PDAC awards top mining talent
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) honoured its 2016 award winners at a gala evening ceremony during its annual convention in Toronto in last month. The association gave…
Articles by Adrian Pocobelli
SGS Geostat team wins Integra’s Gold Rush Challenge
Using machine learning and traditional geological methods to make targets at Integra Gold’s (TSXV: ICG) Lamaque gold project, the Quebec-based team from SGS Geostat took home the top prize in…
Letter to the editor: In-situ copper leaching is a proven technology
It was recently reported in the Financial Post that in-situ leaching of copper is an “unproven technology.” But after personally spending five years working at the in-situ copper leaching operation…
Ivanhoe, Zijin wrap up prefeasibility study at Kamoa in DRC
VANCOUVER — With a positive prefeasibility study in hand, Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) and Chinese partner Zijin Mining Group are another step closer to developing Kamoa, the world’s…
Pure Gold’s fresh look at Madsen in Red Lake
VANCOUVER — The drills are turning in the shadow of a head frame at Pure Gold Mining’s (TSXV: PGM; US-OTC: LRTNF) Madsen gold property in Ontario’s prolific Red Lake gold…
US markets move higher, March 7-11
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index hit new highs for 2016 on the back of steady oil price gains (U.S. crude settled at US$38.50 per barrel…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 3: When M&A attacks!
Staff writers Lesley Stokes and Matthew Keevil are busy following a flurry of merger and acquisition deals, including: Lundin Mining and Freeport-McMoRan; Endeavour Mining and True Gold; and Silver Standard…
PDAC 2016: Premier Bob McLeod on mining in the NWT
Bob McLeod, the premier of the Northwest Territories, caught up with The Northern Miner at the recent Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto to talk about the…
First Quantum sells Kevitsa to Boliden
VANCOUVER — Burdened with debt, First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) has struck a deal to sell its Kevitsa nickel mine in northern Finland to Swedish integrated miner Boliden AB (US-OTC: BDNNF). Kevitsa…
PDAC 2016: Engineering reports fail to impress
A review for adequacy and quality of 34 development-stage National Instrument (NI) 43-101 studies on Sedar showed nearly half lacked engineering rigour, Tim Oliver, an environmental engineer and independent consultant,…
PDAC 2016: China remains ‘engine of growth’
Philip Macoun, managing consultant at London-based CRU Consulting, shared an overview on China’s impact on commodity markets, along with his outlook for copper, coal, iron ore and gold, at the…
What an HR manager can do in a downturn
Asking miners to work on their Human Resources strategy when the industry horizon appears to hold little that is positive may appear futile. But changes already underway in the employment…