Can Rubicon’s Phoenix rise from the ashes?
The demise of Rubicon Minerals’ (TSX: RMX; US-OTC: RBYCD) Phoenix gold mine in Ontario’s Red Lake camp stunned the industry. Trial mining of the project’s F2 gold deposit was called…
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Transatlantic Mining seeks to restart US Grant in Montana
VANCOUVER — Transatlantic Mining (TSXV: TCO) intends to restart production in the near term at the historic US Grant gold mine in Montana’s prolific Madison County placer gold district as the…
Barrick, Goldcorp end 2016 on a strong note
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) and Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) — Canada’s top gold companies by market capitalization — have released their fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 results. Here…
US Snapshot: Seven juniors of interest
The uptick in metal prices has coupled with optimism that the Trump administration’s business-friendly approach to taxes and regulations will boost early stage mineral exploration and mine development by juniors…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 47: Dr. Copper and the Finnish flash ft. Mickey Fulp
Matt and Lesley are on-location in downtown Vancouver for a broad-ranging interview with the Mercenary Geologist, Mickey Fulp. Matt digs into recent copper-supply issues related to labour disputes at BHP…
Rye Patch on verge of becoming Nevada’s next gold producer
Since cofounding Rye Patch Gold (TSXV: RPM; US-OTC: RPMGF) a little over a decade ago, president and CEO William Howald has folded seven projects into the junior’s asset portfolio and…
TNM Data Miner: Top-five gold exploration hits in Canada in 2016
VANCOUVER — Tapping into the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine, The Northern Miner has compiled the top-five gold intercepts (grade multiplied by width) reported by exploration-stage companies in Canada in 2016….
Viscount reignites Silver Cliff in Colorado
VANCOUVER — The latest drill results from Viscount Mining’s (TSXV: VML; US-OTC: VLMGF) Silver Cliff project are casting a new light on the historic Hardscrabble silver-lead-zinc mining district, 64 km…
JDL, Luna to merge, become Trek Mining
VANCOUVER — Newly formed JDL Mining (TSXV: JDL; US-OTC: LWLCF) and debt-heavy Luna Gold (TSX: LGC; US-OTC: LGCVF) hope that a proposed merger of the two companies will pave the…
Roundup 2017: Goldcorp scouts out investments in juniors
VANCOUVER — Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is looking to invest $100 million in a portfolio of junior explorers that have early stage projects with district-scale potential, Goldcorp president and…
NewCastle punches above its weight class at Castle Mountain
Six months ago, NewCastle Gold (TSX: NCA) enticed Gerald Panneton to join the company as president and CEO to help put its past-producing Castle Mountain project in California back into…
New Gold struggles with cost overruns at Rainy River
VANCOUVER — Shares of Canadian gold miner New Gold (TSX: NGD; NYSE-MKT: NGD) were hit hard after revelations of more cost overruns and delays at its wholly owned Rainy River gold…