2020 Nation Builder of the Year Award given to Canada’s frontline workers
The Empire Club of Canada presented its 2020 Nation Builder of the Year Award on Dec. 10, with the honour given to Canada’s frontline workers….
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Osisko announces $60 million bought deal private placement
Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) plans to raise $60 million in a bought deal financing. A syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity has agreed to purchase…
Talon hits high-grade massive sulphide mineralisation at Tamarack Nickel
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO) has released the latest drill results from its Tamarack nickel-copper-cobalt project in Minnesota, 89 km west of Duluth and 210 km north…
Lucara kicks off 2021 with 341-carat white diamond find
The unbroken white diamond, found at the Karowe mine in Botswana, could fetch more than $10 million.
Rio Tinto to open North America’s first scandium plant in June
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) and the Quebec government have announced the development of the first scandium oxide plant in North America. The commercial-scale…
Moneta Porcupine acquires O3 Mining’s Garrison project in Timmins camp
O3 Mining (TSXV: OIII; US-OTC: OIIIF) is selling its Golden Bear assets including the Garrison gold project to Moneta Porcupine Mines (TSX: ME; US-OTC: MPUCF)…
Buchans signs agreement with Boliden to advance Buchans VMS project
Canadian mineral exploration and development company Buchans Resources has entered into a collaboration agreement with Boliden Mineral AB, a European-based mining and metals producer. Under…
JV Article: PDAC 2021 — The world’s premier mineral exploration and mining convention goes virtual
For the first time in its 89-year history, The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) Convention – the world’s premier mineral exploration and mining…
Barrick meets mid-range of 2020 production guidance
Last year, gold major Barrick (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) met the midpoint of its gold and copper output targets. The miner generated a total of…
Copper Fox Metals completes Van Dyke PEA
Copper Fox Metals (TSXV: CUU; US-OTC: CPFXF) announced results from a preliminary economic assessment for its Van Dyke copper project in Miami, Arizona. The PEA…
Lucky Friday ramp-up buoys Hecla’s 2020 silver production
Buoyed by the ramp-up of its Lucky Friday mine in Idaho, following a nearly three-year strike by unionized workers at the operation, Hecla Mining (NYSE:…
Rio Tinto to keep New Zealand aluminium smelter until 2024
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has inked a power deal with New Zealand’s Meridian Energy, which will allow the miner to keep…
The top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG to watch in 2021
As the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) wave continues to build around the world, many are wondering what this year has in store. According to…
Great Bear Resources continues to hit shallow high-grade gold at the LP Fault
Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR; US-OTC; GTBAF) has released assay results for 22 holes drilled into the LP Fault at its Dixie project in Ontario’s…
Gran Colombia’s Segovia continues to deliver with over 220,000 oz gold in 2020
Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM) churned out 220,194 oz. of gold from its operations in Antioquia, Colombia, 180 km northeast of Medellin last year, meeting…
Kirkland Lake Gold generates 369,434 oz. in Q4, meets 2020 guidance
Miner Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL; ASX: KLA) produced 369,434 gold oz. in the fourth quarter of 2020, bringing the company’s 2020 production…
Geology Corner: The nuts and bolts of feasibility studies on gold
Of the 123 global gold projects with completed feasibility studies or ones being worked on, 50 projects are orogenic deposits; 24 are epithermal deposit types,…
JV Article: The next generation of gold prospectors
Last year was a busy time for Vancouver-based Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD). At the end of July 2020, the junior exploration company made a major…
First Cobalt inks feed agreements for refinery starting in 2022
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has secured cobalt feed amounting to 90% of capacity for its First Cobalt Refinery in Ontario. The facility will…
Orla tables updated feasibility for Camino Rojo with increased reserves, longer mine life
Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) has released an updated feasibility study for its Camino Rojo heap leach oxide gold project in Mexico. The latest…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 221: The future of assurance — building trust in a digital world, ft. EY’s Dean Braunsteiner and Eric Simmons
This week’s episode features EY Canada’s Dean Braunsteiner, partner, assurance, and Eric Simmons, partner, assurance, who discuss the increasing importance of non-financial assurance reporting. Dean…
Focus on the positive: M&A and strong metal prices in the year ahead
With rising Covid-19 infections, a new and more infectious variant of the virus, and a vaccination rollout slower than most would like, along with the…
Equinox tops 2020 guidance, produces 477,200 gold oz.
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE: EQX) beat its revised 2020 production guidance and churned out 477,200 gold ounces last year. With 136,400 oz. generated in…
The Northern Miner Podcast
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 221: The future of assurance — building trust in a digital world, ft. EY’s Dean Braunsteiner and Eric Simmons
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 220: Andrew Cheatle on how mining can contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 219: Top 5 themes of 2020 and Haywood’s David Elliott on junior mining, M&A and ESG
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 218: ‘Resource sovereignty’ could give Canada leading edge in post-pandemic economy, ft. George Salamis
Special Focus: Outlook 2021
Base metals prices forecast to rise sharply in 2021, less so in 2022
As the world’s economies start to pick up following the impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic, CPM Group’s director of commodities and asset management Carlos Sanchez expects…
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Roskill forecasts demand for cobalt to double by 2030
Precious metals and PGM prices forecast to rise next year
Critical materials markets 2021 outlook
Scotiabank’s Marc Desormeaux looks at 2021 and the continuing impact of Covid-19 on metals markets
Diamond industry forecast for 2021 and beyond
Chinese rare earth metals surge in price
Bank of America sees ‘further upside’ potential for silver in 2021
Special Focus: Energy Metals 2021
Energy metals snapshot: Eight companies advancing assets for a greener future
Amid growing efforts to move the world away from fossil fuels, energy metals are a key pathway to tackling climate change and transition towards a…
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First Cobalt receives $10 million government boost to cobalt refinery
Northern Dynasty to challenge rejection on Pebble next month
Canada Nickel signs unique agreement with First Nation at Crawford project
Neo Lithium closes equity investment from CATL
Energy Fuels set to become rare earth producer in 2021
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.