TSX Venture continues slow slide, April 30-May 4
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.47% to end the trading week at 772.24. The index has been on a three-week slide since mid-April, when it traded briefly above 800…
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US equities dip slightly, April 30-May 4
Uncertainty about the future of the central bank’s monetary policy and concern about a U.S.-China trade war kept a lid on U.S. equities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 48.68…
TSX rises slightly, April 30-May 4
Canada’s benchmark index rose 0.38% to 15,729.4, with little movement in Canadian markets. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 1.62% to 73.18, while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 0.13%…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 103: Kelvin Dushnisky on Peter Munk’s legacy and Barrick’s future
Barrick Gold president Kelvin Dushnisky is recorded live at the Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London as he accepts a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of Barrick founder…
Discovery Metals samples historic Zaragosa mine
Discovery Metals (TSXV: DSV) has fielded results for 100 new channel samples taken from the historic Zaragoza zinc-silver-lead mine on its 300 sq. km Puerto Rico polymetallic property in northern…
While seeking JV partner, Lara drills Planalto in Brazil
Lara Exploration (TSXV: LRA) is drilling its 47 sq. km Planalto copper property in Brazil’s northern Carajas district. “We’re a prospect generator and we typically don’t drill projects ourselves,” Lara…
Harte Gold approaches commercial production
Harte Gold (TSX: HRT; US-OTC: HRTFF) is fully funded to finish building its Sugar Zone mine project in northern Ontario — 80 km east of the Hemlo gold camp —…
Lithium Chile spins out base metals
Although Lithium Chile (TSXV: LITH) has been a lithium-focused company since 2015, that wasn’t always the case. It went public in 2011 under the name Kairos Capital, and did so…
Centerra rebuffs Chaarat’s $800M offer for Kumtor mine
Before Chaarat Gold (LON: CGH) launched an US$800-million, cash-and-share proposal to acquire Centerra Gold’s (TSX: CG) Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan, very few North Americans had even heard of the junior…
Rubicon adds to resource at Phoenix in Red Lake
Rubicon Minerals (TSX: RMX; US-OTC: RBYCF) has boosted the measured and indicated resource by 113% and the inferred resource by 80% at its Phoenix gold project in Red Lake, Ont.,…
TNM Video: Ross Beaty criticizes the burning of oil and gas at CMS 2018
In this clip, iconic mining entrepreneur Ross Beaty, chairman of Pan American Silver and Equinox Gold, criticizes the burning of fossil fuels in a fireside chat with CopperBank Resources executive…
TNM Video: Ross Beaty on the difficulty in valuing a mine at CMS 2018
In this clip, iconic mining entrepreneur Ross Beaty, chairman of Pan American Silver and Equinox Gold, discusses the complexities of valuing a mine in a fireside chat with CopperBank Resources…