Centerra extends Mount Milligan mine by four years to 2033
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) has provided an updated life of mine plan for its Mount Milligan mine located in central B.C. that would…
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Torex Gold secures final enviro permit for Media Luna project in Mexico
Torex Gold (TSX: TXG) can begin operations at its flagship Media Luna gold project in Mexico, part of the company’s Morelos property, after securing a key…
Gatos Silver shares rise on revised reserve at Cerro Los Gatos
Gatos Silver (TSX/NYSE: GATO) shares rose almost 10% Monday despite the release of a revised update that reduced reserves at its Cerro Los Gatos (CLG)…
TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays for the week Sept 23-30
Our TNM Drill Down feature highlights the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified…
Minera Alamos estimates 111% IRR for Cerro de Oro gold project in Mexico
Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) has released an encouraging preliminary economic assessment for its Cerro de Oro gold project in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas….
Business as usual despite military coup, Burkina Faso miners say
Miners in Burkina Faso say operations have not been affected by spreading social unrest following an internal coup d’état over the weekend that saw the…
Mexican legislator calls for public release of mining companies’ financial, environmental records
Mexican MP Adriana Bustamante Castellanos has presented an amendment to Article 7 of the country’s Mining Law, which would allow for the public release of…
Better geoscience communication can solve the mining industry’s image problem
Society perceives mining as an industry aimed at pillaging the Earth for its resources with no regard for the environment and the people it impacts….
Kodiak Copper exploration results point to further size potential
The results from five drill holes released by Kodiak Copper Corp. (TSXV: KDK) have increased the mineralized area at the Gate Zone of the company’s…
Canada Nickel gets US$10M loan for post-feasibility work at Crawford
Canada Nickel (TSX-V:CNC; OTCQB: CNIKF) has secured a US$10 million loan facility with Auramet to continue advancing its 100%-owned Crawford nickel-cobalt sulphide project in northern…
Omineca produces placer gold from underground at Wingdam
Omineca Mining and Metals (TSXV: OMM) and Lightning Creek Mining (LCM), its joint venture partner on the Wingdam project, have contracted Saskatoon-based Fortis Mining Engineering…
B.C. leads all Canadian provinces in EV transition, report shows
Electric Mobility Canada, with the support of Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors, has released a scorecard comparing how Canadian provinces and territories are doing at supporting…
Ero Copper shares rise on nickel discovery near its Caraiba mill in Brazil
Shares of Ero Copper (TSX: ERO; NYSE: ERO) rose by 9.4% on Thursday morning on the news of its discovery of a regional nickel sulphide…
Arizona Sonoran Copper at an inflection point with new Cactus resource estimate
Arizona Sonoran Copper (TSX: ASCU) has published a maiden resource estimate for Arizona’s Parks-Salyer (P/S) porphyry copper deposit, immediately southwest of the flagship Cactus project….
