Banro calls again for force majeure
Unlike the recurring attacks by armed jihadists in Burkina Faso, the rebel groups that are making mining impossible for Banro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are motivated…
Gold
Osisko Metals updates resource for Pine Point zinc project
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) has tabled a resource update for its wholly owned Pine Point lead-zinc project on the south shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest…
Southwest US Snapshot: Precious metals, battery metals and uranium activity
In our annual overview of exploration and mining activity in the Southwestern U.S., we focus on eight companies active in the region. Precious metals appear to be the exploration target…
BMO initiates coverage of Cardinal Resources
BMO Capital Markets is initiating coverage of Perth-based Cardinal Resources (TSX: CDV; ASX: CDV) with an outperform rating, noting that the company’s Namdini gold project in Ghana is “one of the…
Video: Tocqueville’s John Hathaway sees ‘tremendous opportunity’ in gold space
John Hathaway, chairman of Tocqueville Management Corporation, in conversation with The Northern Miner Group publisher Anthony Vaccaro at the 2019 Precious Metals Summit in Zurich. Hathaway draws lessons from his…
Commentary: Changes in financial markets trouble mining industry
Analysts at CPM have studied the precious metals and commodities markets — including investment trends in mining equities — since the 1970s. This long and intimate involvement gives us insight…
Mexico’s environmental authority halts Almaden’s Ixtaca project
Mexico’s environmental authority, Semarnat, has suspended permitting for Almaden Minerals’ (TSX: AMM; NYSE-AM: AAU) Ixtaca gold-silver project in the state of Puebla, pending the resolution of a lawsuit that challenges…
Liberty Gold hits high-grade gold at Black Pine
New drill results from Liberty Gold’s (TSX: LGD; US-OTC: LGDTF) wholly owned Black Pine project in Idaho include high-grade intervals of Carlin-style oxide gold mineralization. Drilling has also expanded the…
Iamgold study expands Essakane mine in Burkina Faso
A feasibility study has found that increasing the carbon-in-leach (CIL) plant capacity and postponing the heap leach operation to the end of the mine life is more economical than operating…
Commentary: Gold sector fragmentation hurts investors
Of all the mining sectors, gold is possibly the most fragmented, and the gold industry and its investors would realize considerable benefits from consolidation. Brokerage Pollitt & Co. estimates that…
Cartier tables maiden resource at Chimo
Cartier Resources (TSXV: ECR) has released a maiden resource for the Central Gold Corridor on its Chimo mine property, 45 km east of Val-d’Or, Quebec. Indicated resources stand at 3.26 million…
Guyana Goldfields plummets after major quarterly miss
Shares of gold producer Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY) dropped as much as 38% on a weaker-than-expected performance during the third quarter from its wholly owned Aurora gold operation in western…