Rio Tinto to sell Aussie coal assets for US$2.4B
An agreement to sell Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) Hunter Valley thermal coal assets in Australia to Yancoal Australia (ASX: YAL; US-OTC: YACAF) may come as no surprise to…
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CanAlaska not giving up on diamond hunt in West Athabasca
VANCOUVER — Global diamond miner De Beers may have walked away from CanAlaska Uranium’s (TSXV: CVV; US-OTC: CVVUF) West Athabasca diamond project in Saskatchewan, but CanAlaska president and CEO Peter Dasler…
TNM Data Miner: Top 5 global uranium resources
The Northern Miner has compiled the five largest uranium reserves and resources at projects around the world using the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine. The list excludes inactive projects. 1….
Eloro secures foothold in popular Peruvian gold belt
The North Central Mineral Belt of Peru is well-known for the gold mines that dot its landscape, from South America’s largest gold mine, Yanacocha, owned by Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM)…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 44: Roundup edition feat. BC & Yukon geology extravaganza
Matt and Lesley kick-off AME’s Roundup 2017 with a Geology Corner focused on B.C. and Yukon geology, including the formation of orogenic gold deposits, porphyry systems, and the similarities between…
Film Review: Bre-X goes to Hollywood in ‘Gold’
The Bre-X Minerals scam was practically made for the big screen. In 1997 many surely felt like they were living something out of a movie when 200 million ounces of…
Imperial’s Mount Polley disaster followed years of permit delays
In 2004, Imperial Metals (TSX: III) notified B.C.’s Ministry of Environment that it would apply for a water-discharge permit so that it could restart its Mount Polley copper mine near…
Miner Moments #7: Goldcorp CEO Garofalo talks M&A and production growth
The Northern Miner listened in on major Goldcorp‘s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) Investor Day webcast on Jan. 17, 2017, and pulled highlights from president and CEO David Garofalo’s remarks surrounding the merger and…
Eastmain’s new team offers a three-asset strategy
Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER) has new management, led by president and CEO Claude Lemasson, and a new vision to advance its three key gold assets — Clearwater, Eastmain and the…
TNM Video: Interview with Rockhaven CEO Turner at Klaza in Yukon
The Northern Miner‘s western editor Matthew Keevil speaks with Matthew Turner, president and CEO of Rockhaven Resources (TSXV: RK), at the company’s Klaza gold-silver-lead-zinc project in the Yukon’s Dawson Range…
TNM Data Miner: Top 5 global copper resources in 2016
VANCOUVER — Tapping into the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine, The Northern Miner has compiled the world’s five largest copper deposits at operating mines worldwide based on resources. 1….
Companies and projects worth noting in BC
Despite the weakened metal markets of the past few years, B.C. is still a magnet for mineral explorers and mine developers. The following are six such companies with active programs…