The Northern Miner podcast – episode 4: St. Paddy’s day special
Lesley Stokes and Matthew Keevil host a jam-packed show featuring commentary by Exploration Insights’ Brent Cook, a look at B2Gold’s next mine in Mali, and a chat on rising commodity…
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Analysts see buoyant gold in 2016
Gold prices rallied in mid-March on the back of the U.S.Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rate expectations for 2016, with many economists and analysts forecasting the yellow metal would…
B2Gold locks up funding for Fekola mine in Mali
VANCOUVER — Mid-tier gold producer B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) has nailed down financing for its next expansion at the multimillion-ounce Fekola gold project in Mali. B2Gold picked up the Fekola…
Letter to the editor: In-situ copper leaching is a proven technology
It was recently reported in the Financial Post that in-situ leaching of copper is an “unproven technology.” But after personally spending five years working at the in-situ copper leaching operation…
Ivanhoe, Zijin wrap up prefeasibility study at Kamoa in DRC
VANCOUVER — With a positive prefeasibility study in hand, Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) and Chinese partner Zijin Mining Group are another step closer to developing Kamoa, the world’s…
Iamgold, Calibre set to drill in Nicaragua
VANCOUVER — Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has given Calibre Mining (TSXV: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) the green light to drill the high-grade, epithermal gold-silver veins that swarm across the partners’…
Pure Gold’s fresh look at Madsen in Red Lake
VANCOUVER — The drills are turning in the shadow of a head frame at Pure Gold Mining’s (TSXV: PGM; US-OTC: LRTNF) Madsen gold property in Ontario’s prolific Red Lake gold…
Bristow chides gold producers
You can always count on Mark Bristow to tell it like it is, which frankly is why The Northern Miner gets up at the crack of dawn to attend Randgold…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 3: When M&A attacks!
Staff writers Lesley Stokes and Matthew Keevil are busy following a flurry of merger and acquisition deals, including: Lundin Mining and Freeport-McMoRan; Endeavour Mining and True Gold; and Silver Standard…
First Quantum sells Kevitsa to Boliden
VANCOUVER — Burdened with debt, First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) has struck a deal to sell its Kevitsa nickel mine in northern Finland to Swedish integrated miner Boliden AB (US-OTC: BDNNF). Kevitsa…
What an HR manager can do in a downturn
Asking miners to work on their Human Resources strategy when the industry horizon appears to hold little that is positive may appear futile. But changes already underway in the employment…
PDAC 2016: Andrew Cheatle shares his upbeat view on the industry
This year’s annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention, now in its 84th year, attracted more than 22,000 attendees, including inventors, analysts, mining executives, government officials and students….