Mexico’s ‘shock’ new mining law hurts juniors most
A new mining regime blindsided Canadian juniors in Mexico on Apr. 29 after the Mexican Senate rushed through a contentious bill that experts say will…
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Newmont touts Goldcorp synergies as clock ticks on Newcrest takeover bid
As an exclusive four-week due diligence period for Newmont (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NGT) to assess the Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM; ASX: NCM) data room draws…
Generation Mining in US$400M debt deal to advance Marathon project
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM; OTC: GENMF) has arranged a senior finance facility of up to $540 million (US$400 million) for its 100%-owned Marathon palladium-copper project…
Northern Miner Podcast: Efficiency is main path to environmental mining, ft Safescape’s Steve Durkin
In this week’s episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Steve Durkin, director at Safescape, Bortana, and 3ME Technology. In this in-depth interview, Steve delves…
BMC Minerals expands Yukon portfolio with $3.6M Kona copper-gold deal
BMC Minerals has acquired 100% of the Kona copper-gold deposit from Pacific Ridge Exploration (TSXV: PEX) in southern Yukon as part of a $3.6-million deal….
Fortescue Metals begins magnetite production at Iron Bridge
Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG), the world’s No. 4 iron ore miner, has achieved first production at its US$3.9-billion Iron Bridge Magnetite operation in Pilbara,…
RANKED: World’s biggest nickel projects
Nickel is a crucial component in the batteries that power electric vehicles, and as the the world shifts towards electrification, data from International Nickel Study…
Emerita readies first resource for La Romanera in Spain
Iberian Pyrite Belt-focused explorer Emerita Resources (TSXV: EMO; US-OTC: EMOTF) on Monday reported a strong batch of drill results from its La Romanera polymetallic deposit…
NexGen, Fission power ahead at Rook I, PLS uranium projects
Two uranium projects in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin moved closer to construction this week, with NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE; NYSE: NXE; ASX: NXG) reporting strong interest…
Army gives glimmer of hope for Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska
The United States Army is improving the slim odds for the Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE: NAK) Pebble project in southwest Alaska which has…
TNM Drill Down: Best gold assays of the week come from Fiji, Colombia and Mali
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week (Apr. 21-28). Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x…
ASX-listed Peak Rare Earths lands US$18M for Tanzania project
Australian junior Peak Rare Earths (ASX: PEK) said on Monday it has locked A$27.5 million (US$18 million) in funding from high net worth and offshore institutional…