSIS technology, which eliminates direct CO₂ emissions. The trial is part...
PDAC JV Video: Eldorado Nears Skouries Cash-Flow as Foran Buy Adds Growth
Eldorado Gold is on the cusp of cash‑flow generation as its $1 billion Skouries mine in Greece prepares for first concentrate production in early Q3 2026 and aims for commercial output by year‑end. The company is bolstering growth with a $2.2 billion...
Black Light Tech Reveals Mineral Potential in Montana
American Pacific Mining applied a “fugitive calcite” black‑light technique at its Madison copper‑gold project in Montana. Using ultraviolet scanning in newly exposed underground workings, geologists identified fluorescing calcite veins that contain trace manganese and lead. The fluorescence data, plotted on...
Cabral Gold Drills 9.5 Metres at 87.4 G/T Gold at Jerimum Cima Target, Cuiú Cuiú Gold District, Brazil
Cabral Gold announced drill results from the Jerimum Cima target in Brazil, highlighting a 9.5‑metre intercept grading 87.4 g/t gold, including 2.9 metres at 285.5 g/t, from 174 metres depth. The high‑grade zone appears to sit at the intersection of east‑west and northwest‑southeast structures...
Anglo American Iron Ore Cargoes Diverted by Iran War
Anglo American rerouted three iron‑ore vessels after the Strait of Hormuz became impassable following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. The ships—Cape Shangrila, Cape Jasmine and Mineral Zimbabwe—were diverted to Singapore, Vietnam and China respectively. Vale experienced similar disruptions, sending...
Soma Gold Gets First Shipment From Diamantina Mine in Colombia
Soma Gold has received its first shipment of mineralised rock from the newly formalised Diamantina Mine, marking the culmination of over five years of regulatory work. The mine is authorised to produce up to 40 tonnes per day and is...
Beyond the Data Center: Critical Minerals Driving AI
A Sprott report warns that 2026 marks the start of a new commodity supercycle centered on critical minerals. Geopolitical de‑globalization, energy security and the AI boom are pushing demand for metals like copper and uranium. The report highlights the Sprott...
Orion Minerals Sets Sights on Wealthy Equity Partners
Orion Minerals secured a $250 million agreement with Glencore, including $40 million upfront, to supply copper from its Prieska Copper Zinc Mine and fund the Uppers and Deeps projects costing just over R6 billion. The company still requires roughly R2 billion in equity to...
“We Are 80 Pct Renewable:” Wind and Solar Shield Gina Rinehart’s Big Lithium Play From Fossil Fuel Crisis
Liontown Resources, backed by Gina Rinehart’s near‑20% stake, is operating the Kathleen Valley lithium mine with an 80% renewable energy mix. The hybrid power plant—30 MW wind, 17 MW solar and a 17 MW battery—has reduced diesel to roughly 4‑5% of total operating...
White Gold Discovers Copper at Lost Pup
White Gold Corp. announced the discovery of high‑grade copper mineralization at the Lost Pup target on its Hen property in Yukon’s White Gold District. Bedrock chip samples returned copper grades up to 0.96 % and silver up to 15.1 g/t, indicating a potential...
Silver North Locks in Haldane Drilling
Silver North Resources has locked in a two‑year, fully funded diamond drilling contract with Boart Longyear for its Haldane silver project in Yukon, delivering 5,000‑7,000 metres of drilling each season. The 2026 campaign will prioritize expanding the Main Fault vein...
Iran War Could Leave Lasting Shock on Commodities: Report
The US‑Israel war against Iran has already rattled global commodity markets, tightening supply chains for oil, fertilizers, chemicals and several metals. BMO Capital Markets notes oil prices spiked toward $120 per barrel before settling near $90, while nitrogen fertilizer costs...
Oil Prices Go Up 6% as Hormuz Shipping Crisis Deepens
Oil prices surged on Thursday as Iran intensified attacks on oil and transport infrastructure, reigniting fears of prolonged disruption through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent futures jumped 6.47% to $97.93 a barrel, briefly touching $100, while U.S. WTI rose 6%...
Fortescue Advances CAS Capability as First Step in Its HaulX Technology Suite
Fortescue has rolled out its Collision Avoidance System (CAS) as the first publicly showcased component of the HaulX technology suite. The system, already active on more than 400 Pilbara assets, automatically brakes heavy equipment when a light vehicle breaches a...
Canyon Resources Mobilises Surface Miner at Cameroon’s Minim Martap Project
Australian miner Canyon Resources has moved a surface miner to the Minim Martap bauxite project in Cameroon, kicking off mining operations by the end of March. The company now targets first bauxite production in early Q2 2026 and its inaugural cargo shipment...
American Tungsten & Antimony Finds High-Grade Antimony in Utah, US
American Tungsten & Antimony reported high‑grade antimony intercepts from its inaugural drilling at the Little Emma Prospect in Utah’s Antimony Canyon Project. Notable assays include 2.62 m at 12.54% Sb and 8.47 m at 2.67% Sb (including 2.2 m at 9.69% Sb). The...
Weir to Supply Bezant Nambia Operations with 150 T/H Crushing and Screening Plant
Weir has secured a contract to deliver a 150 t/h crushing and screening plant for Bezant’s Hope and Gorob copper‑gold project in Namibia. The package includes two ENDURON jaw crushers (ET905, ET906), Trio feeders, a scalping screen, conveyors and a steel...
Salt Trade Seasoned with Strong Egyptian Flows
Global seaborne salt shipments jumped 19% year‑on‑year to 13.5 million tonnes in January‑February 2026, driven by Egyptian exports that more than doubled to 2.9 million tonnes. The United States recorded a record 4.2 million tonnes discharged, reflecting heightened de‑icing demand after severe winter...
TRIM Invites Private Firms to Bid to Operate Three Rail Sidings for Ten Years
South Africa's Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) has issued requests for proposals to privately operate and invest in three rail sidings—Klaserie, Krugersdorp and Ngagane—for ten‑year terms. The RFPs require bidders to fund refurbishments, loading facilities, security and access upgrades while...
