Yamana Gold confirms Malartic’s underground potential
Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY; LSE: AUY) announced this week drill results that provide further support for the development of a future underground operation…
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Joint Venture Article: Maple Gold Mines, a success story 40 years in the making
Where others have stumbled, Maple Gold Mines has stayed the course and is ready to advance their Douay project in Quebec’s Abitibi Greenstone Belt. Through…
VanadiumCorp releases initial resource estimate for Lac Dore in Quebec
VanadiumCorp Resource (TSXV: VRB; US-OTC: APAFF) has released the first resource estimate for the Main zone at its wholly-owned Lac Dore vanadium project in northern Quebec,…
How Olympic Dam went from mother of all digs to debottlenecking
A decade ago BHP Billiton was gearing up to dig the world’s biggest hole in the Australian outback. In 2011, BHP delivered the largest annual…
Rio Tinto invests US$51m in Canadian alumina refinery
The world’s second largest miner Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) is investing US$51 million on upgrading facilities at its Vaudreuil alumina refinery, in Québec,…
Quebec snapshot: Eight companies to watch
With a large landmass, favourable mining policies and a strong history of mine development and operations, Quebec is one of the world’s top destinations for…
Wallbridge advances Fenelon project in Quebec
Wallbridge Mining‘s (TSX: WM) flagship Fenegold gold project lies along the prospective Detour-Fenelon gold trend in north-western Quebec, 75 km west-northwest of Matagami. The 85.6…
QC Copper and Gold injects new life into Opemiska in the Abitibi
The Chibougamau-Chapais region, 750 km north of Montreal, is part of the largest Archean greenstone belt in the world. The belt, better known as the…
Alamos posts record cash flow, raises dividend 33%
Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) generated record cash flow of US$76 million during the third quarter, led by strong operating performance across its three…
Wheaton expands into Europe with LSE listing
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM; NYSE; WPM; LSE: WPM), one of the world’s largest gold and silver streaming companies, began trading on the main market of…
BMO emerges as top advisor for M&A
BMO Capital Markets emerged as the top financial adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global mining sector by value as well as volume…
Giga Metals targets battery market with Turnagain nickel project
Giga Metals (TSXV: GIGA; US-OTC: HNCKF) has tabled an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its Turnagain nickel-cobalt project in B.C., 65 km east of…
Adriatic Metals secures US$28M financing package
Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT2; ASX: ADT) has signed agreements to raise US$28 million from two new investors – Queen’s Road Capital Investment and the European…
Top 20 mining companies by capital raised
The extraction of metals and minerals is a capital intensive endeavour. Mining companies require hundreds of millions of dollars, and in many cases, billions, to…
Chairman offers to take Kazakhstan’s Kaz Minerals private
Oleg Novachuk and Vladimir Kim, the current and past chairman of Kaz Minerals (LSE: KAZ), are proposing a buyout offer of the pure-play copper company….
Pilbara reveals plan to buy Altura for US$175M
Australian lithium producer Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) has signed a conditional agreement with a group of lenders to buy embattled rival Altura Mining for US$175…
Brixton teams up with Friedland’s HPX on polymetallic project in Montana
Brixton Metals (TSXV: BBB) has entered a joint venture agreement on its wholly owned Hog Heaven project with High Power Exploration (HPX), a privately owned…
Nouveau Monde signs agreement to develop high-purity graphite products
As part of its plan to become a vertically integrated graphite company, Nouveau Monde Graphite (TSXV: NOU; US-OTC: NMGRF) has signed an agreement with a…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 210: Jeffrey Christian on US elections, JP Morgan, crypto and the 2021 precious metals outlook
This week’s episode features an in-depth interview with CPM Group managing partner Jeffrey Christian on the U.S. elections, digital currencies, JP Morgan’s spoofing scandal, and…
China’s new infrastructure plan to boost metal demand: Fitch
China’s acceleration of its ‘new infrastructure’ plan will support the government’s beneficiation ambition in the metals industry, boosting production of high-end metals as opposed to…
New Found Gold drills long intervals of high-grade gold in Newfoundland
Drilling around last year’s discovery hole at the Keats zone within New Found Gold’s (TSXV: NFG; US-OTC: NFGFF) wholly owned Queensway gold project in Newfoundland…
