The Trump administration repeatedly has assigned additional job roles to Cabinet members and other officials amid government shake-ups as the president solidifies his agenda for the coming years, Fox News Digital found. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy was the latest Trump official assigned an additional role Wednesday. The Transportation chief…
Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) has announced plans to acquire Sandstorm Gold (TSX:SSL,NYSE:SAND) and Horizon Copper (TSXV:HCU,OTCQB:HNCUF) in a pair of deals valued at a combined US$3.7 billion. The companies involved confirmed the transactions in back-to-back press releases on Monday (July 7). Royal Gold will acquire Sandstorm Gold in an all-share transaction…
Torex Gold (TSX:TXG,OTCQX:TORXF) is taking a step toward diversification with its planned acquisition of Reyna Silver (TSXV:RSLV,OYCQB:RSNVF), a junior explorer with early stage projects in Mexico and the US. The US$26 million all-share deal, announced in late June, is set to close later this year and marks Torex’s first major…
China’s grip on the battery metals sector has drawn increasing scrutiny in recent years as nations confront growing concerns around supply chain risk and resource security. Through a blend of domestic output and aggressive overseas investment, particularly in Africa and South America, Chinese companies now command a significant share of…
President Donald Trump’s new round of tariffs —this time targeting copper— has intensified concerns about rising costs across key sectors, including healthcare. But despite significant price pressures on steel, aluminum, and now copper, all vital to medical device production, there is no indication that US hospitals are stockpiling equipment ahead…
A new analysis from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has found that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sold in Europe today produce 73 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions over their lifetime than comparable gasoline-powered cars The findings are based on an updated life-cycle assessment (LCA) of all major vehicle…
Stallion Uranium Corp. (the ‘ Company ‘ or ‘ Stallion ‘ ) ( TSX-V: STUD ; OTCQB: STLNF ; FSE: FE0 ) announces that further to its news release of July 8, 2025, announcing that it had entered into a technology data acquisition agreement, the Company clarifies that the…
Maritime Resources (TSXV:MAE) is a Canadian gold development company advancing the fully permitted, high-grade Hammerdown project in Newfoundland & Labrador’s prolific Baie Verte mining district. A past-producing asset, Hammerdown is shovel-ready and de-risked, with construction underway and first ore deliveries to the Pine Cove Mill anticipated between late summer and…
For Ekin Ober, bringing generative artificial intelligence (AI) to the critical metals sector through her work at Aethos Labs wasn’t just about technological innovation — it reshaped how she thinks about strategy and sustainability in mining. Now a principal at Kinterra Capital, Ober applies that broad, cross-disciplinary lens to investment…
Cygnus Metals Limited (‘Cygnus’ or the ‘Company’) advises that it has issued an aggregate of 67,050,000 performance rights (‘Performance Rights’) to directors, and key employees and consultants, under the Company’s Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (‘Plan’). Shareholders approved the Plan and the issue of Performance Rights to directors at…