Chile’s claims conundrum
SANTIAGO, CHILE — Rules which once helped turn Chile into a mining powerhouse have become a weight around its neck. Chile’s place as the world’s largest…
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Editorial: US Senator Murkowski introduces American Mineral Security Act
United States Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and three Senate colleagues on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources took a bipartisan legislative step in…
NAP turnaround at Lac des Îles part mining method, part miracle
Since majority shareholder Brookfield Asset Management (TSX: BAM.A; NYSE: BAM) tapped Jim Gallagher to become president and CEO of North American Palladium (TSX: PDL; US-OTC:…
Agnico Eagle sees continued promise in Quebec
High-profile investments by Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) in two new Nunavut gold operations will drastically alter the company’s production profile with the…
Nobis Group takes stake in Adventus in Ecuador
One of Ecuador’s largest private conglomerates — with investments in everything from deepwater ports to real estate and agriculture — has chosen Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN;…
Orsu Metals tallies first resource at Russian gold project
Five years ago a private group of Russian businessmen, known as Sibzoloto Partners, acquired the Sergeevskoe gold project in southeastern Siberia, 550 km from Chita,…
Uranium markets starting to improve, Cameco’s Gitzel says
The following is a transcript of remarks made by Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) president and CEO Tim Gitzel during the company’s first-quarter conference call…
Geomega fine-tunes rare earths recycling technology
Geomega Resources (TSXV: GMA) plans to put Canada on the map as a producer of rare earth elements (REE) — not by building a mine,…
The Northern Miner Podcast – Miner Moment #22: Uranium’s ‘pivotal year’ ft Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel
In this mini-podcast, we share a 10-minute highlight from Cameco’s hour-long quarterly results call, with president and CEO Tim Gitzel arguing why 2018 was a…
Skeena envisions high-grade open pit at Eskay Creek
Eskay Creek in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle was at one time the world’s highest-grade gold mine before Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) finally shut…
SolGold’s Alpala: getting bigger, with higher grade
Another year, another doubling of resources: since launching a drill campaign on the Cascabel project in northern Ecuador in 2013, SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG)…
Radisson shifts focus in new model of O’Brien
The O’Brien mine, halfway between the towns of Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d’Or along the Larder-Lake-Cadillac fault, was considered the highest grade gold producer in Quebec between…