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Riverside Resources Inc. announced an option agreement for its British Columbia rare earth element (REE) project, resulting in a rally in its stock. Option agreements reduce immediate capital risk for junior explorers while signaling commercial confidence in REE resource viability amid rising global demand.
Read original →Google is launching an AI-first Googlebook laptop designed to compete with Microsoft's Copilot+ PC line. Market success for this device depends on achieving better user adoption than Copilot+ PCs, positioning the consumer AI hardware segment as a key battleground for AI-native computing experiences.
Read original →DatacenterDynamics analyzes 800-volt direct current (800VDC) electrical architecture as the next generation standard for high-density data centers. Adoption of 800VDC improves power efficiency and reduces losses in large-scale AI and compute environments, directly impacting operational margins and energy consumption.
Read original →President Trump announced a 50% tariff on Canadian automotive imports, trucks, and parts effective January 1, 2027, further escalating U.S.-Canada trade tensions. Tariffs on automotive components raise input costs for EV and vehicle manufacturers, potentially affecting supply chain sourcing and production economics for companies dependent on cross-border trade.
Read original →Volcanic Gold Mines Inc. secured a right of first refusal for an antimony mine in Guatemala, positioning itself to acquire the asset if the current owner seeks to divest. Antimony is a critical mineral used in flame retardants, batteries, and electronics, making mine access strategically valuable amid supply concentration concerns.
Read original →Andon Labs' AI agent Luna fired a human employee at a San Francisco store for the first time but needed a clear push from the operators to do it. When the scenario was replayed with seven models, more capable AIs recommended termination more consistently, while weaker ones hesitated. When it came to hiring, nearly all models were uncritical. The article An AI boss fired its first employee but only after humans reminded it of its own rules appeared first on The Decoder.
Read original →By Nikhil Shah Capital spending is often treated as if it becomes semiconductor capacity about twelve months later. That can be a useful rule for equipment installed in an existing fab. It is a poor description of a new fab built from the ground up. I tested the distinction using five advanced-node projects in the United States where… Read More The post The Twelve-Month Rule Does Not Describe a New Fab appeared first on SemiWiki.
Read original →The U.K. government says the incident did not pose a risk to the country's energy system, adding that it briefed CEOs of companies in the sector with advice.
Read original →Welcome to the Investing News Network's weekly look at the best-performing Canadian mining stocks on the TSX, TSXV and CSE, starting with a round-up of Canadian news impacting the resource sector. Statistics Canada released its July consumer price index (CPI) data on Monday (August 17). The figures show inflation was persistent, posting a 3 percent annualized gain during the month and increasing from 2.8 percent in June. The agency attributed the increase to the persistent conflict in the Middle East which has caused the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the partial closure of the Red Sea, two critical oil shipping routes out of the region. The result was higher prices at the pump, as gasoline prices surged 25.7 percent compared with the same time last year, following a 20.5 percent increase in June. Excluding gasoline, all-items CPI increased 2.2 percent, close to the midpoint of Bank of Canada's total inflation target range of 1 to 3 percent, which it set after inflation peaked at 8.1 percent in June 2022 following the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday (August 20), StatsCan released the June monthly mineral production survey, which showed increases in output and shipments of copper, gold and silver over the month. Recoverable copper increased 1.61 percent to 43.39 million kilograms, while shipments of the red metal surged 29.28 percent to 49.91 million kilograms. Meanwhile, gold production rose 5.93 percent to 19,388 kilograms, the highest output in more than 6 years, while shipments surged to their highest levels since October 2021, as they increased 38.04 percent to 22,495 kilograms. Silver saw even larger increases, with production rising 9.12 percent to 27,454 kilograms and shipments jumping 38.7 percent to 30,455 kilograms, the highest level since September 2025. For more on what’s moving markets this week, check out our top market news round-up. Markets and commodities react Canadian equity markets were mixed this week. The S&P/TSX Composite Index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) lost 0.45 percent over the week to close Friday (August 21) at 36,620.23, while the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX) rose 1.91 percent to 988.37. The CSE Composite Index (CSE:CSECOMP) was flat, losing just 0.09 percent to 168.07. On the other hand, precious metals experienced another week of positive momentum. The gold price gained 6.07 percent to close at US$4,615.45 per ounce on Friday at 4:00 p.m. EDT. The silver price performed even better, closing the week up 7.49 percent at US$69.32 on Friday. In base metals, the Comex copper price recorded a 0.13 percent decline this week to US$6.58. The S&P Goldman Sachs Commodities Index (INDEXSP:SPGSCI) was up 5.29 percent to end Friday at 717.21. Top Canadian mining stocks this week How did mining stocks perform against this backdrop? Take a look at this week’s five best-performing Canadian mining stocks below. Stocks data for this article was retrieved at 4:00 p.m. EDT on Friday using TradingView's stock screener. Only companies trading on the TSX, TSXV and CSE with market caps greater than C$10 million are included. Mineral companies within the non-energy minerals, energy minerals, process industry and producer manufacturing sectors were considered. 