Equinox Gold pours first gold at Aurizona in Brazil
When Equinox Gold (TSXV: EQX; US-OTC: EQXFF) was formed in December 2017 as a three-way merger of Trek Mining, Newcastle Gold and Anfield Gold, it launched with a development asset…
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Canadian Mining Symposium Snapshot: Presenters pursue riches on varied fronts
The Canadian mining industry and European investment community come together once again on May 22, 2019 for The Northern Miner’s third annual Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London,…
Proposed legislation by Rep. Grijalva in US a ‘disaster in the making’, says AEMA
The American Exploration & Mining Association (AEMA) has made the following statement in response to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Hearing discussing Rep. Raúl Grijalva’s (D-Ariz.) Hardrock Leasing…
YMP launches 10 more scholarships totalling $44K, including inaugural Northern Miner scholarship
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) is bumping up its YMP Scholarship Fund for the 2019-20 academic year for students in mining-related university programs in Canada. The YMP Scholarship Fund is…
Monarch Gold buys Unigold shares
Quebec-focused Monarch Gold (TSX: MQR; US-OTC: MRQRF) is taking a 14.2% stake in Unigold (TSXV: UGD), whose Nieta project in the Dominican Republic has an open-pit inferred resource of 39.49…
Chile’s claims conundrum
SANTIAGO, CHILE — Rules which once helped turn Chile into a mining powerhouse have become a weight around its neck. Chile’s place as the world’s largest copper producer looks assured. Production…
Editorial: US Senator Murkowski introduces American Mineral Security Act
United States Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and three Senate colleagues on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources took a bipartisan legislative step in early May to remedy the…
Avesoro grows Youga gold mine in Burkina Faso
Avesoro Resources (TSX: ASO; LON: ASO) has increased the mineral reserves at its Youga gold mine by 23% — extending the mine life of the Burkina Faso open-pit operation by…
NAP turnaround at Lac des Îles part mining method, part miracle
Since majority shareholder Brookfield Asset Management (TSX: BAM.A; NYSE: BAM) tapped Jim Gallagher to become president and CEO of North American Palladium (TSX: PDL; US-OTC: PALDF) in August 2015, the…
Agnico Eagle sees continued promise in Quebec
High-profile investments by Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) in two new Nunavut gold operations will drastically alter the company’s production profile with the onset of commercial production later…
TSXV ends lower, April 29-May 3: Radius, Osisko, Cobalt 27, Aurania
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 0.70% to 606.42. Shares of Radius Gold were the most traded, posting a jump of 22¢ to 37¢ per share. The junior explorer reported…
TSX down, April 29-May 3: Anglo Pacific, TMAC, Centerra, Orocobre
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.72% to 16,494.43. Spot gold finished the trading week at US$1,278.50 per oz., down US$7.40 per oz., or 0.60%. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index lost…