Newmont’s Hope Bay project nears construction decision
When you’re 685 km northeast of Yellowknife, or roughly 160 km above the Arctic Circle, everything costs more than it does down south.
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Fortuna commissions San Jose
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Copper Fox inks deal with Stewart Bulk Terminals
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Alderon Iron Ore – Bernard Potvin appointed executive VP of project execution.
Iamgold buys toehold in Colombia’s Middle Cauca belt
Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) has agreed to buy a minority interest in two junior explorers with porphyry-gold-copper projects in Colombia’s highly prospective Middle Cauca belt south of Medellin.
Agnico-Eagle takes big hit in Q3 with Goldex closure
Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) has posted a US$81-million net loss for the third quarter following the writeoff of its Goldex gold mine in Quebec.
Bralorne hits high-grade gold in BC
Bralorne Gold Mines (BPM-V) has hit high-grade gold at its eponymous mine near Gold Bridge, B.C.
Roxgold raising $11M for West African gold
One of 2011’s success stories, Roxgold (ROG-V) has seen its share price rise from a low of 19.5¢ in February to a high of $1.55 in mid-October on the back of spectacular gold hits from its flagship Yaramoko gold project in Burkina Faso.
Celebrating 20 years of diamonds at BHP Billiton
The story of EKATI Diamond Mine began in 1981, when geologist Charles Fipke found diamond indicator minerals near Blackwater Lake on the east side of the Mackenzie River in the…
The Point Lake ‘epiphany’: How a single discovery spawned an entire industry
On Nov. 6, 1991, the latest edition of The Northern Miner was on its way to bed when our fax machine spit out one page of seemingly unremarkable news: an…
Pat Sheahan: A diamond-seeker’s best friend
Pat Sheahan has always done things her own way. The diamond researcher and founder of the Sheahan-MDRU literature service — which, in various forms, has been keeping explorers up to…
The birth of an industry
The genesis of Canada’s diamond industry can be pinpointed precisely to twenty years ago this month. That’s when BHP Billiton reported that its partner Dia Met, had found diamonds in…