ESG, geopolitics ranked top risks for mining companies, EY survey shows
Global mining and metals executives view ESG, geopolitics and climate change as the top three risks facing their business over the next 12 months, according…
Copper Mountain bulks up BC mine resource, supporting expansion plans
Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC) has announced updated mineral resource and reserve estimates for its 75%-owned copper mine located in southern B.C. Based on the…
Lion One closes $13.4M bought deal to fund Tuvatu gold project
Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO; US-OTC: LOMLF) has closed its previously announced bought deal financing to raise gross proceeds of approximately $13.4 million. A total…
Foran’s ambitious net zero plans for McIlvenna Bay attract investors
Vancouver-based Foran Mining’s (TSXV: FOM) executive chairman and CEO Dan Myerson doesn’t want to build just one mine. He has designs on creating Canada’s next…
Equinox Partners takes a stand against mining’s nonaligned directors
When Equinox Partners Investment Management adopted a strict voting policy against industry directors who have served for two or more years but have invested less…
Manitoba juniors look to capitalize on lithium fever
With lithium prices at a record high – around US$71,000 a tonne for lithium carbonate – and demand for green technology surging, a cadre of…
Rio Tinto earmarks US$55M for underground development at Kennecott copper mine in Utah
Mining giant Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) says it’s investing US$55 million to start underground mining and expand production at its Kennecott…
International Battery Metals’ mobile plant shows high recoveries of lithium from brine
International Battery Metals (CSE: IBAT; OTC: IBATF), which is looking to commercialize a first-of-its-kind modular, mobile lithium extraction plant, has made a further step towards…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 310: ‘A lot of things are changing’—CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian on the case for gold in a time of uncertainty
This week’s episode features CPM Group managing partner Jeffrey Christian in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on the precious metals market, central bank gold buying…
The Northern Miner Podcast
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 310: ‘A lot of things are changing’—CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian on the case for gold in a time of uncertainty
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 309: Global X’s Rohan Reddy long-term ‘top picks’ lithium and uranium, short-term ‘buy the dip’ on copper and silver
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 308: Canada’s mining regulatory bodies need reform, ft Ore Group founder and chairman Stephen Stewart
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 307: Around the world in 60 minutes—Taking stock of energy, supplies, metals exchanges and Canada’s opportunity
Site Visits
Site visit: Marimaca Copper increasingly resource-confident on Chile oxide prospect
Site visit: Fireweed Zinc rebrands in pivot to the broader critical metals market
Site visit: Maple Gold moves the needle at Douay and Joutel in Quebec
Site visit: Growth ambitions undiminished for Brazil’s Nexa Resources
Special Focus: South America 2021
Goldsource seeks to chart scalable development of Eagle Mountain
Goldsource Mines (TSXV: GXS) is rapidly advancing the Eagle Mountain project in Guyana, the country’s second-largest undeveloped gold deposit, CEO Steve Parsons tells The Northern…
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Peru voters divided ahead of June 6 presidential election
Snapshot: Eight companies at work in South America
79North reports new gold discovery at Nassau project in Suriname
Special Focus: Canadian Gold 2021
Exploration at Argonaut’s Magino project yields exciting results
About four months into the planned two-year construction of Argonaut Gold’s (TSX: AR) new cornerstone Magino project in northeastern Ontario, smooth progress and encouraging new…
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Kirkland Lake Gold’s Detour Lake on course to be a world-class gold mine, says CEO Tony Makuch
Canadian Gold Snapshot: Eight juniors seeking more yellow metal
Canadian Mining Symposium 2020
Video: Andrew Cheatle on ESG at the Global Mining Symposium
Andrew Cheatle – Featured Speaker – GMS: November 12th, 2020 from The Northern Miner on Vimeo.
Video: Victoria Gold’s John McConnell at the Global Mining Symposium
John McConnell – Featured Speaker – GMS: November 10th, 2020 from The Northern Miner on Vimeo.
Video: Caldas Gold’s Serafino Iacono at the Global Mining Symposium
Serafino Iacono – Featured Speaker – GMS: November 10th, 2020 from The Northern Miner on Vimeo.
Video: AWS, OpsGuru, Xerris Thought Leadership Panel on cloud technology at the Global Mining Symposium
AWS, OpsGuru, Xerris – Thought Leadership Panel – GMS: November 12th, 2020 from The Northern Miner on Vimeo.
Video: Haywood Securities’ David Elliott at the Global Mining Symposium
David Elliott – Featured Speaker – GMS: November 10th, 2020 from The Northern Miner on Vimeo.
Video: EY panel on cybersecurity and emerging threats at the Global Mining Symposium
EY Thought Leadership Panel – GMS: November 10th, 2020 from The Northern Miner on Vimeo.
Video: David Rosenberg on precious metals and macroeconomics at the Global Mining Symposium
David Rosenberg – Featured Speaker – GMS: November 12th, 2020 from The Northern Miner on Vimeo.