Daily Mining Update (July 22, 2026) — A quick roundup of notable mining and natural-resource company developments reported over the last 24–48 hours.
Imperial Metals: Mount Polley tailings permit update, Q2 production, and Huckleberry drill results (Canada)
- The British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) recommended approval for Mount Polley’s tailings facility construction to the 987 m elevation (up from the previously permitted 974 m), and the corresponding permits were issued, providing tailings storage for expanded mining through 2034 (GlobeNewswire).
- Imperial reported Q2 2026 production at Mount Polley of 3.382 million pounds of copper and 6,848 ounces of gold, with 1,683,357 tonnes milled and average throughput of 18,498 tonnes per calendar day (GlobeNewswire).
- At Huckleberry (BC), Imperial summarized early-2026 drilling (22 holes totaling 7,047 m) and highlighted intervals including 135.0 m at 0.42% Cu, 0.007% Mo, 1.76 g/t Ag, and 0.12 g/t Au in hole MZ-26-01A (downhole interval as reported) (GlobeNewswire).
Brixton Metals: ultra-high-grade silver intercepts at Langis (Ontario)
- Brixton Metals reported a standout intercept in hole LM-26-377 of 20.00 m grading 5,015.16 g/t silver, including sub-intervals such as 14.00 m at 7,150.40 g/t Ag (as reported) from its 2026 drill campaign at the Langis Silver Project in the Cobalt camp, Ontario (Business Insider (Markets)).
- The company also noted progress toward a maiden mineral resource estimate on historic tailings and reported total 2026 drilling completed to date of 24,016.90 m across 105 drill holes (as reported) (Business Insider (Markets)).
Tertiary Minerals: initial Phase 4 drilling results at Mushima North (Zambia)
- Tertiary Minerals released initial analytical results from its Phase 4 drill programme at Target A1, Mushima North Project, including downhole intersections such as 45 m at 0.41% Cu and 0.28% Zn from 12 m downhole in hole 26TMNRC-045 (pXRF results, as reported) (Investegate).
- The company cautioned that pXRF silver values (reported up to 214 g/t Ag) are semi-quantitative/indicative, with certified lab assays pending (Investegate).
Metallic Minerals: Newmont participation-rights private placement (USA)
- Metallic Minerals reported completion of a non-brokered private placement with Newmont, with Newmont subscribing for 3,224,700 units at $0.28 per unit for gross proceeds of $902,916; each unit includes one common share and one-half warrant (as described) (Metallic Minerals).
- The company said proceeds are intended to advance work at its La Plata copper-silver-PGE-gold and associated critical minerals project in southwestern Colorado, plus working capital and general corporate purposes (Metallic Minerals).
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