Canada’s Push for Critical Minerals Encounters Funding Challenges: RBC
Canada has channelled just 11% of its mining capital into critical minerals over the past 25 years, leaving the country behind global peers as demand for strategic resources accelerates, a new RBC report shows. More than C$700 billion ($512 billion) has been raised in Canadian mining equity and mergers and acquisitions since 2000, with 70% […]
Venezuela Sells Gold Amid Severe Dollar Shortage Last Year
Stock image. Venezuela’s central bank sold nearly six tons of gold in the second half of last year as the country faced crippling dollars shortages due to US restrictions on oil exports. The sales are revealed in the central bank’s financial statements published on the institution’s website. The operations were mostly carried out in December, […]
India Broadens Regulations for $385 Billion Equity Funds to Include Gold Investments
Gold bullion. Credit: Adobe Stock / photobc1. India’s market regulator has allowed the country’s $385 billion actively managed equity funds to park more of their money in gold and silver, giving them greater flexibility at a time when global demand for hard assets is rising. Under revised rules by the Securities and Exchange Board of […]
Lundin Leverages Space Technology to Discover More Gold in Ecuador
Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has enlisted Australian space company Fleet Space Technologies to sharpen drill targeting and cut exploration risk at its Fruta del Norte mine in southeastern Ecuador as it pushes to extend the asset’s life amid strong gold prices. The Canadian miner plans to spend $100 million this year on exploration at Fruta […]
Hycroft Mining Rises Sharply Following Sprott Share Acquisition
A drill rig at Hycroft Mining’s namesake project in Nevada. Credit: Hycroft Mining Hycroft Mining Holding (Nasdaq: HYMC) soared on Tuesday after a securities filing revealed that Canadian billionaire mining investor Eric Sprott has continued to buy the stock despite its price skyrocketing over the past year. Sprott, one of the company’s biggest investors, recently […]
British Columbia Fast-Tracks Permitting for Three Selected Projects
The British Columbia government has selected three projects to work with its Critical Minerals Office for early co-ordination as they prepare to enter their respective environmental assessment and future permitting processes. In a press release dated Feb. 20, 2026, the BC Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals said it has included Northisle Copper and Gold’s […]
Brazilian State Firm Challenges Sale of Equinox Gold Asset to CMOC
A Brazilian state-run company is taking legal action to try to block the sale of a precious metals asset by Equinox Gold Corp. to one of China’s biggest miners. Companhia Baiana de Produção Mineral, or CBPM, is seeking an emergency injunction for the immediate repossession of a lease area in Bahia, a state in Brazil’s […]
Gold Prices Climb as Traders Consider Trump’s Next Moves Following Tariff Ruling
Stock image. Gold advanced as the dollar slid, with investors weighing the White House’s next steps on tariffs after the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. The Supreme Court said Trump exceeded his authority by invoking a federal emergency powers law to impose his “reciprocal” tariffs across the globe as […]
Congo Central Bank to Acquire Gold from State-Owned Company for Reserves
Stock image. Democratic Republic of Congo’s central bank will begin purchasing gold for its monetary reserves from a state-owned trader, the company announced Friday. DRC Gold Trading SA will partner with the central bank to provide gold from Congo’s hand-dug — or artisanal — mining sites as the country looks to profit from its rich […]
Orla Mining Highlights Robust Economics in Camino Rojo Underground PEA
Crusher and conveyor system at the Camino Rojo gold mine in Mexico. Credit: Orla Mining. Orla Mining (TSX: OLA) (NYSE: ORLA) announced Thursday positive results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the underground project at its Camino Rojo mine in Zacatecas, Mexico. The mine, which currently has a 10-year life, produced 43,788 ounces of gold and sold 38,265 ounces during […]