OceanaGold tables strong financials despite production dip
Melbourne-based gold miner OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) has recorded a particularly robust first half of the year, with profits rising up 45%, revenue up…
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Cameco suspends production at McArthur River and Key Lake
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) will indefinitely suspend production at its McArthur River and Key Lake uranium mines in Saskatchewan, and, as a result, permanently…
Newmont buys 50% stake in Galore Creek from NovaGold
Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) has acquired NovaGold Resources’ (TSX: NG; NYSE-AM: NG) 50% stake in the Galore Creek copper-gold project in B.C. for staged payments…
Klondex spinoff Havilah Mining begins trading
With Hecla Mining‘s (NYSE: HL) takeover of Klondex Mines now completed, the resulting Klondex spinoff company Havilah Mining (TSXV: HMC) has started trading as of July…
Fraser Institute says Canada ‘taking longer’ to give exploration permits
A new study on mining and investment by the Fraser Institute claims investors are losing confidence in the permitting process for mineral exploration in many…
Ecuador eases rules on early-stage exploration drilling
Ecuador’s Minister of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources says holders of mining concessions can now drill on early-phase exploration projects in the country. Previously, drilling…
Nutrien sells Arab Potash stake
Nutrien (TSX: NTR, NYSE: NTR) is selling its 28% stake in Arab Potash to China’s State Development and Investment Corp. for $502 million. The sale…
Harte Gold reports new mineralization at Sugar
Harte Gold (TSX: HRT; US-OTC: HRTFF) says it has found a new mineralized zone at its Sugar project, 80 km east of the Hemlo gold…
Nemaska Lithium near offtake deal with Northvolt
Nemaska Lithium (TSX: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) is in the final stages of completing an offtake deal for battery grade lithium hydroxide with Northvolt, a company…
Financing uptrend continues, PDAC report says
The following is an edited summary from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada report, State of Mineral Finance 2018: Gaining Momentum. For more information…
Canada’s top-10 precious metal juniors
The Northern Miner has pulled together the top-10 precious metal juniors (with no production and excluding royalty companies) that are headquartered in Canada, arranged by…
Tango Mining recovers 42.25 carat diamond from Oena
Vancouver-based Tango Mining (TSXV: TGV) has recovered a 42.25 carat diamond from run of mine gravel at the Oena diamond mine in westernmost South Africa….