Americas Silver and Pershing Gold to merge
Americas Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-AM: USAS), a producer with mines in the U.S. and Mexico, is merging with Pershing Gold (TSX: PGLC; NASDAQ: PGLC) in an all-share deal. Pershing’s primary…
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Japan Gold granted prospecting rights at Tobaru
The Japanese ministry of economy, trade and industry recently granted Japan Gold (TSXV: JG; US-OTC: JGLDF) prospecting rights for its Tobaru gold project in Japan’s southern Kyushu province. The rights…
Gold stocks undervalued, says Haywood Securities
The mining team at Haywood Securities says now is a good time to invest in undervalued gold stocks. “In the first nine months of 2018 the price of gold has…
Precious Metals Summit 2018: Portfolio managers share top picks
At the 2018 Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colo., The Northern Miner caught up with three portfolio managers to discuss the gold and silver companies that made an impression…
Book excerpt: Placer Development and Amelia Earhart’s final flight
The following is an extract from the newly published coffee table book A History: Placer Development Limited and Placer Dome Inc. compiled by Nean Allman and Justin Baulch, and available…
Ero Copper finds zone near Vermelhos mine
Since listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange in October 2017, shares of Ero Copper (TSX: ERO; US-OTC: ERRPF) have soared from their initial public offering price of $4.75 to $12.30….
Ivanhoe discovers new copper deposit in DRC
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has discovered a third major copper deposit called Makoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo on its 100%-owned Western Foreland copper property, west of…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 121: Where to next for gold? Featuring Cohen, Foster, Groh at Precious Metals Summit
In this episode, staff writer Richard Quarisa interviews three mining portfolio managers at this year’s Precious Metals Summit in beautiful Beaver Creek, Colorado, in late September as all three share…
Phoenix value soars for Denison as costs drop
A new prefeasibility study on Denison Mines’ (TSX: DML; NYSE-AM: DNN) flagship Wheeler River uranium project in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin says underground in-situ recovery methods would lower cash-operating costs…
Cameco scores victory over CRA
The Tax Court of Canada has ruled in favour of Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) in the company’s decade-long dispute with the Canada Revenue Agency over tax reassessments for the…
Blockade halts Trevali’s Santander mine
Operations at Trevali Mining’s (TTSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) Santander zinc mine in Peru were temporarily halted after a “small group of community members and other persons not affiliated with the…
Precious Metals Summit 2018: Portfolio managers weigh in on future for gold
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — Precious Metals Summit Conferences wrapped up its annual three-day event in fine form this year in Beaver Creek, Colorado. The eighth consecutive Summit ran from Sept. 20 to…