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EMP Metals has mobilized a service rig and begun operations to re-enter a nearby brackish water well as a potential low-salinity feed for its Project Aurora demonstration facility. The roughly ten-day field campaign will gather fluid samples and performance data that will guide Saltworks’ full-scale design for a modular lithium refinery of about 3,000 tonnes per year.
Northcliff has stepped up pre‑construction activities at its Sisson tungsten‑molybdenum site after securing targeted North American government funding. The company is updating engineering studies, conducting field investigations and pursuing financing and offtake talks ahead of a mid‑2026 feasibility completion target.
Eldorado Gold will acquire Foran Mining in a stock‑and‑cash arrangement that combines Eldorado’s balance sheet with Foran’s McIlvenna Bay development to create a larger, Canada‑anchored gold‑copper producer. The deal, subject to customary shareholder, court and regulator approvals and targeted to close in Q2 2026, is positioned to drive a mid‑decade production step and material cash generation in 2027 if development execution stays on plan.
The Association for Mineral Exploration has rolled out a nationwide public-engagement effort to elevate early-stage mineral exploration as essential to Canada’s economic security, supply chains and clean-energy transition. The campaign argues that declining investment and regulatory hurdles threaten future mineral discoveries and urges policy reforms to preserve access, certainty and Indigenous partnerships.
A late‑2025 Pentagon allocation has catalyzed a wave of demonstration funding, private capital and project milestones that shorten the path from discovery to defense‑relevant supply in North America. Market and policy attention is now tilting toward brownfield and drill‑testable targets with verifiable geochemistry and defined metallurgy that can be tied quickly to pilot processing.
The SEC declared Eagle Energy Metals’ registration statement effective, advancing its planned Nasdaq listing and a Feb. 23, 2026 shareholder vote as U.S. policy and large corporate commitments tighten the uranium and HALEU supply narrative. Broader market signals — uranium futures above $100/lb and sharp producer rallies — plus analyst interest in processors and mill permitting underscore both opportunity and heightened execution expectations for miners and midstream players.
VOSKER has purchased Reconeyez to strengthen its enterprise and government surveillance capabilities while securing US$200 million in senior debt to fund further acquisitions and scale operations. The deal pairs complementary AI offerings and broadens VOSKER's global channel strategy for large-scale monitoring deployments.
Kinterra Capital closed an oversubscribed second fund at US$950 million , exceeding its US$850 million target and reaching the hard cap after a Q1 2025 launch. The firm immediately deployed capital with a Q4 2025 acquisition of the Antler Copper Project in Arizona, increasing its U.S. copper inventory to roughly 14 billion pounds .