Guyana Goldfields plummets after major quarterly miss
Shares of gold producer Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY) dropped as much as 38% on a weaker-than-expected performance during the third quarter from its wholly owned Aurora gold operation in western…
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US markets move higher, Oct. 28-Nov 1: Buenaventura, Rio Tinto, Southern Copper
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.44% to 27,347.36 and the S&P 500 Index increased 1.47% to 3,066.91. Spot gold gained 0.67% to US$1514.10 per ounce. Compania de Minas Buenaventura…
TSX Venture falls, Oct. 28-Nov 1: Abitibi Royalties, Equinox, New Pacific, O3 Mining
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 0.9% to 541.49. Spot gold finished at US$1,514.10, up 0.67%. Abitibi Royalties shares jumped 68¢, or 4.78%, to $14.90. The company’s board of directors…
TSX posts gain, Oct. 28-Nov. 1: Torex, Sandstorm, Eldorado, Alacer
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.16% to close at 16,594.07. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 2.07% to 76.65 and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index went up 2.96% to…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 159: Reflections on John Felderhof and Bre-X, ft Trish Saywell
This episode features an interview with acting editor-in-chief and senior reporter Trish Saywell on John Felderhof and his life after Bre-X. Trish discusses what it was like to spend three days…
Court rejects Hudbay motion to reconsider Rosemont
The U.S. District Court for Arizona has turned down Hudbay Minerals’ (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) request that it reconsider its ruling in July that prevents the company from developing its…
Advantage Lithium completes study on Cauchari
Advantage Lithium (TSXV: AAL) released the results of a prefeasibility study on its 75%-owned Cauchari project in northern Argentina’s Jujuy province. The prefeasibility study, announced in October, outlined an operation…
Anaconda updates resource at Goldboro in Nova Scotia
Anaconda Mining (TSX: ANX; US-OTC: ANXGF) has updated the mineral resource at its wholly owned Goldboro gold project in Nova Scotia. Measured and indicated resources now stand at 4.1 million…
Fireside chat with Kirkland Lake Gold’s Tony Makuch
The Northern Miner hosted its third annual Progressive Mine Forum in October. During the event, Tony Makuch, president and CEO of Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL), sat down…
Newmont Goldcorp begins commercial production at Quecher Main
The Quecher Main project at Newmont Goldcorp’s (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) Yanacocha gold mine in Peru has achieved commercial production ahead of schedule and under budget. The project will extend the life…
UEX finds mineralization at Christie Lake
UEX (TSX: UEX) has intersected new uranium mineralization at its 60%-owned Christie Lake project, 9 km northeast of Cameco’s (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) McArthur River uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan….
Chile in turmoil as tensions boil over
The worst unrest in Chile in a generation threatens to overturn assumptions about one of South America’s most stable countries and the world’s leading copper producer. All it took was…