An initial mineral resource at American Tungsten’s Ima project in northeast Idaho defines 316,000 indicated tonnes at 0.55% WO₃ (1,747 tonnes WO₃) plus 404,000 oz silver, and 2.1 million inferred tonnes at 0.55% WO₃ containing 11,933 tonnes WO₃ and 1.8 million oz silver, making it Idaho’s highest-grade primary tungsten project. The estimate also includes 267,000 tonnes of historical surface tailings at 0.15% WO₃ (413 tonnes WO₃), supporting a Phase I tailings processing route alongside Phase II underground drilling, rehabilitation and restart planning. Based on 5,180 metres of recent drilling and historical data, the resource underpins work towards a preliminary economic assessment and positions Ima as a potential U.S. tungsten supply source amid Chinese export controls.

BHP and MIT spinout SiTration are piloting a chemical-free copper recovery technology at the historic Copper Cities mine in Arizona, targeting legacy mining water in a pit lake at a site that produced nearly 400,000 tonnes of copper between the 1950s and early 1980s. An initial one‑month pilot will validate continuous, autonomous production, followed by a larger two‑month deployment aiming to produce up to 2 tonnes of LME Grade A copper cathode. Bench tests using real site feedstock report sub‑3–4 kWh/kg energy use with no new waste streams, signalling potential low‑cost recovery from mining‑impacted waters across the US Southwest.

Gold miners extended their August rally on Thursday despite a rebound in long-term US Treasury yields, with the VanEck Gold Miners ETF up 2.3% by 12:40 p.m. ET as Agnico Eagle, Newmont and Barrick gained about 2–2.2% while spot gold eased near $4,509. The move came as the 30-year Treasury yield touched 5.27% before settling around 5.25%, even after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pledged to at least double long-bond buybacks above the planned $4 billion and promised a fiscal consolidation plan. With US public debt now above $40 trillion and the deficit near $2 trillion, miners are trading as leveraged plays on sustained bullion strength driven by fiscal and yield uncertainty rather than day-to-day gold price moves.