Montage boosts Koné gold grade by 20% in Africa
Montage Gold (TSX: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) has lifted the resource and grade at Koné in Côte d’Ivoire, one of West Africa’s largest gold projects, as it prepares for a first…
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PDAC Video: Blue Lagoon pushes Dome Mountain to cash flow
Blue Lagoon Resources (CSE: BLLG; US-OTC: BLAGF) has restarted the Dome Mountain gold mine near Smithers, British Columbia, without building its own plant, a rare option for a small miner…
Crescat knocks Canada’s flow-through funds as ‘blight’ on juniors
Canada’s flow-through share tax incentives, beloved by many in the mining industry, are facing sharp criticism from Denver-based Crescat Capital, one of the junior market’s biggest specialist hedge funds. That…
Video at PDAC: Seabridge narrows KSM partner search to one
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) has narrowed the search for a partner to help develop the $6.4-billion (C$8.8-billion) capex KSM project, British Colombia’s largest, to one preferred but undisclosed…
Video at PDAC: Wealth Minerals expects Kuska OK from Chile in weeks
Wealth Minerals (TSXV: WML; US-OTC: WMLLF) has moved into final talks ahead of a Chilean presidential decree approving its Kuska lithium brine project, CEO Henk van Alphen said. The mining…
B2Gold’s Goose area keeps laying bonanza eggs
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) says infill drilling in Nunavut’s Back River gold district reinforces the area’s expansion potential while improving the odds that mine life can be prolonged. Standout…
RANKED: World’s top 20 largest gold mines
Gold grabbed the spotlight in 2025 as rising global trade tensions and accelerated central bank buying propelled the metal by more than 60%. Its rise continued into 2026, with prices…
Gold slump tied to crunch, not fundamentals: Sprott
Gold’s March selloff is being driven by a global liquidity squeeze and disrupted reserve flows, not weakening fundamentals, according to Sprott strategist Paul Wong. Prices have fallen to about $4,400…
Gold strong, but juniors must deliver, Haywood says
Gold’s record run may have lifted junior miners, but Haywood Securities says the next stage will be far less forgiving, with capital flowing only to companies that can deliver results…
Sponsored Video at PDAC: Prince Silver targets 100Moz at Nevada past-producer
Prince Silver CEO Derek Iwanaka chats with The Northern Miner Western Editor Henry Lazenby early this month during the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention in Toronto. The…
Caledonia among gold miners avoiding Mideast refining chokepoint caused by Iran war
Zimbabwe-focused Caledonia Mining (NYSE-A: CMCL; LSE-A: CMCL) is rerouting gold sales through South Africa to avoid disruption from the Iran war, offering a glimpse of how bullion flows are being…
Pan American sees lower Mexico mine expansion costs
Pan American Silver (TSX, NYSE: PAAS) unveiled a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) that cuts the projected cost of expanding the La Colorada mine in Mexico by almost one-third while…