Teranga eyes building Banfora in Burkina Faso in 2017
Teranga Gold (TSX: TGZ; ASX: TGZ) aims to build its Banfora gold mine in Burkina Faso, which would become its second West African gold mine,…
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Barrick joins Atac at Orion in the Yukon
VANCOUVER — Atac Resources (TSXV: ATC; US-OTC: ATADF) is the latest explorer to attract a major’s attention amid a new gold rush in the Yukon. On…
Nighthawk cashed up, drilling 25,000 metres
Nighthawk Gold (TSXV: NHK) recently raised $25.1 million in equity to finance exploration at its Indin Lake gold project in the Northwest Territories, and Nighthawk…
TNM Data Miner: Trends in Canadian equity finance and investment
The Northern Miner has joined forces again with sister company Infomine to leverage the powerful Intelligence Mine database to outline trends in equity financing for Canadian mining during…
TNM Roundtable: Industry leaders debate strategy
Industry experts weighed in on how companies could best deploy cash at The Northern Miner’s roundtable discussion in Toronto in early April. The roundtable —…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 56: Gold Miners ETF and porphyry primer ft. Atac CEO
This week we continue our copper theme with a well-timed “porphyry primer” on the Geology Corner. Lesley discusses the history of porphyry geological models and…
South32 strikes deal with Trilogy in Alaska’s Ambler district
VANCOUVER — Australia-based South32 (LON: S32) has been on the lookout for North American base metal opportunities, and its latest move is a new option agreement with Trilogy Metals (TSX:…
Arizona Mining on path to zinc production at Taylor
VANCOUVER — Arizona Mining (TSX: AZ; US-OTC: WLDVF) has advanced its Taylor zinc-lead-silver sulphide deposit Arizona at a rapid pace over the past 18 months, and has now released…
Gold Standard Ventures to acquire Battle Mountain Gold
Gold Standard Ventures (TSXV: GSV; NYSE-MKT: GSV) acquired an initial 19.9% stake in Battle Mountain Gold (TSXV: BMG) in April 2016, and two months later, raised its ownership…
Editorial: Debt-heavy Codelco forecasts muted growth
Two highlights of the copper calendar — Cesco Week and CRU’s World Copper Conference, both held in Santiago, Chile in early April — have come…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 55: World Copper Conference & Arizona Mining ft. BIFs
We’re going interstellar this week on the Geology Corner. Lesley digs into banded iron formations (also known as BIFs), which are distinctive units of sedimentary…
A 4 billion-year-old story etched in stone: Geology and metal in Canada
VANCOUVER — Canada’s geological heritage goes back over 4 billion years to when the earth was a young, hot planet covered by ocean. During this…