Is Chile losing ground in the lithium space?
Chile should lead the world in lithium production. The Salar de Atacama in northern Chile is the world’s largest and richest lithium resource, containing almost half the world’s known reserves,…
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Argonaut Gold to hedge gold from El Castillo
After a challenging second quarter at its El Castillo complex in Mexico, Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) will hedge part of the operation’s remaining life-of-mine production. The company told shareholders in…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 150: Scotiabank’s Rory Johnston on metal prices and the global slowdown
This week marks the 150th episode of The Northern Miner Podcast, with new music, a hat tip to previous hosts, and a feature interview by acting editor-in-chief Trish Saywell with…
Rubicon optimistic on Phoenix study
A positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) suggests Rubicon Minerals’ (TSX: RMX; US-OTC: RBYCF) once-troubled Phoenix gold project in northwestern Ontario could rise again. Trial mining of Phoenix’s F2 gold deposit…
Osisko Gold Royalties bets on Sable Resources
Sable Resources (TSXV: SAE) says agreements potentially worth up to $12.6 million with Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR) will finance exploration across its projects for the next four years. Osisko…
Mexico Snapshot: Precious metals from coast to coast
Mineral companies large and small are active throughout Mexico. Precious metals remain the target of choice for explorers, developers and mine operators alike. Here are eight firms advancing assets in…
Site visit: Coro dusts off new copper find
MEJILLONES, CHILE — Coro Mining (TSX: COP) could soon be building Chile’s newest copper mine. You would think someone would have already looked here. High in the arid hills above…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 149: Millennials and the mining industry, ft Bell, Usmar, Markham, Braunsteiner, Merrin
This episode features the Next-Gen Leaders Panel at The Northern Miner’s annual Canadian Mining Symposium held at Canada House in London, U.K., earlier this year. The panel consisted of Frederick…
Mystery nickel buyer could restart First Quantum’s Ravensthorpe
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM; LSE: FQM) management says it could have a buyer for any nickel produced from a restart of the venerable Ravensthorpe nickel-cobalt mine at Bandalup Hill…
Editorial: Musings on Greenland, tariffs and inverted yield curves
Last week the U.S. president abruptly cancelled a state visit to Denmark after the Danes rebuffed his proposal to buy Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory strategically located between the North…
President of Mexico says ‘no new mining concessions’
Global mining companies operating in Mexico are working with the country’s mining chamber, Camimex, to determine the impact of Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s statement earlier this month that…
Telson Mining shifting focus from zinc to gold
Mounting challenges at its wholly owned Campo Morado zinc mine in Guerrero state, Mexico, has prompted Telson Mining (TSXV: TSN) to put the operation on care and maintenance, and devote…