1. Torr Metals (TSXV:TMET) Weekly gain: 52.63 percent Market cap: C$13.41 million Share price: C$0.145 Torr Metals is an exploration company that owns the Kolos and Latham copper-gold projects in British Columbia and the Filion gold project in Ontario. Its primary focus has been at Kolos, which covers a total land package of 332 square kilometers within the Quesnel Terrane near Kamloops. The site covers several wholly owned target areas, as well as Bertha, which it acquired the option to earn up to a 100 percent stake in March 2025. Torr commenced its maiden drill program at Bertha in October 2025 and has been active at both Bertha and Kolos throughout the first half of 2026. The most recent update came on Tuesday (August 18), when Torr reported that it confirmed a large porphyry system in the first four drill holes of its 6,000 meter Phase 2 drill program at Bertha North. "With assays pending, a large and strengthening geophysical target still ahead of the drilling, and multiple targets yet to be tested, we believe Bertha North is at a very early stage with significant discovery potential still in front of us," Torr President and CEO Malcolm Dorsey said. 2. Integral Metals (CSE:INTG) Weekly gain: 49.18 percent Market cap: C$18.84 million Share price: C$0.455 Integral Metals is an exploration company with a portfolio of critical mineral projects in the Northwest Territories and Manitoba, Canada, and Montana, US. Its most advanced asset is the KAP project located in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest Territories. The property consists of six claims covering an area of approximately 7,500 hectares and hosts zinc, gallium and germanium mineralization. In its 2026 exploration plan update released on January 12, the company said its activities would focus on "de-risking the project to advance to the next stage of evaluation." This would include detailed mineral and metallurgical studies and re-assays of historical drill samples dating back to the 1970s. The company also owns the Burntwood rare earths project in Manitoba, where it is examining the potential for a small-scale drill program in 2026; and the Woods Creek rare earths project in Montana, where it will carry out surface-based work to delineate carbonatite dykes and expand geological mapping and sampling. Integral's latest project-related news came on July 13, when it announced plans for a 2026 drill program at KAP that will build on test work carried out at the property's Main Zone in 2025. On Friday, the company announced the opening of a non-brokered flow-through private placement to raise gross proceeds of up to C$1.25 million. The offering is expected to close around September 14. 3. CANEX Metals (TSXV:CANX) Weekly gain: 45.65 percent Market cap: C$80.34 million Share price: C$0.335 CANEX Metals is an exploration company working to advance its recently expanded Gold Range – Gold Basin project in Arizona, US, and the Louise copper-gold project in British Columbia, Canada. Its Gold Range property in Mohave County lies in a region with a mining history dating back to the 1880s, but the property has seen little modern exploration. CANEX is currently working to identify prospective zones with near-surface gold mineralization. In February, CANEX acquired a controlling 52 percent stake in Gold Basin Resources, whose Gold Basin project is contiguous with Gold Range, and successfully acquired the remaining shares in June. The move consolidated the pair’s landholdings in Arizona, increasing CANEX’s claims to five split-estate mineral titles, two patented mining claims and 546 lode mining claims. Gold Basin was embroiled in a range of issues, including a May 2025 cease trade order by the British Columbia Securities Commission for failing to file audited financial statements. After gaining the controlling stake, CANEX began work to rectify the problems facing Gold Basin and gain the trust of its remaining shareholders. On August 18, CANEX announced that it had begun the final steps to complete the acquisition and integration of Gold Basin and would turn its focus to exploration of the Arizona properties and to drill-test its Louise project in British Columbia. 4. Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX:AVL) Weekly gain: 45.61 percent Market cap: C$54.78 million Share price: C$8.30 Avalon Advanced Materials is an explorer and developer focused on a portfolio of projects in Canada. The company previously had a 40 percent ownership stake in the Separation Rapids lithium project in Ontario, a joint venture with SCR-Sibelco, which owned the remaining 60 percent. However, on April 2, Avalon announced a strategic restructuring that would largely see it exit the project. The company stated that it would retain a 100 percent ownership stake in the Lilypad cesium project in Northern Ontario. At the time, it noted that the lithium assets associated with Separation Rapids did not align with its broader spodumene lithium feedstock strategy. The company has turned its attention to its other projects, which include the Nechalacho rare earths project in the Northwest Territories, the Lilypad project and the Lake Superior lithium processing facility in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The most recent project-related news came on August 6, when Avalon released an updated mineral resource estimate for the Nechalacho Basal Zone. The new estimate demonstrates a measured and indicated resource of 58.6 million metric tons of ore grading 1.49 percent total rare earth oxides, plus an inferred resource of 130.6 million metric tons grading 1.31 percent. The majority of the value comes from neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium, according to the release. Avalon is currently working towards releasing a preliminary economic assessment in Q4. 5. Athena Gold (CSE:ATHA) Weekly gain: 42.86 percent Market cap: C$15.04 million Share price: C$0.40 Athena Gold is an exploration company with a trio of gold projects: Laird Lake and Forester in Ontario, Canada, and Excelsior Springs in Nevada, US. Its most advanced project is Excelsior Springs. The gold property covers an area of over 2,500 hectares within the Walker Lane tectonic zone in Nevada, and hosts the historic Buster mine, which produced 19,200 ounces during its lifetime. Excelsior Springs is currently being explored by Mammoth Minerals (ASX:M79,OTCPL:FIRTF), which has the option to earn up to an 80 percent interest. Athena is currently carrying out a maiden drill program at Laird Lake, which covers more than 7,000 hectares near Red Lake. The company has provided updates to all three of its properties in recent weeks. First, on August 11, the company announced that it had expanded its landholdings at the Forester project, adding 6,088 hectares by staking mining claims, bringing the total area to 14,930 hectares. Then, on August 12, it provided a drilling update from Excelsior Springs, stating that Mammoth reported shallow gold mineralization at the Lunchbox Ridge prospect along the Buster Trend, allowing it to extend strike by 700 meters. One highlighted 22.9 meter interval assayed 1.37 grams per metric ton (g/t) gold from near-surface depth, including a 3 meter interval of 4.15 g/t gold. This week, on Wednesday (August 19), Athena announced a new near-surface high-grade gold discovery at Laird Lake called the Scooby Zone. One highlight returned 23.85 g/t gold over 5 meters at a depth of 21 meters, including 1 meter grading 62.9 g/t and 1 meter grading 54.1 g/t. FAQs for Canadian mining stocks What is the difference between the TSX and TSXV? The TSX, or Toronto Stock Exchange, is used by senior companies with larger market caps, and the TSXV, or TSX Venture Exchange, is used by smaller-cap companies. Companies listed on the TSXV can graduate to the senior exchange. How many mining companies are listed on the TSX and TSXV? As of March 2026, 906 mining companies and 71 oil and gas companies are listed on the TSXV, combining for 64 percent of the 1,524 total companies listed on the exchange. The TSX is home to 176 mining companies and 50 oil and gas companies. The exchange has 2,149 companies listed on it in total. Together, the TSX and TSXV host around 40 percent of the world’s public mining companies. How much does it cost to list on the TSXV? There are a variety of different fees that companies must pay to list on the TSXV, and according to the exchange, they can vary based on the transaction’s nature and complexity. As of April 2026, the listing fee alone will most likely cost between C$10,000 to C$70,000, and accounting and auditing fees could rack up between C$25,000 and C$100,000. Legal fees are expected to be over C$75,000 and an underwriters’ commission may hit up to 12 percent. The exchange lists a handful of other fees and expenses companies can expect, including but not limited to security commission and transfer agency fees, investor relations costs and director and officer liability insurance. These are all just for the initial listing, of course. There are ongoing expenses once companies are trading, such as sustaining fees and additional listing fees, plus the costs associated with filing regular reports. How do you trade on the TSXV? Investors can trade on the TSXV the way they would trade stocks on any exchange. This means they can use a stock broker or an individual investment account to buy and sell shares of TSXV-listed companies during the exchange's trading hours. Don't forget to follow us @INN_Resource for real-time updates! Securities Disclosure: I, Dean Belder, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article. Editorial Disclosure: Copper Quest Exploration is a client of the Investing News Network. This article is not paid-for content.
Read original →AI agents have consumed more tokens than humans on OpenRouter since February 6, 2025. Agentic usage has grown 14x since then, while human usage is up just 2.8x. Nearly 70 percent of agent token consumption comes from cheap cached prompts, though, so actual costs are rising far more slowly than the raw numbers suggest. The article AI is becoming AI's biggest customer as agentic token usage jumps 14x on OpenRouter appeared first on The Decoder.
Read original →Most published authors have, without their knowledge or consent, contributed to the development of the same AI tools that threaten to undermine their livelihoods. That seems illegal, right?
