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BIPARTISAN SILVER ACT: Senate bill would force geographic spread of U.S. precious metals vaults beyond New York (GoldSeek)
COPPER RECORD: $6.67/lb surge mints 23 new billion-dollar "unicorn" mines in one year (Mining.com)
ABITIBI DRILL SEASON OPEN: First Mining Gold Launches 12,000m Duparquet Campaign with Indigenous-Led Partner Forage Anicinape (PR Newswire)
Gold & Silver
TOP BIPARTISAN SILVER ACT: Senate bill would force geographic spread of U.S. precious metals vaults beyond New York (GoldSeek)
AMERICAS GOLD swaps 592k oz Sprott silver stream for shares, cutting $45M in future debt (Mining.com)
BEST QUARTER IN 20 YEARS: IMPACT Silver Q1 Revenue Nearly Triples to $31.2M, Record $11.3M Net Income — Zero Debt (InvestingNews)
Gold Eases to $4,524 as Trump Signals US in 'Final Stages' of Iran Peace Talks (Fortune)
SILVER SURGES 2.4% to $76/oz as Sixth Straight Annual Structural Deficit Confirmed (Fortune)
SIXTH STRAIGHT YEAR: Silver Demand Exceeds Supply as Industrial Deficit Shows No End (Newswire)
93 G/T SILVER, 27 METRES WIDE: Prince Silver adds third rig in Nevada as polymetallic intercepts stack up (Investing News Network)
GOLD BREAKS $4,500: Safe-haven role questioned as oil-driven rate fears dominate precious metals selloff (Capital.com)
GOLD HOLDS $4,500: Still 36% Higher Year-Over-Year as Iran Tensions and 3.8% Inflation Cap the Rally (Fortune)
GOLD BELOW $4,500: Iran Talks Stall, Silver Breaks $74 Support — Metals Down 20% From January All-Time Highs (Kitco News)
Copper & Base Metals
TOP COPPER RECORD: $6.67/lb surge mints 23 new billion-dollar "unicorn" mines in one year (Mining.com)
COPPER REVERSAL: Base Metal Jumps 2% to $6.09/lb as Iran Peace Signals and China Trade Resumption Hit Markets (Business Recorder)
COPPER VOLATILE: Inflation fears, Iran standoff, and China demand miss slam industrial metals in choppy session (CNBC)
VAULT ZONE CONFIRMED: Talon Metals' new Tamarack assays extend high-grade nickel-copper footprint in Minnesota (Newsfile)
COPPER AT $6.18/LB — Tariff Deadline and Mine Disruptions Push Metal 34% Higher Than a Year Ago (Investing News Network)
CHILE RAISES 2026 COPPER FORECAST TO $5.55/LB — Energy Transition and AI Infrastructure Demand Cited (Kitco News)
Lithium & Battery Metals
LITHIUM RALLY COOLS: Prices Pull Back 2.2% from Two-Year High as Mine Restarts Signal Supply Response (Carbon Credits)
LITHIUM AT 2-YEAR HIGH: China Carbonate Tops $195K/Tonne as Energy Storage Demand Blows Past Supply Forecasts (Investing News Network)
Exploration & Discovery
TOP ABITIBI DRILL SEASON OPEN: First Mining Gold Launches 12,000m Duparquet Campaign with Indigenous-Led Partner Forage Anicinape (PR Newswire)
SCOTTIE RESOURCES launches 52,000-meter drill campaign near Stewart, BC — biggest in company history (Mining News North)
Juggernaut Fires Up 10,000-Metre Inaugural Drill in BC's Golden Triangle — District-Scale Au-Ag-Cu System at Big One (Mining Stock Education)
Marimaca Copper STEP-OUT Drilling Confirms Scale at Pampa Medina: Multiple Stacked Mantos Above 2% Cu (Investing News Network)
White Gold Corp IP Surveys Unlock New PORPHYRY Copper-Gold Targets in Yukon's Golden Heart (North of 60 Mining News)
