In this issue
Skillings Mining Review February 2025: our cover package, “Exploration & Geology in 2025,” examines how new imaging, data fusion, and rapid core analytics are reshaping target generation—and the talent, budgets, and community expectations that now decide which discoveries advance.
On the ground, U.S. Gold Corp.’s Keystone bet in Nevada’s Cortez Trend shows the new playbook, while Global Iron Ore Exploration 2025 maps projects and shifting power centers. Markets and policy frame the risk: China’s copper demand steadies pricing; tariff moves jolt gold and silver; and debates intensify around deep-sea mining and Greenland rare earths. We track supply-chain footprints—Metso’s new screen centre in Johannesburg, Phoenix Tailings’ critical-metals push, and lithium-ion recycling momentum—alongside country stories from Sierra Leone’s jobs boom to GoviEx Muntanga’s feasibility step.
Safety and responsibility remain central: no-POV progress in U.S. mines, rat-hole mining tragedies, and broader environmental and community review. The through-line: smarter targeting, faster learning loops, and credible social performance.
