Commentary: Mining’s unlikely heroines — Greta Thunberg and AOC
Left-wing darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposed Green New Deal, despite its flimsy 14 pages, is nothing if not all-encompassing and vaulting in its ambition. The bill…
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Taiga Gold, SSR Mining report visible gold at Fisher
In May 2016, Silver Standard Resources, now called SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM), acquired Claude Resources and its Seabee gold operation in Saskatchewan for…
Eric Sprott invests $15M in Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM; US-OTC: TPRFF) has raised $15 million from the sale of 3.2 million units at $4.60 per unit to Eric Sprott…
Canadian Prairies Snapshot: Eight companies to watch
Manitoba and Saskatchewan are among the world’s premier jurisdictions for mining and mineral exploration. Here’s a look at eight companies working in the provinces. ALX…
Pan American hits high-grade at La Colorada in Mexico
A 14,300-metre drill program completed during the third quarter at the La Colorada skarn discovery in Mexico has returned high-grade intercepts for Pan American Silver (TSX:…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 158: ‘Paradigm shift’ for mining industry as ESG takes centre stage, ft Singh Gill, Mueller, Pazuki, Werstiuk, Zisman
This episode features the ESG panel from The Northern Miner’s third annual Progressive Mine Forum, which took place on Oct. 16 at the MaRS Discovery…
Wealth Minerals and Rosatom sign MOU
Russia’s state nuclear group Rosatom and Canada’s Wealth Minerals (TSXV: WML) are working towards a partnership at the junior’s Atacama lithium project in northern Chile. The…
Premier and Nevada Gold Mines begin commercial production at El Nino
Commercial production at the El Nino gold mine in Nevada’s Carlin Trend started ahead of schedule and on budget, Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PGM; US-OTC:…
Atlantic Nickel plans 2020 production at Santa Rita in Brazil
Atlantic Nickel has updated the resource estimate for its wholly owned Santa Rita nickel-copper-cobalt restart project in Bahia, Brazil. Based on a 30,785 meter infill…
SolGold discovers porphyry system in Ecuador
SolGold has discovered a new copper-gold-silver-molybdenum porphyry system at its wholly owned Cisne Loja project in southern Ecuador. The company says it found mineralized outcrops…
Horizonte releases PFS on Vermelho
Vermelho — one of the largest and highest-grade undeveloped laterite nickel-cobalt resources in the world — will generate US$7.3 billion in total cash flow over…
Victoria Gold’s Eagle nears production
These are exciting days for Victoria Gold (TSXV: VIT), as the company transitions its flagship Eagle open-pit gold project in the Yukon from development into…