Yamana Gold confirms Malartic’s underground potential
Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY; LSE: AUY) announced this week drill results that provide further support for the development of a future underground operation…
Agnico Eagle Mines
Young Mining Professionals announces 2020 scholarship winners
Young Mining Professionals (YMP) has announced its 2020 scholarship recipients. A total of $61,500 in scholarships has been awarded to students studying mining-related programs in…
O3 Mining advances gold projects in Quebec
O3 Mining (TSXV: OIII) completed a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its Marban gold project in Quebec after only four months, and is on track…
US markets climb, Oct. 12-16
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.07% to finish the week at 28,606.31, and the S&P 500 climbed 0.19% to 3,483.81. Spot gold dropped US$30.90…
Agnico invests $6.2M in Maple Gold Mines, signs JV
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) is investing $6.2 million into Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM; US-OTC: MGMLF) as the two companies announced they’ve…
TSX up, Sept. 28-Oct. 2
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.83% to 16,199.25 during the Sept. 28-Oct. 2 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index increased 0.14% to 96.25, and…
Newmont and Agnico Eagle team up in Colombia
Newmont Mining (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM), the world’s largest gold producer, and Canada’s Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) have formed a 50-50 joint…
Miners use on-site testing to keep operations coronavirus-free
Timothy Ray Sewell is no stranger to pandemics. In the early 2000s, he developed emergency management plans in Indonesia and Borneo for BHP Billiton during…
‘Dividends create a financial discipline’: Yamana’s Peter Marrone on how to run a gold company at the Global Mining Symposium
Executive chairman and founder of Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY), Peter Marrone, spoke on the second day of the Global Mining Symposium about the company’s assets,…
BHP to fund Midland nickel exploration in Quebec
Midland Exploration (TSXV: MD) says it has struck a new funding deal with a subsidiary of BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) for nickel exploration activities…
Mexican gov’t greenlights Orla Mining’s Camino Rojo
Mexico has approved the environmental impact statement (EIS) for Orla Mining’s (TSX: OLA) Camino Rojo oxide gold project in Zacatecas state — clearing the way…
Mulatos mine keeps paying off for Alamos Gold
When Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) paid Placer Dome $10 million for the Mulatos project in Mexico in November 2001, gold was below US$300…