Noront has an "immediate need for funding."

Ben Wyatt is to be Rio Tinto's first Indigenous board member in a move to restore a reputation tarnished after last year's destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters.

Australian-listed explorers raised A$2.37 billion ($1.81 billion) in the March 2021 quarter, the most since BDO started the series in 2013.

Jetti has secured $50 million in funding from existing and new investors to support rapid deployment of the technology across large scale copper mining operations.

Company strives to rebuild its reputation following last year's destruction of the Juukan Gorge rockshelters.

At stake is the future of Noront's early-stage Eagle's Nest deposit, billed by Wyloo as the largest high-grade nickel discovery in Canada since Voisey's Bay.

Kinross will spend up to $9.5 million to farm-in on noncore S2 ground.

Bank of America forecasts iron ore will average $172.2 a tonne this year; then $143.8 a tonne in 2022.