Teck & Anglo American’s $53 billion merger approved in Canada, paving the way for a global mining power

Canada has approved the merger of Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A,TECK.B,NYSE:TECK) and Anglo American (LSE:AAL,OTCQX:AAUKF), clearing a major regulatory hurdle to create a new global mining heavyweight worth more than $53 billion. Teck and Anglo American said they received approval under the Investment Canada Act, allowing the companies to proceed with their planned “merger of equals.” first […]

CMOC buys Equinox Gold’s Brazilian operations for more than $1 billion

China’s CMOC Group (OTC Pink:CMCLF) has agreed to buy a portfolio of gold assets in Brazil from Canada’s Equinox Gold (TSX:EQX,NYSEAMERICAN:EQX) for $1.015 billion, CMOC said on Monday (December 15) that it will acquire 100 percent of Equinox Gold’s Brazilian operations, consisting of the Aurizona mine in Maranhão, the RDM mine in Minas Gerais and […]

Lahontan begins drilling in West Santa Fe

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newsline / December 16, 2025 / Lahontan Gold Corp. (TSXV:LG,OTC:LGCXF)(OTCQB:LGCXF) (the “Company” or “Vegetables“) is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling at its West Santa Fe project, located just eight miles from the company’s flagship Santa Fe Mine project in Nevada’s prolific Walker Lane. A Foremost MPD-1500 track-mounted reverse […]

Walker Lane announces board update

TSX-V: WLR Frankfurt: 6YL Walker Lane Resources Ltd. (TSXV: WLR,OTC:CMCXF) (Frankfurt: 6YL) “Walker Lane”) announces the resignation of John Land as Director of the Company and the appointment of Mr. Kevin Brewer, Director and CEO as Interim Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors would like to thank Mr. Land for his […]

Climate finance: what Africa has right (and wrong) in 2025

Two years after the much-hyped 2023 Nairobi Declaration, climate finance across Africa remains a work in progress, often marked by painful delays. Across the continent, data shows that renewable energy financing is the only segment that recorded increased adaptation financing. Only a handful of African countries receive more than 50 percent of climate financing. Over […]

McClintock Sector BPI Portfolio Review: December 15, 2025 | ITA Asset Management

Canby Snowman McClintock is the Sector BPI portfolio under review this morning. The three Sector BPI portfolios are investment models unique to the ITA blog. To learn more about this model, go to the Categories menu on the right sidebar and search for Sector BPI. While we often wait months between buy and sell signals, […]

LaFleur Minerals Announces LIFE and Flow-Through Unit Offers

LaFleur Minerals Inc. (CSE: LFLR,OTC:LFLRF) (FSE: 3WK0) (“LaFleur Minerals” or the “Company” or “Issuer”) is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement offering of up to 6,000,000 units of the Company (the “Units”) at a price of $0.50 per unit, for gross proceeds of up to $3,000,000 (the “LIFE OFFER”). Each Unit will consist of […]

Focus Graphite engages an independent trading group as market maker

Focus Graphite Inc. (TSXV: FMS,OTC:FCSMF) (OTCQB: FCSMF) (FSE: FKC0) (“Focus” or the “Company”), a Canadian developer of high-performance graphite deposits and innovator of next-generation battery technology, is pleased to announce that it has engaged the services of Independent Trading Group (“ITG”) pursuant to an agreement dated December 15, 2025 (the “ITG Agreement”) to provide market […]