VRIC: Quality companies are investors’ best bet when valuations get low
Virtually every mining stock in the market today, whether a major or a junior’s, has been off between 10% and 40% over the past few weeks, making anything one buys…
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Mining Indaba: Global fractures over Russia-Ukraine war trigger big policy, market shifts – Veracity Worldwide
Russia’s war on Ukraine is dividing the global order along fault lines, and Africa risks being caught in the middle, the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba heard this week. Veracity…
Mining Indaba: Bristow pleads with African miners to create ‘partnerships for prosperity’
A renewed focus on creating meaningful partnerships between miners, host communities and governments is quintessential to unlocking economic prosperity for African stakeholders, Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) CEO Mark…
Q&A: SRK Consulting unpacks critical opportunities and challenges facing the African mining sector
SRK Consulting has built deep experience working in the African mining sector and has developed a firm grasp of where potential opportunities are and some of the critical challenges preventing…
Shelby Yee and Alex Dorsch named Young Mining Professionals of the Year
The winners of this year’s Young Mining Professionals (YMP) awards are Shelby Yee of privately held RockMass Technologies and Alex Dorsch of Chalice Mining (ASX: CHN; US-OTC: CGMLF). The YMP awards, presented…
Canada’s capex raising credentials remain a siren call for mine developers
For more than a century, Canada has been the global leader in capital formation for the mineral exploration and development industry. However, in the wake of modern demand for niche…
Wheaton Precious shares drop on earnings miss
The New York-quoted equity of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (Nasdaq: WPM: TSX: WPM) fell on Friday after the company overnight reported lower earnings and revenue, missing analyst forecasts for the…
GMS: Mark Cutifani talks up Anglo American’s future-facing metals strategy
Anglo American (LSE: AAL; US-OTC: NGLOY) is charting a future-facing path forward by strategically positioning its diversified portfolio of mines to service the emerging energy revolution, CEO Mark Cutifani told…
SolGold’s new CEO takes a fresh look at Cascabel’s Alpala development
Australia-based copper project developer SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) is taking a more measured approach to developing its Alpala copper-gold project at the Cascabel property in Ecuador, new managing director…
New Agnico Eagle positioned for growth, says chairman Sean Boyd
A little more than two weeks following the closure of the $10 billion merger of Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) and Kirkland Lake Gold, Agnico’s new CEO Tony…
Makuch hands over Agnico Eagle reins
A little more than two weeks following the closure of the US$10 billion merger of Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) and Kirkland Lake Gold, Agnico’s new CEO Tony…
A tribute to The Northern Miner’s Joe Crofts
On Tuesday, February 8, our colleague and our friend Joe Crofts, passed on. He was surrounded by his family at the time. Joe had been fighting cancer valiantly since being…