Editorial: Gold miners find room to breathe
With gold prices holding steady for months above US$1,300 per oz., and years of painful cost-cutting and writedowns now firmly in the past, the mood…
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The geology behind Quebec’s world-class metal districts
For more than a few Quebecers, walking amongst some of the earth’s oldest rocks is an everyday occurrence. Almost 90% of the bedrock in the…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 31: The Geology Corner and junior stocks
Matt and Lesley are back in studio to unveil a new feature on the podcast: Lesley’s geology corner! Today we discuss Endeavour Mining‘s (TSX: EDV)…
Wall Street rises, Sept. 19–23
U.S. equities gained momentum as the U.S. Federal Reserve maintained interest rates, fuelling higher commodity prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 0.8% to…
TSX gains on US Federal Reserve decision, Sept. 19-23
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates steady sent Canada’s benchmark index up 1.7% to 14,697.93 and the gold price up 2.1% to…
Falco eyes high-tech mining at Horne 5 in Rouyn-Noranda
VANCOUVER — Falco Resources (TSXV: FPC; US-OTC: FPRGF) says new mining technology and methods could boost efficiency at its large Horne 5 gold-silver-copper-zinc deposit in Rouyn-Noranda,…
Osisko calls Windfall a ‘company maker’
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) says it will hang “for sale” signs on most of its properties — except for its wholly…
RNC focuses on free cash generation
RNC Minerals (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) — formerly Royal Nickel Corp. — has gone from a single-asset firm to a gold, nickel and copper producer,…
Site visit: Victoria on track to gold production at Eagle
KENO CITY, YUKON — There’s optimism at Victoria Gold’s (TSXV: VIT; US-OTC: VITFF) Dublin Gulch camp in the Yukon Territory, after a resurgence in precious…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 30: Ontario geology and market update
Lesley’s back from her adventurous kayaking vacation in B.C. to talk Ontario geology for our upcoming special! Matt digs into metallurgical coal, Lundin Mining‘s (TSX:…
Canada’s territories on diverging GDP paths: Conference Board of Canada
It’s tough enough to have an economy dependent on commodity cycles, but doubly so in the small economies of Canada’s three territories, where the opening…
TSX dips, Sept. 12–16
Canada’s benchmark index weakened, ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy-setting meeting, coupled by lower oil prices and negative developments in the banking sector. The…