Pandemic to worsen copper glut during next 18 months
A global copper surplus currently in the making is expected to get worse in the next 18 months as market disruptions have created greater uncertainty…
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Talon Metals closes private placement to advance Tamarack project in Minnesota
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; US-OTC: TLOFF ) has raised $4 million in a non-brokered private placement of more than 40 million common shares at a…
Silver One expands high-grade zones at Candelaria in Nevada
Drilling at Silver One Resources’ (TSXV: SVE; US-OTC: SLVRF) Candelaria project in Nevada has expanded higher-grade mineralization between the past-producing Mount Diablo and Northern Belle…
Sama Resources reports PEA for Samapleu project in Cote d’Ivoire
A preliminary economic assessment of the Samapleu nickel-copper project in Cote d’Ivoire estimates production of 14,100 tonnes of copper concentrate a year over a 20-year…
‘It’s giving back’: Banyan Gold CEO Tara Christie on her lifelong roots in the Yukon
Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN) president and CEO Tara Christie was juggling the impact of COVID-19 on the industry, and at the same time, began a…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 188: Golden Predator CEO Janet Lee-Sheriff on gold, community engagement and ESG
This episode features Golden Predator Mining CEO Janet Lee-Sheriff in conversation with Northern Miner group publisher Anthony Vaccaro at The Northern Miner Scotch Whisky Tasting…
Focus Graphite sells Kwyjibo stake for $7.2M
Focus Graphite (TSXV: FMS; US-OTC: FCSMF) has sold its 50% stake in the Kwyjibo rare earth element deposit to Investissement Québec, a financing corporation that…
Gran Colombia terminates bid for Guyana Goldfields
Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM; US-OTC: TPRFF) has walked away from its proposed acquisition of Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY; US-OTC: GUYFF) and terminated its plan…
New Century eyes Vale’s New Caledonia mine
Australia’s New Century Resources (ASX: NCZ) has confirmed rumours of talks with Vale (NYSE: VALE) to buy the Brazilian miner’s nickel and cobalt operations on…
AngloGold Ashanti confirms 196 COVID-19 cases at Mponeng in South Africa
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) has temporarily closed its Mponeng mine in South Africa after 196 workers tested positive for COVID-19. The company has conducted 651…
Northern Dynasty announces new plan at controversial Pebble project
Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM) has welcomed a change of plan for its Pebble project in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, which would now include an…
Manitou finds higher grades at Goudreau gold project
Manitou Gold (TSXV: MTU) has released initial drill results from the Rockstar vein within its 225-sq.-km Goudreau project in Ontario. This work is following up…
Tanzania allows Barrick to ship gold concentrate
Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX; NYSE:GOLD) will finally be able to ship gold concentrate containers out of Tanzania, which have been sitting at Dar es Salaam Port…
Gold price rises as pressure builds on US-China relations
Gold rebounded on Friday as concerns about the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic were compounded by fears of rising political tensions between China and…
Dominion Diamond unveils plan to avoid bankruptcy
Canada’s Dominion Diamond Mines has unveiled a transaction that would allow it to exit court protection from creditors and access short-term operating funds, which would…
Moneta Porcupine drills more high grade at Golden Highway
One of the oldest companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Moneta Porcupine Mines (TSX: ME; US-OTC: MPUCF), believes it has found a new zone…
Fortescue Metals ups stake in Candente Copper
Australian iron ore major Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) has invested $1.38 million (US$984,000) in Candente Copper (TSX: DNT), increasing its stake in the Canadian…
QMX drills Bonnefond gold project in Quebec
Infill drilling at QMX Gold’s (TSXV: QMX) Bonnefond deposit, near Val d’Or, Que., continues to hit strong intercepts as the company prepares a resource update…
Mining exploration spending to drop 29% this year
The rally in the gold price will not be enough to prevent 2020 turning into the worst year in 15 for global exploration spending. According…
Rockcliff hits near-surface copper and zinc at Freebeth in Manitoba
Phase one drilling at Rockcliff Metals’ (CSE: RCLF) Freebeth property in central Manitoba has returned high-grade copper and zinc mineralization including 5.28% copper equivalent over…
Kirkland Lake Gold invests in Melkior Resources
