Agnico, Barrick lead the pack of top Canada miners
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM) tops our list of Canadian miners by market value at $81.9 billion (US$59.8 million) at press time. Agnico operates the country’s biggest gold mines…
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Video: Mining sector raises $11M for glioblastoma research at Daffodil ball
The mining sector helped raise $10.85 million Saturday to launch a five-year pan-Canadian glioblastoma research program, lifting the Daffodil Ball’s 29-year total to $38.85 million. Adam Lundin spoke in honour…
Video: Wheaton forecaster challenges consensus view on gold, PGM prices
Wheaton Precious Metals’ (TSX: WPM, NYSE: WPM; LSE: WPM) market researcher Emil Kalinowski challenges the conventional wisdom on gold, platinum and palladium. He blasts analysts as “crazy” for forecasting falling…
Giustra among backers investing $57M in explorer
Several investors led by mining entrepreneur Frank Giustra and his Fiore Group are putting $36 million into Botswana-focused Premium Resources (TSXV: PREM; US-OTC: PRMLF) while another is retiring the nickel-copper-cobalt…
Rio2 starts Fenix gold mine build in Chile
Rio2 (TSXV: RIO; US-OTC: RIOFF) announced on Friday it has kicked off construction at the Fenix gold mine in Chile, having successfully completed its permitting four months ago and subsequently…
AME JV video: Silvercorp preps for 2026 production start at El Domo mine in Ecuador
Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE: SVM) enters this year buoyed by a 43% quarterly revenue increase from its two mines in China as it advances two projects in South America…
Canadian Mining Hall of Fame adds Boyd, Giustra, MacLean, Sheahan
Sean Boyd, the chair of Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), recalled when the company’s performance prompted CNN’s Mad Money host Jim Cramer to eat a crow sandwich on…
Wheaton strikes US$175M streaming deal for Ethiopia’s first commercial gold mine
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM; NYSE: WPM) has reached a streaming deal with Allied Gold (TSX: AAUC) for the Kurmuk gold project in western Ethiopia. Under the agreement, the Canadian…
Lumina Gold secures ‘slightly better’ Ecuador terms with Cangrejos mining permit, analyst says
Lumina Gold (TSXV: LUM) has secured an exploitation permit with attractive financial terms from Ecuador, keeping its Cangrejos gold-copper project on track for a mid-2025 feasibility study. The contract includes…
Blue Moon acquires two brownfield copper projects in Norway for US$67M
Blue Moon Metals (TSXV: MOON) (OTCQB: BMOOF) says it’s buying two former copper-producing assets in Norway to diversify from its zinc project in California while emphasizing near-term output. The Vancouver-based…
Ecuador court gives green light for Silvercorp, Salazar’s El Domo project
Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE: SVM) and partner Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) can now build the Curipamba-El Domo copper-gold project in Ecuador it acquired in July after clearing a legal…
Blue Moon appoints ex-Adventus CEO with M&A record after board shakeup
Blue Moon Metals (TSXV: MOON; US-OTC: BMOOF), a small developer that’s seen a shareholder battle over dilutive capital raisings, has chosen former Adventus Mining CEO Christian Kargl-Simard as its new head. The…