Ottawa’s $500M Red Chris bet tests BC grid
Ottawa’s $500-million (US$352 million) contribution to Newmont’s (NYSE, ASX: NEM; TSX: NGT) proposed Red Chris Block Cave has turned British Columbia’s northern power shortage into a live test of Canada’s…
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Sponsored: Equity Metals rides silver surge in BC
Equity Metals VP Exploration Robert Macdonald in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan last month during The Mining Investment Event of the North in Quebec City. This sponsored video…
Consolidated Lithium gives Kwyjibo rare earths project a $1.4B value
Consolidated Lithium Metals (TSXV: CLM; US-OTC: JORFF) put a $1.4-billion (US$987 million) after-tax net present value on its Kwyjibo rare earths project in Quebec, which hosts a resource made up…
Guardian may skip feasibility on $660M-value Nevada tungsten mine
Guardian Metal Resources (NYSE-A: GMTL; LSE-A: GMET; US-OTC: GMTLF) could start preparing to build its Pilot Mountain tungsten project by August next year on the strength of a new prefeasibility…
Opinion: Why generalist investors avoid gold stocks
Gold is trading near all-time highs. Producers are carrying the strongest balance sheets they’ve had in a generation. Margins are at record levels, free cash flow is strong and management teams, by…
Bunker Hill rebuild ships first Idaho ore, eyes silver
Bunker Hill Mining (TSX: BNKR; US-OTC: BHLL) has started feeding ore through its rebuilt Idaho mill, moving the historical Silver Valley mine from construction to ramp-up after six years of redevelopment. The…
Revival’s Idaho drilling may shift gold growth plan
Revival Gold’s (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) high-grade Joss zone in Idaho could move ahead of the Beartrack-Arnett heap leach restart in the development sequence after drilling added 240 metres of…
Site visit: New Found pins Queensway plan on bigger mill
APPLETON, NFLD. – New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; NYSE-A: NFGC) is counting on an expansion of its Pine Cove mill in Newfoundland and the development of the nearby Queensway project to cement its status as a…
Fortune gets $50M for Nico road
Fortune Minerals (TSX: FT; US-OTC: FTMDF) and the Tłı̨chǫ government might receive up to $50 million (US$35.25 million) from Ottawa to help connect the long-delayed Nico project in the Northwest…
Sponsored: Vista shifts Mt Todd from study to build
Vista Gold CEO Fred Earnest (R) in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT paid for by Vista Gold and produced in…
Endurance Gold hits high-grade step-outs at Reliance
Endurance Gold (TSXV: EDG; US-OTC: ENDGF) assayed high-grade gold outside the current resource at Reliance in southern British Columbia, strengthening the junior’s bid to grow one of the Bridge River…
Site visit: Blue Lagoon uses Dome cash to chase 1Moz
SMITHERS, B.C. – At Blue Lagoon Resources’ (CSE: BLLG; US-OTC: BLAGF) Dome Mountain mine, the morning meeting starts with safety and discussions about connection with the Yintah, or land. The…