US markets slip, May 27-31: Buenaventura, Stillwater-Sibanye, Gold Fields
Trade tensions between the U.S. and China drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 3.01% to 24,815.04, while the S&P 500 Index lost 2.62% to finish at 2,752.06. Spot gold…
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TSX down, May 27-31: Agnico, Newmont Goldcorp, Moneta Porcupine
The U.S.–China trade dispute continued to rattle investor sentiment, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index down 1.19% to 16,037.50. The bleak trade outlook also put pressure on base metals while lifting…
TSX Venture falls, May 27-31: Great Bear, GoldON, ML Gold
A high-grade gold discovery called the Bear–Rimini zone at Great Bear Resources’ wholly owned Dixie project in the Red Lake district of Ontario drove up the company’s shares 91¢ to…
Interview: Avoid becoming ‘roadkill’ on the road to resources, advises Bill Gallagher
Strategist, lawyer and author Bill Gallagher is an expert on Canada’s Indigenous People and their land rights, and how they relate to resource development in the country. Based in Waterloo,…
NexGen builds scale at Arrow
The entire footprint of NexGen Energy’s (TSX: NXE; NYSE-AM: NXE) proposed Arrow mine is smaller than a university campus, but could produce 21% of the world’s uranium once in production,…
Agnico’s Meliadine reaches commercial production
Agnico Eagle Mines’ (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) Meliadine mine — it’s largest gold deposit in terms of resources — achieved commercial production ahead of schedule and below the initial capital…
Champion Iron positions for organic growth at Bloom Lake
After a milestone-rich year in which Champion Iron (TSX: CIA; ASX: CIA) restarted the Bloom Lake iron ore mine in Quebec’s portion of the Labrador Trough, the company has executed…
RNC updates large Dumont nickel-cobalt project
Once in production, Dumont would be one of Canada’s largest base metal mines and one of the top-five sulphide nickel producers in the world, RNC Minerals (TSX: RNX) says. The…
Warrior returns more capital to shareholders
In March, Warrior Met Coal (NYSE: HCC ) approved a share buyback program of up to US$70 million of its outstanding common stock after exhausting a previous US$40-million repurchase program…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 140: Barrick’s new direction ft CEO Mark Bristow
This episode features an in-depth interview with the man of the hour in the gold-mining industry: Mark Bristow, president and CEO of Barrick Gold since Jan. 1, 2019, when its…
Blue Sky Uranium advances Amarillo in Argentina
Argentina has three nuclear reactors and plans for more, yet the country has no domestic uranium production. Blue Sky Uranium (TSXV: BSK; US-OTC: BKUCF) hopes to fill that void. “They…
Osisko finds new gold zone at Windfall
Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) has found a new and shallow gold zone 350 metres north of the main deposit at its Windfall property in Quebec, one of the highest grade…