Mining & Resources
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Blue Moon Hits 1.75% Copper at Over a Kilometer Deep — And the Zone Is Still Open
A European copper mine just proved its high-grade zone continues 200 meters further than anyone had drilled before. At over a kilometer deep. Most mines have a known edge. A boundary where the resource model stops and the geological question begins. Beyond that boundary, the deposit might continue. It might not. You drill to find
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The Ceasefire Is Dead and the Blockade Is Live — Here’s the Full Market Breakdown
Executive Summary The Islamabad talks collapsed on a single core issue: Iran refused to commit to abandoning nuclear weapons development. After 21 hours of the highest-level US-Iran engagement since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, VP Vance announced no deal and boarded Air Force Two. Trump immediately ordered a naval blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait
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Locksley Starts Drilling California’s Most Strategically Located REE Prospect
Mountain Pass is not subtle geography for a rare earth explorer. MP Materials’ Mountain Pass mine in California is the only significant rare earth producer in the western hemisphere. The United States imports roughly 70% of its rare earth elements from China. The gap between those two facts is one of the most strategically uncomfortable
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Relief Rally or Real Resolution? The Iran Ceasefire Market Breakdown
Executive Summary Late April 7, President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, contingent on Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz to safe passage. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council accepted. The market reaction was immediate and dramatic. WTI crude fell as much as 19% in after-hours trading to below $94, the largest single-day drop since
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Mayfair Gold Just Bought 65% More Land in the World’s Most Prolific Gold Belt
Mayfair Gold Corp. (TSXV: MFG | NYSE American: MINE) has agreed to acquire three exploration properties from Plato Gold Corp. for C$2.5 million cash. The Guibord, Marriott, and Holloway properties all sit in proximity to Mayfair’s flagship Fenn-Gib Gold Project east of Timmins, Ontario, and all three overlay the Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone, the same regional
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Why These New Zealand Drill Results Are Turning Heads in the Gold Mining World
OceanaGold Corporation (TSX: OGC | OTCQX: OCANF) has released six new drill results from its Wharekirauponga deposit in New Zealand, and they are exceptional. The headline intercepts include 14.9 meters at 16.3 g/t gold, 5.4 meters at 25.8 g/t gold, and 5.5 meters at 24.1 g/t gold. To put those numbers in context, anything above
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The Earn-In Deal That Gives Cascadia Minerals Access to Agnico Eagle’s World-Class Exploration Machine
When Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE: AEM | TSX: AEM), the world’s second largest gold producer, takes a strategic position in a junior exploration company and signs an earn-in agreement on its flagship property the same day, the junior mining community pays attention. On March 30, 2026, Agnico Eagle announced it is investing approximately C$7.6
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Why OceanaGold’s Conservative Mine Plans Look Very Different When Gold Is Trading at Record Highs
OceanaGold just updated the technical blueprints for three of its mines — and the timing couldn’t be better for gold investors When a gold producer files updated technical reports across multiple operations simultaneously, it is worth paying attention. On March 27, 2026, OceanaGold Corporation (TSX: OGC | OTCQX: OCANF) filed its Annual Information Form alongside
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Verdera Energy Is Hosting the Discussion That the US Nuclear Industry Has Been Waiting For
New Mexico is sitting on a uranium resource that could fuel America’s nuclear comeback — and this company is hosting the conversation America’s nuclear renaissance is not just a talking point anymore. It is policy, capital, and now conferences. Verdera Energy Corp. (TSXV: V) announced on March 27, 2026, that it is sponsoring the first-ever
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Why Pan Global’s Cármenes Project Could Be One of the Most Strategically Timed European Mining Stories of 2026
A Spanish gold discovery just delivered some of the highest surface grades seen in European exploration this year Surface sampling does not get much more attention-grabbing than this. Pan Global Resources Inc. (TSXV: PGZ | OTCQB: PGZFF | FRA: 2EU) has announced channel sampling results from the Providencia target within its Cármenes Project in northern