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) has struck a strategic partnership with Melkior Resources (TSXV: MKR), which is advancing its flagship Carscallen gold project…
Cypress releases study on Clayton Valley lithium project in Nevada
With an initial US$493-million investment, Cypress Development‘s (TSXV: CYP) Clayton Valley lithium project could produce 27,400 tonnes lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) per year over a…
Canada Nickel discovers PGM zones at Crawford
Canada Nickel Company (TSXV: CNC) has discovered two new palladium-platinum zones and extended nickel mineralization at its wholly owned Crawford nickel-cobalt project located in the…
The Northern Miner Podcast
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 188: Golden Predator CEO Janet Lee-Sheriff on gold, community engagement and ESG
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 187: How COVID-19 is impacting the uranium market, ft. Cameco
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 186: Newmont ‘well-positioned’ to weather economic storm
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 185: The big picture on mining, metals and the economy, ft editor-in-chief Trish Saywell
Special Focus: Africa 2020
Africa Snapshot: Eight companies active on the continent
Africa offers pre-production and operating companies large areas of underexplored prospective terrain and, in many countries, established mining legislation. West Africa, in particular, has attracted…
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Perseus pushes ahead in West Africa, despite virus threat
Ivanhoe trims budget; stays course at Kakula
Special Focus: Far North 2020
Far North Snapshot: Eight companies exploring the frontiers
As existing deposits and mines are advanced, companies are looking for new frontiers to secure their long-term production and growth. The northern portion of this…
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Solstice Gold updates plans for Kahuna project in Nunavut
Palladium One lays groundwork for massive sulphide project in Finland
PDAC 2020
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 180: The story of Pretium’s Brucejack mine, ft Joe Ovsenek at PDAC
This episode features a keynote speech by Pretium Resources president and CEO Joe Ovsenek at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in…
PDAC tallies three confirmed COVID-19 cases
As the science continues to evolve around the transmission of the deadly coronavirus, the 23,000 people who attended the Prospectors & Developers’ Association of Canada…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 179: Superbugs, alternative energy and mining, ft Robert Friedland at PDAC, part 2
This episode features the second part of a keynote speech by mining mogul and financier Robert Friedland at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference…
The Next Frontier: Prospecting & mining on the Moon
Lost amid concerns about the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak that has dominated headlines for weeks was news that the China National Space Administration (CNSA) has achieved…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 178: ‘The electrification of everything’, ft Robert Friedland at PDAC, part 1
This episode features the first part of a keynote speech by mining mogul and financier Robert Friedland at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada…
Editorial: Disruption – The new normal
What was surprising about the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference this year was how many people actually showed up, with Covid-19 ripping…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 177: Gold ‘teetering on the brink of a production decline’, ft. Mark Bristow at PDAC
This episode features a keynote speech by Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto. Bristow…
PDAC: Mark Bristow hammers home organic growth message
Mark Bristow used his keynote address at the 2020 PDAC conference to stress the importance of exploration for miners. “It’s geologists and exploration that drive…
PDAC: Mining is ‘close to home’ for Minister O’Regan
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan made his first appearance at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto last week,…
PDAC: Investors increase scrutiny over ESG reporting
Among the many challenges facing the minerals exploration and mining industry, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues are receiving increased attention, with ESG programs now…
PDAC: Investment bankers discuss state of the mining industry
The capital markets sessions are among the most popular events at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention. For the fifth year in…
PDAC: Friedland previews ‘Revenge of the Miners’
Renowned mining mogul Robert Friedland took a theatrical approach to introduce his message to PDAC convention attendees in early March. The Star Wars theme song…