AME Roundup: Rio Tinto on the lookout for BC porphyry deposits
VANCOUVER — British Columbia is known for its coal and copper-gold deposits, with a storied history of mining all three commodities. Now the second largest mining company in the world…
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AME Roundup: BC exploration tax credits made permanent
VANCOUVER — Miners and explorers in British Columbia hit paydirt on Monday, with B.C. Premier John Horgan announcing that two investment-friendly tax credits would be made permanent and no longer…
Editorial: Tailings spill at Feijao is Vale’s worst yet, with 84 dead, 276 missing
Here we go again. With memories still fresh of Vale and BHP’s deadly Samarco iron ore tailings disaster in Mariana, Brazil in November 2015 — which killed 19 people —…
Uranium Energy lays groundwork for market recovery
Over the last two years, Uranium Energy (NYSE-AM: UEC) has taken advantage of the downturn in uranium markets and acquired uranium projects in the Powder River basin of Wyoming, Canada’s…
UxC’s Nick Carter expects uranium’s ‘gradual upward movement’
Nicolas Carter is an executive vice-president of uranium at UxC LLC, one of the nuclear industry’s market research and analysis companies. Carter has 21 years of nuclear industry experience. He…
US markets rise, Jan. 21-25: Yamana, Iamgold and Freeport McMoRan
The gold price rose 1.66% to US$1,302.60. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 4% to 71.17, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.12% to 24,737.20. The S&P 500…
TSX Venture Exchange moves higher, Jan. 21-25: Goldsource, Roscan, Palangio, New Pacific
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 1.52% to finish the trading week at 604.56. A new discovery at Goldsource Mines‘ Eagle Mountain gold project in Guyana sent the junior explorer’s…
TSX posts marginal gain, Jan. 21-25: Royal Nickel, Endeavour Mining, SSR and Barrick
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.41% to 15,366.05. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 1.71% to 68.54, while the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index fell 1.03% to 107.44. Spot gold…
Millennial Lithium de-risks Pastos Grandes
Farhad Abasov has high hopes for Millennial Lithium’s (TSXV: ML; US-OTC: MLNLF) Pastos Grandes lithium brine project in Argentina’s Salta province. The CEO expects a definitive feasibility study (DFS) in…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 130: Big Data in mining ft Dabby, Malik, Mullan, Stothart & Yee
This episode features a round-table discussion on “Big Data” recorded live at The Northern Miner‘s Progressive Mine Forum held at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto in October 2018. The…
Galway discovers gold zone at Clarence Stream in New Brunswick
Galway Metals (TSXV: GWM) has discovered 7 metres of visible gold starting 51 metres downhole in a new area of its Clarence Stream project in New Brunswick, its second gold…
Balmoral finds nickel zones at Grasset
Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) has found several nickel sulphide zones in the central part of its Grasset ultramafic complex in Quebec after drilling the area during its late…