Perpetua, INL, Battelle advancing pilot plant

Miner Perpetua Resources has come together with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) via Battelle Energy Alliance for a critical mineral pilot plant using Perpetua materials. The INL will host, commission, and operate the flexible, modular pilot processing plant expected to be capable of recovering various critical and defense-related minerals, including antimony from the miner’s ores. The companies are seeking to…

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Vale, Glencore Canada to evaluate copper deposit developments

Vale Base Metals (VBM) recently announced a new agreement with Glencore Canada to jointly evaluate a potential brownfield copper development project at their adjacent properties in the Sudbury Basin in Canada. The agreement provides a framework to explore the significant synergies of mining both companies’ underground deposits via the existing shaft and infrastructure at Glencore’s Nickel Rim South mine. When…

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