Mexico okays Pan American Silver-Yamana Gold deal
Mexico’s antitrust authority Cofece has approved Pan American Silver‘s (TSX: PAAS; NASDAQ: PAAS) acquisition of all issued and outstanding common shares of Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI;…
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Panama launches public consultations on new contract with First Quantum Minerals
The Panamanian government launched a 30-day non-binding public consultation process related to the contract it signed with First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM), the operator of…
Video: Patricia Mohr outlines Canada’s key advantages in the critical minerals space
Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl spoke with economist, founder of the publication Critical Metals for a Sustainable World, and former vice-president with Scotiabank, Patricia…
Video: SRK Consulting’s Jeff Parshley on the social side of mine closure
The Northern Miner caught up with the world’s biggest mining technical consulting group SRK Consulting at PDAC in Toronto in March 2023. Tamer Elbokl, Editor-in-Chief…
Mitsubishi to buy 5% stake in Western Copper to advance Casino project in Yukon
Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE-AM: WRN) announced Friday a strategic equity investment by Japan’s Mitsubishi Materials to advance the company’s Casino copper-gold project…
The View from England: Myopic politicians seeing nuclear at last
Politicians everywhere have a tendency to make decisions based on short-term outcomes that might become catastrophic in the long term. There are few better examples…
Strong market for emeralds, rubies, lifts Gemfields revenue to a record high
Shares in coloured gems miner Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML) climbed more than 5% on Friday after it posted record revenue for 2022, exceeding the US$300-million…
Bolivia pushes for Latin America-wide lithium policy
Bolivia’s government is calling its lithium-producing neighbours to forge ahead with the idea of setting a Latin America-wide policy on the exploitation of the coveted…
WoodMac expects steel, aluminum and copper to benefit most from renewed Chinese growth
A new report by market analyst Wood Mackenzie argues that steel, aluminum, and copper stand to benefit most from an uptick in China’s gross domestic…
Patriot Battery Metals extends Corvette lithium deposit in Quebec
Patriot Battery Metals (TSXV: PMET; ASX: PMT; US-OTC: PMETF) said it has extended the main spodumene deposit on its Corvette project in Quebec by half…
Video: Behind Quebec’s lithium exploration boom
Northern Miner staff reporter Colin McClelland recently spoke with Jonathan Lafontaine, mining exploration activity monitor with Quebec’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources at PDAC…
Video: Maple Gold exploration makes progress at Joutel and Douay
Northern Miner staff writer Colin McClelland recently caught up with Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM; US-OTC: MGMLF) CEO Matthew Hornor at PDAC 2023 in Toronto….
Troilus’s high-grade assays boost economics of Quebec gold mine restart
High-grade drill results extending the mineralization at Troilus Gold‘s (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) main project to revive a gold and copper mine in Quebec will…
NextSource’s Molo graphite mine in Madagascar enters commissioning phase
NextSource Materials (TSX: NEXT; US-OTC: NSRCF) is one step closer to producer status now that it’s started commissioning of its Molo graphite mine in Madagascar….
Chile’s top steel producer bets on green hydrogen
Chile’s top steel producer CAP is developing a green hydrogen pilot plant to decarbonize steel production at its unit in the south-central Talcahuano city, located…
Sibanye-Stillwater to hand US$20M to New Century
Precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) said Thursday that it will provide up to $A30 million (about US$20 million) to its takeover target…
Video: Orezone Gold eyes acquisitions to expand from troubled Burkina Faso
Orezone Gold (TSX: ORE; US-OTC: ORZCF) is resolving a power shortage at its new Bomboré gold mine in coup-prone Burkina Faso as it considers acquisitions…
Southern Silver expands resource at Cerro Las Minitas in Mexico
Southern Silver Exploration (TSXV: SSV) has posted a slight resource increase at its Cerro Las Minitas project in Mexico that sent its shares up 9.4%. …
Sprott expands energy transition fund suite with launch of nickel ETF
Sprott Asset Management LP has announced the launch of Sprott Nickel Miners ETF (NASDAQ: NIKL), the only U.S.-listed exchange-traded fund focused on nickel mining companies….
Newmont said to be mulling sweetened bid for Newcrest
Newmont Mining (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM), the world’s largest gold producer, may be preparing a sweetened takeover offer for Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM; ASX: NCM),…
Chile open to modify copper royalty bill on miners objections
Chile’s government said it is open to further amend a controversial mining royalty bill expected to enter into force on next year, following mounting criticism…
Latitude 66 confirms another cobalt-gold discovery in Finland
Latitude 66 Cobalt, a private, Finnish company, has reported excellent drilling results from its projects in the Kuusamo schist belt, which it believes provides “further…
Contango Ore secures funding for Alaska gold build with JV partner Kinross
Contango Ore (NYSE-AM: CTGO) has secured a US$70-million loan from two banks to cover its minority share of pre-production capital spending on the Manh Choh…
The Northern Miner Podcast
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Site Visits
Site visit: Arizona juniors keen to shore up made-in-America copper supply
Site visit: G2 Goldfields hopes to add to discovery count at Oko project in Guyana
Site visit: Reunion Gold speeds up drilling at Oko West in Guyana en route to 2023 resource
SITE VISIT: New Pacific advances Bolivian silver project towards late 2022 PEA
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.