SRK panel discusses mine closure at Canadian Mining Symposium
The first thought leadership panel at The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium in mid-June featured an illustrious group of mining experts who discussed the social…
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Maverix proves skeptics wrong
In the three and a half years since Geoff Burns cofounded Maverix Metals (TSX: MMX; NYSE-AM: MMX) with CEO Daniel O’Flaherty in July 2016, the…
Gold Fields receives environmental permit for Salares Norte in Chile
The Atacama Environmental Assessment Commission has approved the environmental impact study on Gold Fields’ (NYSE: GFI) Salares Norte project in northern Chile — paving the…
Gold Fields takes stake in Chakana Copper
One of the largest gold mining companies in the world has taken a shine to Chakana Copper (TSXV: PERU; US-OTC: CHKKF) and its Soledad project…
Fruta del Norte, Cobre Panama lead wave of new 2019 mines
As a new year approaches, The Northern Miner runs down 15 of the most interesting new mines scheduled to begin production in 2019. Fruta del Norte…
US Markets mixed, Nov. 12-16
Gold rose 0.9% to close the trading week at US$1,221.10. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 2.9% to 66.08, while the Dow Jones Industrial…
Cardinal Resources delineates 4.2M oz. gold at Namdini in Ghana
Archie Koimtsidis, cofounder and CEO of Cardinal Resources (TSX: CDV; ASX: CDV), is confident that the company’s Namdini gold deposit will become the first big…
Site visit: Sam Coetzer breathes new life into Golden Star
PRESTEA, GHANA — Sam Coetzer was senior vice-president of Kinross Gold’s (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) South American operations when he got a call in 2011 from Christopher…
Pretium raises Brucejack’s capital costs, accelerates commissioning
Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) has upped the estimate of the amount of money it will need to finish building its Brucejack mine in…
TNM Data Miner: Largest global gold reserves in 2016
The Northern Miner put together the largest global gold reserves at operating mines in 2016, using the Intelligence Mine database from sister company Infomine. The…
UBC, Terra CO2 team up for US$7.5M tailings research prize
VANCOUVER — Lee Groat, a mineralogist and professor from the University of British Columbia, may have just cracked one of mining’s biggest environmental problems —…
US markets move higher, Nov. 14-18
Expectations that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump would stimulate the economy through infrastructure spending lifted Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%, or 20.27…