Read original →United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby talked to CNBC in a wide-ranging interview about his proposed airline megadeals, AI and the future of the carrier.
Read original →The gold price kept rising this week, breaking through the US$4,600 per ounce level. Silver was on the move as well, pushing past US$69 per ounce. A slew of drivers for both precious metals emerged during the period, but what's attracting the most attention is an announcement from the US Department of the Treasury. The department, which is led by Secretary Scott Bessent, said on Wednesday (August 19) that it will “at least double” purchases of long-term government debt. The change will go into effect on September 9, and will remain until November 4 of this year. The Treasury said the unexpected intervention is designed to "provide greater liquidity support" to long-dated US debt; however, market watchers are interpreting it as concern about long-term yields, which have largely been trending higher since last year. The move did initially push bond yields down, while prices, which move inversely to yields, increased. But the impact didn't last — by the next day, those changes had reversed, suggesting investors aren't convinced that long-term borrowing costs can be tamped down. Adding fuel to the fire is the news that US debt now stands at over US$40 trillion, double where it was when US President Donald Trump first took office in 2017. Interest payments on the debt are now reportedly on track to become the government's biggest expense. This week also brought increased tensions between the US and Iran, with Trump posting on Truth Social that America plans to launch the "most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country." Few details have been shared at this point. Taken together, these circumstances have boosted enthusiasm for safe havens like gold and silver and weighed on the broader stock market. They've also created questions about the US Federal Reserve's path forward — experts have drawn parallels between the Treasury's buyback plan and "Operation Twist," a similar strategy that was employed by the Fed back in 2011. The goal of Operation Twist was to reduce long-term interest rates while stabilizing short-term rates. Part of its appeal was that it wasn't seen as inflationary. This time around it's a different story, and there are concerns that the Treasury's actions will boost inflation. Chair Kevin Warsh has emphasized the Fed's 2 percent inflation target since taking the helm earlier this year, and minutes from the central bank's July meeting, released this week, show that many officials believe higher rates may be necessary in the future. For now, CME Group's (NASDAQ:CME) FedWatch tool shows rates are expected to stay steady when the Fed meets in September, but more clues are seen coming out of next week's Jackson Hole event. Bullet briefing — Copper market gets squeezed Gold and silver prices may be up, but it's copper that's currently setting new records. I've heard for some time that the red metal's long-term outlook is strong, but recently the near-term story has been heating up too. Tariff concerns have led to a jump in copper shipments from London to the US, squeezing the market and boosting prices. I spoke with Substack newsletter writer John Rubino, who said that beyond that copper demand is being driven by a variety of factors, from electrification to artificial intelligence data centers. Meanwhile, supply is well below where it needs to be to feed those industries. Here's how he explained it: "There's a stat going around in the industry that in effect says we will need more copper in the next 30 years than we've mined in the first 10,000 years of human civilization. And there's nowhere near that much copper coming out of today's copper mines, so the price has to go up in order to incent more miners to go out there and find more copper. And you know, we're well into that process with copper having doubled in the last couple of years, but we're nowhere near the end of it. "I think copper has to go up a lot from here before we generate anything like the new mining output that we're going to need, if it's even possible to do it — it's completely possible that we've picked all the low-hanging fruit in the copper market, and there just isn't that much copper available at any price, no matter what we pay the miners. And that just makes the price of copper go up even more." Clem Chambers of aNewFN.com is also bullish, and believes copper's run is far from over: "I am in copper and I am long, and it's done really well. But you ain't seen nothing yet. It's going to double from here. To me that's clear. Some people who are more qualified than me say it's going to go even further than I think it's going to go. I think US$30,000 per tonne is a thing, and they say — and they should know, because they actually used to stand in a square and shout at people about these things, you know, in the rings — they say US$40,000." For now, the immediate pressure has eased on the back of an influx of copper to London, but the consensus is that the tightness in the market isn't finished yet. Want more YouTube content? Check out our expert market commentary playlist, which features interviews with key figures in the resource space. If there's someone you'd like to see us interview, please send an email to cmcleod@investingnews.com. And don't forget to follow us @INN_Resource for real-time updates! Securities Disclosure: I, Charlotte McLeod, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article. 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Read original →Even if language models worked perfectly, they could make research worse, not better. A new theoretical study argues that because AI saves time, researchers' remaining hours become more valuable and get funneled into starting new projects instead of improving existing ones. In two out of three modeled scenarios, the quality of individual publications drops. The article AI could make scientists do more work less well, not less work better, study argues appeared first on The Decoder.
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