TSX dips while gold rises, March 20-24
U.S. President Donald Trump’s failure to repeal and replace Obamacare put downward pressure on global stock markets and drove up the price of safe haven assets like gold. The S&P/TSX…
Gold
PDAC 2017: Lukas Lundin on patience and his early successes
Mining tycoon Lukas Lundin, chairman of the Lundin Group, spoke with The Northern Miner at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in March about his early successes in Argentina…
Keith Barron back on the hunt for riches of Ecuador’s Lost Cities
The remarkable story of Aurelian Resources and its discovery of Fruta del Norte — a blind gold deposit the company’s geologists found in the Cordillera del Condor in southeastern Ecuador…
Callinex grows Flin Flon footprint
Over the last two years, Callinex Mines (TSXV: CNX; US-OTC: CLLXF) has raised $15 million on the back of exploration success at its Pine Bay polymetallic project in Manitoba. Pine…
Integra doubles indicated gold resource at Triangle
Integra Gold (TSXV: ICG; US-OTC: ICGQF) has doubled the gold ounces of the Triangle deposit at its 100% owned Lamaque gold project in Val-d’Or, Quebec. The March 2017 estimate shows…
NuLegacy seeks ‘home run’ in its 2017 exploration program
After a year of attracting new shareholders and funds, NuLegacy Gold (TSXV: NUG; US-OTC: NULGF) is set to start its 2017 exploration program at the Red Hill gold project in…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 52: Anniversary edition ft. UBC’S MDRU & Leagold
Happy one-year anniversary to the Northern Miner podcast! Matt and Lesley sit down for episode #52 with special Geology Corner guest Craig Hart, director of the University of British Columbia’s…
EnGold discovers copper-rich skarn at Lac La Hache
VANCOUVER — EnGold Mines (TSXV: EGM) has mobilized another drill rig onto its Lac La Hache polymetallic property in central B.C., following the discovery of a new copper-gold-silver skarn zone…
AuRico CEO Richter on Kemess permits, royalty strategy
VANCOUVER — AuRico Metals (TSX: AMI; US-OTC: ARCTF) is closing in on regulatory approvals to revive the Kemess copper-gold mine, 250 km north of Smithers in north-central British Columbia. On March…
PDAC 2017: Rick Rule likens prospect generators to ‘partial lottery tickets’
Rick Rule, president and CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings, shared his top investment ideas and views on exploration in an interview on the sidelines of the recent Prospectors & Developers…
Goldcorp takes 19.9% stake in Triumph
VANCOUVER — A new spin on target generation at Triumph Gold’s (TSXV: TIG) Freegold Mountain gold project in south-central Yukon has enticed international miner Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) to…
Abitibi Royalties is on a roll
Shares of Abitibi Royalties (TSXV: RZZ) are up 168% since April 2016 — surpassing the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index, which in Canadian dollars was up 90% in 2016. The…