1.3 KILOMETRES OF COPPER-GOLD: Aldebaran Drills 1,339m at 0.45% CuEq at Altar — Q3 Resource Upgrade in Play (GlobeNewswire)
UNDERGROUND BONANZA: DPM Metals hits 58m at 15.28 g/t AuEq deep below Chelopech — resource estimate by year-end (GlobeNewswire)
38M AT 2.23 G/T GOLD IN PNG: Great Pacific Wild Dog Kavasuki target grows along 15km epithermal corridor (Investing News Network)
890 G/T SILVER OVER 51 METRES: Aya Gold hits record-grade polymetallic intercept at Morocco's Boumadine expansion (GlobeNewsWire)
INFILL CONFIRMS GRADE: Freegold Drills 33.7 g/t Au Over 19.5m at Alaska's 17Moz Golden Summit (Investing News Network)
M&A & Deals
AGNICO EAGLE doubles Wallbridge Mining stake to near 20% with C$22.4M private placement (PR Newswire)
Analysts: Troilus West Rim Results Put Quebec Gold Asset on Mid-Tier M&A Radar — Feasibility Already in Hand (Mining.com)
Market & Macro
HONG KONG targets July launch of government-backed gold clearing system to rival London and New York (GoldSeek)
TURNING POINT: Sovereign bond yields breaking multi-decade highs as foreign central banks dump U.S. Treasuries (FXStreet)
SEABED RUSH: 9 Companies Seek US Deep-Sea Mining Permits One Year After Trump's Executive Order — Stocks Soar (Washington Post / AP)
MinersAI AI-Powered Exploration Platform Launches in Asia-Pacific — First APAC Client Deployments Underway (International Mining)
IRAN SUPREME LEADER KILLS NUKE DEAL: Gold Tests $4,500 Floor, Copper Retreats on Collapsed Peace Hopes (Business Recorder)
Gold, Silver, and Copper Are All Bullish Right Now — Here's the Case for Each Metal (GoldSeek)
Uranium & Energy
XI-PUTIN: China and Russia Sign Three Nuclear Energy MOUs, Deepening Uranium Demand Signal for Athabasca Basin Producers (World Nuclear News)
Standard Uranium Upgrades Athabasca Geophysics, PREPS Inaugural Drill at Davidson River (Investing News Network)
FRONTIER NUCLEAR Nears Engo Valley Maiden Resource — Namibia Uranium MRE Due Mid-Q3 2026 (Junior Mining Network)
ATHABASCA DRILLS TURN: Skyharbour launches RL uranium program targeting high-priority conductors in Saskatchewan (GlobeNewsWire)
Opinion & Analysis
GOLD AT $4,500 FLOOR — But analysts say the looming bond crisis could change everything for precious metals (Kitco)
Gold Miners Up 164% vs Bullion's 60% in 2025 — Analysts See Leveraged Upside Returning at Current $4,500 Buy Zone (Investing.com)
GOLDMAN HOLDS LINE: $5,400 year-end gold target reaffirmed — central banks back buying 60 tonnes per month (GoldSeek)
Rare Earths
CHINA SOFTENS on rare earth controls after Trump-Xi summit — pledges cooperation but keeps export regime intact (US News)
CHINA Finds New Rare Earth Deposit Type in Frozen North — Sand-and-Gravel Beats Southern Clays (Interesting Engineering)
Greenland Mines LANDS $35M Sarfartoq Rare Earth Deal From Neo Performance (Neo Performance Materials)
MP Materials Posts 117% NDPR SALES SURGE, Breaks Ground on Pentagon-Backed Magnet Plant (StockTitan / MP Materials)
CHINA RARE EARTH INDEX DROPS to 251.4 — Ex-China Terbium Still 3–5x Higher as the Bifurcation Widens (Rare Earth Exchanges)

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