Scrapbook: YMP Awards gala
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) — a non-profit group with chapters in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Sudbury, Perth, Brisbane, Johannesburg and London — held its third…
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Barrick and Newmont forge ‘historic’ joint venture in Nevada
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has abandoned its hostile takeover bid for Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM), after the companies struck a joint-venture deal on…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Lassonde praises Meikle, takes final bow as CMHF MC
During the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony held in Toronto in January, master of ceremonies and Franco-Nevada chairman Pierre Lassonde shared a story…
SolGold’s Nick Mather our Mining Person of the Year for 2018
Nicholas Mather, president and CEO of Australian junior SolGold, is The Northern Miner’s Mining Person of the Year for 2018 in recognition of his role…
Andrée St-Germain, José Vizquerra named ‘Young Mining Professionals of the Year’
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) — a non-profit group with chapters in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Sudbury, Perth, Brisbane, Johannesburg and London — has given its…
Canadian geologist Kirk Woodman murdered in Burkina Faso
Kirk Woodman, vice-president of exploration for Vancouver-based private gold explorer Progress Minerals, was found dead on Jan. 16 in rural Burkina Faso, after having been…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: The treasure of Leija Cave
After spending 17 years with Newmont Mining as a senior exploration geologist, and being transferred twice in the same year (1997), I decided it was…
Commentary: Celebrating a century of mining at Yukon
It was finding gold at Rabbit Creek and along the riverbeds of the Klondike that forever changed one of the world’s final frontiers — the…
Commentary: Northwest Territories, a multi-faceted mining destination
As Minister of Industry Tourism and Investment for the Government of the Northwest Territories, one of my jobs is to champion resource development for our…
Editor’s picks: Best human-interest stories of 2018
The following are the best human-interest stories that appeared in The Northern Miner in 2018, as selected by editor-in-chief John Cumming (click on headline to…
Sandy Lake’s Pat Sheridan back in Guyana
Less than two weeks after being appointed executive chairman and CEO of Sandy Lake Gold (TSXV: SLAU), Patrick Sheridan has steered the Red Lake-focused junior…
Five themes from the 2018 Diamonds Symposium
The first annual Diamonds Symposium, organized by The Northern Miner and Diamonds in Canada, spanned the earliest days of Canada’s diamond rush in the early…