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An open-pit copper operation illustrates the scale and infrastructure behind the assets attracting strategic capital. Mining M&A deals 2026 are increasingly being shaped by control of…
Gold mining news 2026 highlights an unprecedented wave of consolidation sweeping across the global precious metals sector, as major senior producers and aggressive developers rush to…
Diamond drilling advances exploration in the mountainous Lawyers-Ranch project area. Mining M&A deals in 2026 are increasingly linking major producers with earlier-stage projects, and AngloGold Ashanti’s…
Gold exploration at the Antino Gold Project in southeastern Suriname. Photo: Founders Metals. Gold mining news 2026 is increasingly being shaped by strategic investments in large,…
Copper processing infrastructure in Queensland’s Mount Isa region. Austral Resources Australia has moved ahead with its takeover of Hammer Metals after the deadline for a competing…
The planned consolidation would place SM Investments’ Atlas stake and other mining assets under Dominion Holdings. SM Investments Corp. is preparing to move its mining assets…
Fortuna Mining’s acquisition gives it control of the Bambadji gold exploration project, adjacent to its Diamba Sud project in southeastern Senegal. Fortuna Mining has acquired the…
Mining M&A deals 2026 are increasingly focused on advanced development assets, and OceanaGold’s proposed A$776 million acquisition of Ausgold is among the clearest examples. The transaction…
Western Australian gold development landscape with mining infrastructure and exploration activity. Canadian gold and copper producer OceanaGold is buying Australian gold developer Ausgold for A$776 million,…
Remote gold-silver exploration landscape in north-central British Columbia. AngloGold Ashanti will invest C$58.5 million (US$42 million) to increase its stake in Thesis Gold & Silver to…
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