Eagle Nuclear Energy has signed a binding all‑stock LOI to acquire 100% of Noble Plains Uranium at a deemed C$0.125 per share, a 92% premium to Noble Plains’ 29 October TSXV close, with Noble Plains shareholders to hold about 4.78% of the combined equity. The deal adds ISR‑amenable projects in Wyoming, including the Duck Creek project in the Powder River basin with 5.32M lbs U₃O₈ Indicated and 1.04M lbs Inferred (NI 43‑101) over only 2.5 miles of a 5.25‑mile trend. Eagle plans a 12–18 month phased exploration programme targeting deeper mineralised formations and further resource growth around existing ISR infrastructure.

Freeport-McMoRan has approved a US$4.5 billion brownfield expansion and modernisation of its wholly owned Bagdad copper–molybdenum mine in northwest Arizona, aiming to more than double current mining and milling rates. The plan includes enlarging the autonomous haulage system (AHS) truck fleet and installing a new overland conveyor to move higher tonnages from pit to plant, reducing reliance on truck haulage. For mine planners and geotechs, the scale-up will drive larger pit pushbacks, higher waste movement and updated slope, haul road and dump designs.

Rare Earths Norway has approved a €24-million pilot plant at Ulefoss to test an integrated ore-to-rare-earth-oxide flowsheet for the Fen deposit, which holds 123 million indicated tonnes at 1.35% TREO plus 1.08 billion inferred tonnes at 1.31% TREO. The plant, housed in an existing industrial building and targeting 6,000 tonnes of ore over three years, is slated to start up in Q3 2027 with funding support from Innovation Norway, the Telemark Development Fund and EIT RawMaterials. Design changes include increasing the protective rock cover above underground openings from 25 m to 100 m, while a state-led zoning process aims to fix mine, plant, tailings and infrastructure locations by 2028.