Collective shifts HQ to Miami, stays Canadian
Collective Mining (TSX: CNL; NYSE-A: CNL) is shifting its executive headquarters from Toronto to Miami as the Colombia-focused explorer seeks closer access to its operations…
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Open-pit gold miners most exposed to inflation: Jefferies
Gold miners with large open-pit operations could face the biggest margin pressure from the conflict in the Middle East as higher oil prices threaten to…
Investors prefer North America to Africa: Sprott chief
Rising gold and silver prices – and the resource nationalism they have fuelled in some African countries – are making North American mines and projects more attractive to global miners amid a search for stable operating environments, says Sprott…
How Canadian mining can be great again
The mining and metallurgy industry has undergone a profound transformation since 1905, when Canada was producing six key metals – iron, copper, nickel, lead, aluminum and zinc…
Skills shortage tightens grip on junior explorers
Junior miners are trimming drill programs and pushing back fieldwork this year as shortages of geologists and drill crews drive up costs and limit access…
Interactive infographic: 25 years of global mining M&A
Click on the “view details” bars in the infographic to learn more about each era.
Niger junta seeks uranium buyer
Niger is struggling to find a buyer for a large stockpile of nationalized uranium while trying to keep it out of militant hands after a…
PDAC due for investor surge as mining ‘has its moment’
A buoyant BMO metals conference this week marked by rising prices, disciplined miners and renewed deal talk is setting the stage for the world’s largest…
Newmont-Barrick rift over Nevada heats up
Barrick Mining’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) plan to spin off its North American assets has hit another obstacle after joint venture partner Newmont (NYSE: NEM)…
Niger returns Orano uranium, Mali renews Barrick licence as Sahel states adjust
Military governments in Africa’s troubled Sahel region are taking separate steps that may ease concerns over resource nationalism. Niger plans to return uranium to France’s…
Midnight Sun rises on Zambia-DRC copper district where superpowers converge
Canadian explorer Midnight Sun Mining (TSX-V: MMA; US-OTC: MDNGF) just released an initial resource in the heart of the Zambian-Congo Copperbelt, an area that’s attracting Cold War-style financing competition to speed the record-price red metal to market. The…
Barrick eyes North America assets IPO, confirms CEO
Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) unveiled plans to spin off its North American gold assets into a new publicly listed company by the end of…