Uranium and Energy Metals
Global Atomic Raises Dasa Direct Project Cost Estimate 74%
Global Atomic Corporation (TSX: GLO; OTCQX: GLATF) has raised the direct project cost estimate for its Dasa uranium project in Niger to US$653 million, an increase of 74% from the US$375.6 million outlined in its 2024 feasibility study. The company’s detailed cost table shows US$227.5 million spent through June 30, 2026, with another US$550.1 million…
Purecore Begins Data Compilation at Yurchison Uranium Property
Highlights Purecore Metals Inc. isn’t drilling yet at its Yurchison Uranium Property. It’s digging through paperwork first. On September 15, 2026, the company said it has started a data compilation and technical review program on the Saskatchewan project, working to pinpoint where a future drill program should target. Purecore holds an option to earn up…
PTX Metals Resumes Drilling at W2 Copper-Nickel-PGE Project
PTX Metals Inc. (TSXV: PTX; OTCQB: PANXF; Frankfurt: 9PX) reported on September 14, 2026, in a release distributed via PRNewswire, that it has restarted drilling at its flagship W2 Copper-Nickel-PGE Project near the gateway to Ontario’s Ring of Fire, a mineral-rich but largely undeveloped region in the province’s remote north. The company also disclosed a…
Trilogy Metals Closes $35.6M Department of War Investment
Trilogy Metals Inc. (NYSE American: TMQ; TSX: TMQ) reported on September 11, 2026 that it has closed the strategic equity investment from the U.S. Department of War (DOW) first announced on August 28, 2026. This confirms the transaction as final; the underlying deal structure, DOW’s roughly 10% resulting stake in Trilogy, board rights, and contingent…
Agnico Eagle Takes Stake in Vizsla Copper for Alaska Projects
Highlights Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE: AEM; TSX: AEM) reported on September 8, 2026 that its subsidiary has agreed to sell its Delta and Helm Bay projects in Alaska to Vizsla Copper Corp. (TSXV: VCU; OTCQB: VCUFF). Rather than a straight cash sale, Agnico is being paid mostly in Vizsla Copper securities and future contingent…
Red Metal’s Farellon Lease Delivers Ore Ahead of Schedule
Highlights Red Metal Resources Ltd. (CSE: RMES; OTCPINK: RMESF; FSE: I660) reported on September 3, 2026 that its lessee, Minera KMT SpA, has completed the first deliveries of copper sulphide ore from the Farellon 1/8 concession to Empresa Nacional de Minería (ENAMI), Chile’s state-owned ore processor, at its Vallenar plant. Farellon is part of Red…
Anfield Energy Conducts First Velvet-Wood Underground Blast in Roughly Four Decades
Anfield Energy Inc. (TSXV: AEC; Nasdaq: AEC) has completed the first underground blast in roughly four decades at its Velvet-Wood uranium and vanadium project in Utah. The blast follows the company’s receipt of a permit from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It marks another step in the rehabilitation of the historic…
What is Molybdenum Used For?
Molybdenum — commonly shortened to “moly” in the industry — is a metal that quietly strengthens much of the world’s critical infrastructure, from bridges and pipelines to power plants, while rarely attracting the same investor attention as gold, copper, or lithium. Its unusual production profile — heavily tied to copper mining as a byproduct rather…
Hot Chili Adds Fourth Rig as La Verde Drilling Continues
Hot Chili Limited (ASX: HCH; TSXV: HCH; OTCQX: HHLKF) reported new drill results on August 24, 2026 from its La Verde copper-gold porphyry discovery in Chile’s coastal Atacama region, continuing a drilling campaign the company has been building on for more than two years. La Verde sits about 30 kilometers south of Hot Chili’s larger…
Denarius Metals Buys Into Copper Giant, Backed by Trafigura
Denarius Metals Corp. (Cboe CA: DMET; OTCQX: DNRSF) reported on August 21, 2026 that it has closed two linked transactions announced earlier this month. This is genuinely two separate deals that closed on the same day, worth keeping apart: one is Denarius buying a stake in a different company’s copper project, and the other is…
