Allied Nevada clears out worrisome covenants
Allied Nevada Gold (TSX: ANV; NYSE-MKT: ANV) has gained some wriggle room as it pushes into the new year with a lofty plan to expand its flagship Hycroft mine in Nevada.
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Banro pours first gold at Namoya
Despite delays and two separate downward revisions to its gold production target at Namoya this year, Banro Corp. (TSX: BAA; NYSE: BAA) managed to pour the first gold at its newest mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Dec. 30.
Mark O’Dea’s True Gold proves Karma’s potential
VANCOUVER — True Gold Mining (US-OTC: RVREF) can turn its Karma gold project in Burkina Faso into an open-pit heap leach mine generating strong returns for just US$131.5 million, according to a new feasibility study.
Commentary: Rob McEwen on the outlook for 2014
Rob McEwen, chairman and chief owner of McEwen Mining, shared his thoughts with The Northern Miner about the outlook for the mining industry in 2014. McEwen Mining’s principal assets consist of the San Jose mine in Santa Cruz, Argentina…
Besra pushes to production in Malaysia
VANCOUVER — Besra Gold (TSX: BEZ) is laying the groundwork for its third gold mine with a feasibility study for a first stage of development at its Bau project in East Malaysia.
Argonaut Gold wraps up Magino study
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR; US-OTC: ARNGF) has completed a prefeasibility study (PFS) based on 40% of a 2013 resource estimate for its Magino property, 40 km northeast of Wawa, Ont. The PFS excludes underground and surface drilling data prior to…
In case you missed it: the most-clicked stories of 2013
It’s been a record year of growth for www.northernminer.com, with the site now attracting more than 85,000 visits per month, and almost half a million unique visitors for all of 2013. Here is a selection of the most-clicked stories over…
Eurasian pushes ahead in Turkey
ISTANBUL, TURKEY — Eurasian Minerals (TSXV: EMX; NYSE-MKT: EMXX) started exploring Turkey’s Western Anatolia and Eastern Pontides mineral belts for gold and silver, as well as porphyry copper targets, more than a decade ago,…
Golden Band to halt mining operations at La Ronge
Golden Band Resources (TSXV: GBN) is indefinitely suspending its Roy Lloyd and Golden Heart gold mines and the Jolu mill in northern Saskatchewan, starting Jan. 1, 2014.
Conflict at Buritica leaves two artisanal miners dead
Building a commercial-scale mine in Colombia is no small task.
Canada Lithium and Sirocco to merge
A merger between Canada Lithium (TSX: CLQ; US-OTC: CLQMF) and Sirocco Mining (TSXV: SIM; US-OTC: ATAAF) would make the combined entity one of just two public companies that produce iodine and lithium, the companies say.
Semafo huntsfor second Siou
Soil sampling at Semafo’s (TSX: SMF; US-OTC: SEMFF) Mana property in Burkina Faso has pinpointed a north-trending corridor measuring more than 14 km long and up to 4 km wide, 8 km north of the Siou deposit.