Teck profit drops 67% on weak coal prices
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TCK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, saw its third-quarter adjusted profit fall by 66.6% as steelmaking coal prices collapsed in the…
Canex Metals finds mineralization at Gold Range in Arizona
Canex Metals (TSXV: CANX) has released assay results from the first five drill holes at its Gold Range project in northern Arizona’s Mohave County. The 10-sq.-km…
The Northern Miner Podcast
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 210: Jeffrey Christian on US elections, JP Morgan, crypto and the 2021 precious metals outlook
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 209: SRK’s Mark Noppe and John Pfahl on the evolution of technical reporting in the mining industry
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 208: Prime Minister Trudeau, Premier Ford and Chief Boissoneau on the value of the mining industry
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 207: Mining companies under pressure on ESG, ft Deloitte’s Andrew Swart and Henry Stoch
Special Focus: Global Copper 2020
Copper snapshot: Eight companies with promising assets
With rising prices, a favourable supply-demand outlook and few new mines in development, investors are paying close attention to copper. Here are eight companies developing…
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Chakana Copper drills Soledad project in Peru
Sumitomo to sell stake in Sierra Gorda copper mine
Special Focus: Silver & PGMs 2020
Silver and PGM snapshot: Seven companies to watch
With silver and platinum group metal (PGM) prices on the upswing on the back of a gold price rally, there is a renewed interest by…
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Palladium One extends mineralization at Kaukua South
Platinum and palladium could boost performance of lithium-ion batteries
GR Silver discovers polymetallic mineralization at Plomosas in Mexico
Canadian Mining Symposium 2020
Video: Wheaton Precious Metals CEO Randy Smallwood interviewed by senior reporter Carl A. Williams at the Canadian Mining Symposium
Executive Fireside Chat Randy Smallwood, President and CEO, Wheaton Precious Metals Corporation MODERATOR: Carl A. Williams, Senior Reporter, The Northern Miner
Video: Agnico Eagle CEO Sean Boyd interviewed by group publisher Anthony Vaccaro at the Canadian Mining Symposium
Executive Fireside Chat Sean Boyd, Vice-Chairman and CEO, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited MODERATOR: Anthony Vaccaro, Group Publisher, The Northern Miner Group
Video: Invest Yukon Thought Leadership Panel ft Pillai, Eaton, Nauman, West-Sells and Hall at the Canadian Mining Symposium
Invest Yukon Thought Leadership Panel — Building a Mining Ecosystem from Exploration to Production Hon. Ranj Pillai, Deputy Premier, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, Minister…
Video: SRK Thought Leadership Panel ft Bocoum, D’Souza, Wrigley and Parshley at the Canadian Mining Symposium
SRK Thought Leadership Panel — Beginning At The End: How can we optimize the socioeconomic legacy of mine closure? Boubacar Bocoum, Lead Mining Specialist, World Bank…
Video: B2Gold Thought Leadership Panel ft CEO Clive Johnson and group publisher Anthony Vaccaro at the Canadian Mining Symposium
B2Gold Thought Leadership Panel — From Zero to One Million Ounces and Raising the Bar Along the Way Clive Johnson, President, CEO and Director, B2Gold Corp…
Video: Ashley Kirwan presents ‘Going Back to First Principles—in Geology and Business’ with intro by MINING.com’s Cecilia Jamasmie at the Canadian Mining Symposium
Ashley Kirwan, President, CEO, and Principal Geologist at Orix Geoscience presents “Going Back to First Principles—In Geology and Business” with an introduction by Cecilia Jamasmie,…
Video: Teck CEO Don Lindsay interviewed by editor-in-chief Trish Saywell at the Canadian Mining Symposium
Teck president and CEO Don Lindsay joins The Northern Miner’s Trish Saywell for a fireside chat at the Canadian Mining Symposium on Zoom.
Video: VanEck’s Joe Foster interviewed by TMX’s Dean McPherson at the Canadian Mining Symposium
Joe Foster, Portfolio Manager and Gold Strategist at VanEck, is interviewed by Dean McPherson, Head of Business Development at TMX Group, at the 2020 Canadian…
Video: Iamgold CEO Gord Stothart interviewed by online editor Adrian Pocobelli at the Canadian Mining Symposium
Gord Stothart, President and CEO of Iamgold, is interviewed by Adrian Pocobelli, Online Editor of The Northern Miner, at the 2020 Canadian Mining Symposium on…
Video: CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian interviewed by MINING.com executive editor Frik Els at the Canadian Mining Symposium
MINING.com executive editor Frik Els interviews Jeffrey M. Christian, Managing Partner at CPM Group, at the 2020 Canadian Mining Symposium on Zoom.