Aston Bay, BHP agree to take on Storm together
After a year of talks and hundreds of hours of due diligence, BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) has signed an option agreement to earn a 75%…
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Film review: KONELĪNE finds drama in BC’s Golden Triangle
Northwest British Columbia is a land of abundance and beauty. Teeming with wildlife, the mountains, rivers and valleys are also home to the Tahltan First…
US stocks surge, May 23–27
U.S. indexes gained ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen hinted at a possible interest rate hike in the…
TSX posts slight gain, May 23-27
The Bank of Canada kept its target for the overnight lending rate at 0.5% and estimated that the wildfires in Alberta would knock 1.25 percentage…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 14: Lithium 101 and the effects of national wine day
We dig further into the lithium boom in our lead up to an in-paper special on the commodity that’s all abuzz thanks to Elon Musk and…
Hecla bids for Mines Management and its Montanore deposit
VANCOUVER — Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) is hoping to fortify its silver development portfolio in the U.S. Northwest with a US$37-million, all-share acquisition of Mines Management (TSX: MGT; NYSE-MKT: MGN)…
Canadian mining sector improves in early 2016
The Canadian mining sector got a much-needed boost in the first three months of 2016 thanks to higher gold and base metal prices, according to…
Zafranal could produce copper for nearly two decades, study says
A positive prefeasibility study on the Zafranal project — an Andean style porphyry copper-gold deposit in southern Peru owned by Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.A; TSX:…
TSX climbs, May 16–20
Canada’s benchmark index advanced ahead of the Victoria Day holiday weekend, rising 171 points, or 1.2%, to 13,919.58, as investors took in higher oil prices…
Geoscience BC receives $5M from provincial government
VANCOUVER — The B.C. government has announced $5 million in additional funding for Geoscience B.C. Over the past 10 years the non-profit organization has spearheaded more…
Brazil Resources works fast in Alaska
Just one month after releasing its first resource on the Island Mountain gold-copper porphyry at its Whistler project in central Alaska, Brazil Resources (TSXV: BRI;…
Silver Standard may use Chinchillas as feed for Pirquitas
VANCOUVER — Silver Standard Resources (TSX: SSO; NASDAQ: SSRI) is moving forward on pre-development studies that may lengthen mine life at its Pirquitas silver mine…