Newcrest options Cornerstone’s Miocene
Over the last 15 years, Australian gold major Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) has found gold deposits in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, and continues…
SolGold
TSX falls, Sept. 3-7
Canada’s benchmark index fell 1.06% to 16,090.27 during a shortened trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 4.3% to 62.70 and the S&P/TSX Global…
BHP buys SolGold stake for US$35M
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP; LON: BLT) is acquiring a 6.1% stake in SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG), which is developing its Cascabel porphyry copper-gold project…
SolGold steps up drilling campaign in Ecuador
With US$90 million in the bank and plenty of ground still to explore, Brisbane-based SolGold (TSX: SOLG; US-OTC: SLGGF) has embarked on a 120,000-metre, 12-drill…
Snapshot: Juniors in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
For mineral explorers and developers, the northern Andean countries of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are a potent combination of richly endowed metal mineralization and under-explored…
Newcrest takes 27% stake in Lundin Gold
Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM), Australia’s largest-listed gold producer, is investing US$250 million for a 27.1% stake in Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG), a Canadian junior whose …
SolGold expands Alpala
VANCOUVER — SolGold (TSX: SOLG; USOTC: SLGGF; LON:SOLG) is building momentum at its 85%-owned Cascabel copper-gold project, 180 km north of Ecuador’s capital Quito. The company…
Ecuador snapshot: 10 active companies
VANCOUVER — The Ecuadorian government restructured its mining and tax policies in 2014 in a bid to bring back foreign investment that had fled the country…
TNM Data Miner: Annual trends in global drilling activity
The Northern Miner has tapped the powerful Intelligence Mine database to explore trends in global mineral drilling activity over the past year. The data set…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 49: PDAC primer and geoscience 101 ft. Lukas Lundin
Matt and Lesley follow-up on their conversation about National Instrument 43-101 technical economic reports with a Geology Corner on prospecting, early-stage exploration and target generation!…
SolGold adds weight to Cascabel
VANCOUVER — Sitting quietly behind a table in Australian explorer SolGold’s (LON-AIM: SOLG; US-OTC: SLGGF) booth at this year’s Association for Mineral Exploration Roundup convention…