Skeena exercises option on Barrick’s Eskay Creek
Skeena Resources (TSXV: SKE) will be exercising its option to acquire 100% of the Eskay Creek gold-silver project from Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) via a binding term sheet…
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Galaxy pushes ahead at Sal de Vida lithium project in Argentina
Galaxy Resources (ASX: GXY) confirmed today that it is on track to begin production at its Sal de Vida lithium brine project in Argentina by 2022, despite the Covid-19 pandemic…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 194: CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian on the coronavirus, computer modelling and electric vehicles, part 1
This week’s episode features the first of a two-part interview with CPM Group managing partner Jeffrey M. Christian at the Canadian Mining Symposium, held on Zoom from June 16-18, 2020….
GT Gold tables resource for Saddle North porphyry in BC
GT Gold (TSXV: GTT) has released a maiden resource estimate for the Saddle North gold-rich copper porphyry within its wholly owned 468-sq.-km Tatogga property in northern British Columbia. Total indicated…
Coronavirus hits Peru’s mining sector
Mining companies operating in Peru are being forced to keep operations suspended and halt new ones as confirmed coronavirus cases in the country jumped past 300,000 on Sunday, with several…
KoBold Metals employs big data, geoscientists in pursuit of battery metals
KoBold Metals is investing in battery metal projects using big data and scientific computing with capital from billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. The privately held California-based company has…
Lundin Gold restarts Frutal del Norte
Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has restarted operations at its Fruta del Norte (FDN) gold mine in Ecuador and expects to resume concentrate shipments in the next few days. Operations at…
Kincora Copper hits mineralization at Trundle in Australia
Kincora Copper (TSXV: KCC) has reported assay results from the first drill hole at its Trundle copper-gold project in Australia. Drill hole TRDD001 intersected several intervals of gold and copper mineralization from skarn…
Century zinc mine begins commercial production in Australia
New Century Resources (ASX: NCZ) has kicked off commercial production at its zinc mine in Queensland, Australia, amid forecasts that see prices for the metal climbing in the coming months…
JV Article – TeleOp Assist: The Next Class in Semi-Autonomous Operation
From its initial launch in the 1990s, HARD-LINE’s TeleOp system has proven to help mines continuously modernize and streamline their processes. Building off a mine’s existing operational structures, the TeleOp system allows an operator…
Moon richer in metals than previously thought: study
Plans to start mining the Moon as early as 2025 became more attractive this week after a U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) team found evidence that the Earth’s…
Video: Wheaton Precious Metals CEO Randy Smallwood interviewed by senior reporter Carl A. Williams at the Canadian Mining Symposium
Executive Fireside Chat Randy Smallwood, President and CEO, Wheaton Precious Metals Corporation MODERATOR: Carl A. Williams, Senior Reporter, The Northern Miner