Book excerpt: Budding mogul J.P. Bickell’s hunt for gold in Ontario
The would-be millionaire John Paris Bickell had first become interested in the metals of the earth during a trip to the Yukon goldfields as a…
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Site visit: New Age Metals finds high grade
SUDBURY, ONTARIO – The optics are rarely very good when a major pulls out of a joint-venture project with a junior company. In the case…
Eldorado withdraws threat to suspend investment in Greece
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) will “temporarily postpone” a decision it made earlier this month to suspend its investments in Greece on Sept. 22…
McEwen to proceed with Los Azules permitting and prefeasibility study
Reforms introduced by the Argentine government to encourage mining investment by eliminating taxes on exported mineral concentrates prompted McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) to…
Eldorado threatens to suspend investments in Greece
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) will suspend all investment at its operating mines, development projects and exploration assets in Greece due to chronic delays…
WIM Toronto walkers approach $1M in donations
The Women in Mining Toronto walking team was first assembled in 2007 to raise money for the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation by participating in the…
CleanTeq signs offtake agreement with Chinese company
Robert Friedland, co-chairman of CleanTeq Holdings (ASX: CLQ) and a major shareholder, with 16% of the company’s outstanding shares, has signed an offtake deal with…
Free ticket contest: Koneline film screening in Edmonton, Sept. 9-10
The Northern Miner is proud to be co-presenter of the Edmonton premiere commercial screening of the documentary film KONELINE: Our Land Beautiful on Sept. 9-10,…
Minera Alamos reels in Osisko Gold Royalties
Throughout his career, and as a founder of Castle Gold, Darren Koningen brought two profitable heap-leach gold mines into production on time and under budget:…
Nevsun halves Bisha mine life, revises Timok study plans
Newly appointed CEO Peter Kukielski hasn’t wasted time putting his imprint on Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE-MKT: NSU). The Stanford University-educated civil engineer, who joined…
Asanko Gold revises guidance, shares tumble
Ten days after Asanko Gold (TSX: AKG; NYSE-MKT: AKG) said it was keeping its 2017 production guidance for its gold mine in Ghana at 230,000…
McEwen Mining buys Primero’s Black Fox
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) is expanding its footprint in the Timmins camp of Ontario with the purchase of Primero Mining’s (TSX: P; NYSE:…