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June 9, 2025 – Toronto, ON — Shares of Generation Mining Ltd. (TSX: GENM) surged today, nearing a two-year high, after receiving a significant endorsement from the Ontario government that could fast-track development of its flagship Marathon Palladium-Copper Project in northwestern Ontario.

The Russian government said on Friday it had agreed to support the struggling coal industry, including by deferring tax payments, as well as by limiting dividends and bonuses to top management.

A crisis is unfolding in the bond market that equity investors may not be aware of. Long-term government bond yields are rising across major economies as governments struggle to contain mounting debt burdens.

Russia’s Tuva region said it has agreed with Zijin Mining Group to keep the Kyzyl-Tashtyg zinc mine working after sanctions prompted the Chinese company to weigh suspending operations.

Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ: PPTA) (TSX: PPTA) has submitted a formal application to the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for up to $2 billion in debt financing to fund construction of its Stibnite gold-antimony project in Idaho.

If the USDX just formed its bottom, copper likely formed its top. This means that we could see a breakdown below the declining resistance line any hour now. More importantly, this time, the breakdown could be confirmed.

Unusually large shipments of copper to the United States are unlikely to abate as long as the threat of tariffs hangs over the market and price premiums for the metal on US-based COMEX make deals profitable for traders and producers, analysts said.

US President Donald Trump’s threatened tariff on copper imports has generated a mass relocation of physical metal, swamping the US market and draining the rest of the world.

Toronto-based lithium battery recycling firm Li-Cycle said on Wednesday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada and expects to start a formal sale for its business or assets.

The Indian government is expected to argue that there is sufficient domestic supply of copper cathodes, and an adequate number of suppliers, as it prepares a response to a case on import curbs filed by two trade associations, two sources said.

Gold Rim Exploration Inc. has acquired a 100% interest in a 23 square kilometer property in the Yukon, which is only 52 kilometers southeast from its Bonanza Creek project.

A state-owned Zimbabwean mining firm is trying to protect assets that risk being seized because the country failed to honor a debt incurred when it lost an international arbitration case over canceled nickel and platinum ventures.