Artemis Gold to Acquire Vista Gold in US$427 Million All-Stock Deal
Artemis Gold Inc. (TSXV: ARTG) has agreed to acquire Vista Gold Corp. (TSX: VGZ) in an all stock deal valued at US$427 million, adding the Mt Todd gold project in Australia’s Northern Territory to its portfolio. Vista shareholders will receive 0.0966 of an Artemis share for each Vista share they hold. That works out to […]
Luca Mining To Buy Capstone’s Cozamin Copper Mine For $385M Max
Luca Mining (TSXV: LUCA) agreed to acquire Capstone Copper’s (TSX: CS) Cozamin mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, for as much as $385 million. The transaction includes $275 million in cash at closing, $15 million in Luca shares, $35 million payable one year later, and up to $60 million in copper-price-linked payments. Those contingent payments make part of […]
BC Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay Resigns After Caucus Revolt
The resignation follows the removal of three MLAs from caucus and a wave of departures that has cut the BC Conservatives’ seat count nearly in half since the 2024 election.
8 Mining Stocks Our Viewers Asked Us to Review | Sept 14th-18th
This week’s mailbag came directly from your comments. We dig into Barrick’s latest Nevada deal, i-80 Gold’s execution challenge, Cartier Resources and the Cadillac Fault, the idea of a US gold revaluation, Alamos Gold after the Young-Davidson disruption, J2 Metals, LaFleur Minerals, and Prince Silver. Some of these are development stories. Some are execution stories. […]
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Canada Is Finally Fast-Tracking New Mines | John Passalacqua – First Phosphate
In this conversation with John Passalacqua, CEO of First Phosphate Corp. (NASDAQ: PHOS) (CSE: PHOS), we discuss why Western governments are increasing their support for new critical-mineral mines and what this means for the Bégin-Lamarche phosphate project in Quebec. John explains the company’s US$212.5 million letter of support from Swiss Export Risk Insurance, its proposed […]
Gold & Silver Just Added $2 Billion to This Project | Aya Gold – Bourmadine PEA
Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA) has already made the decision to move Boumadine toward construction, even though its feasibility study is not expected until the second half of 2027. The latest PEA values Boumadine at US$3.5 billion after tax, more than double the previous study, while initial capital barely moved at US$463 million. But […]
7 Junior Mining Stocks Our Viewers Asked Us to Review
Welcome to the Weekly Junior Mining Stock Mailbag, where we dig into companies viewers have been asking about and give you our take on what actually matters. This week we look at Franco-Nevada’s growing cash pile, Golden Cariboo’s drilling and potential resource, Excellon’s new Peru strategy, the Bunker Hill and Silver47 combination, Oroco’s possible path […]
This Copper Discovery Has 4X the Grade of Other Mines | Power Metallic – Lion MRE
Power Metallic (TSXV: PNPN) has spent years telling investors that the Lion Zone is one of the highest-grade copper discoveries of its kind. Its maiden resource estimate finally put independent numbers around that claim, with nearly 4% copper equivalent and 1.68% copper in the indicated category. But the stock still sold off. The problem was […]
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Molybdenum Is Up 68% This Year. Nobody’s Talking About It. | EraNova PEA
The Adanac molybdenum project in British Columbia was permitted, financed and already under construction when the 2008 financial crisis brought everything to a halt. Eighteen years later, EraNova Metals (TSXV: NOVA) is trying to finish what was started. A new PEA outlines a 24-year mine producing 11.4 million pounds of molybdenum annually, with a $714 […]
Conservative Dissent Grows Against Poilievre, But Without a Push to Replace
Pierre Poilievre’s strongest protection against reported unrest inside the Conservative caucus may be the vote that was supposed to settle questions about his leadership eight months ago. The Conservative leader won 87.4% support in a mandatory leadership review at the party’s Calgary convention in January. That result now sits against a different measure of party confidence after […]