Avalon Advanced Materials has received a C$3.5 million ($2.5m) financing from Belgium’s SCR-Sibelco NV to help advance its Lake Superior lithium project in Ontario and the Nechalacho REE (rare earth elements) and zirconium project in the Northwest Territories.

Capricorn Metals’ board has approved the expansion of the Karlawinda gold project (KGP) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The KGP expansion is targeting an annual gold production of 150,000 ounces (oz), a rate based on KGP’s 10-year mine life and the asset’s ore reserves currently sitting at 1.43 million ounces (Moz) at 0.8...

Chalice Mining’s Gonneville nickel-cobalt-copper-platinum group elements project has been awarded ‘major project’ status by the Federal Government.

Koryx Copper (TSXV: KRY) said on Wednesday it has received funding commitments of C$10 million ($7.4 million) to help advance its flagship Haib project in Namibia and other copper exploration projects in Zambia.

Hancock Prospecting, owned by Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart, has received final approval from the Federal Government to develop a new iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

When Kinross Gold bought the Great Bear project in northern Ontario’s prolific Red Lake district two and a half years ago, its thinking was to acquire an extraordinarily high-grade gold asset that would one day become a world-class mine.

India plans to provide funding for research institutes to give technical assistance to miners, according to a government source and a letter reviewed by Reuters, to try to develop a critical minerals industry.

i-80 Gold shares jumped on Monday after the company announced high-grade results from underground drilling at its McCoy-Cove property in Lander county, Nevada.

Chile-focused Marimaca Copper said on Tuesday that Assore International Holdings (AIH), a subsidiary of South Africa’s Assore Group, is investing C$68 million ($50m) in the company.

AbraSilver Resource said on Monday it has received investments from both Kinross Gold and Central Puerto, Argentina’s leading electricity provider, to fund the development of its flagship Diablillos project in Salta province.