Argonaut receives key permit for Magino
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) has completed a key permitting milestone for its Magino project, which included consultation with Indigenous communities and members of the public. The completed Schedule 2 amendment…
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Silvercorp walks away from Guyana Goldfields bid
Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE: SVM) has decided not to match a third-party superior bid for Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY), and said that if the takeover target terminates an agreement…
Taseko maintains production through pandemic
While gold miners have been stealing the pandemic limelight as that precious metal’s price has soared, copper miners have struggled with the collapse of their main markets, like China, and…
Maple Gold Mines connects gold zones at Douay
Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM; US-OTC: MGMLF) has released the results of hole 20-281 completed within the conceptual pit shell at the Porphyry zone at the company’s 355-sq.-km Douay project…
Star Diamond and Rio Tinto clash over project ownership
In spite of a legal dispute between partners Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) at the Star-Orion South diamond project in north-central Saskatchewan, the project…
EHR Resources launches diamond ‘incubator’
With a new strategy focused on diamonds that officially launched in March, just as the coronavirus pandemic began to spread across the globe, you might think that EHR Resources (ASX:…
David Garofalo-led fund takes stake in Radisson
The Marshall Precious Metals Fund, managed and led by chairman and CEO David Garofalo, with funds from Chinese state-owned Zhaojin Mining, has taken a 3.8% interest in Radisson Mining Resources…
Top 10 Canadian miners by market cap
The Northern Miner presents the top-10, Canada-headquartered mining companies by market capitalization as of late-June, 2020. 1. Barrick Gold Market cap: US$46.56 billion Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has…
Electrum fund boosts stake in Nickel Creek Platinum
The Electrum Strategic Opportunities Fund has increased its interest in Nickel Creek Platinum (TSX: NPC; US-OTC: NCPCF) to 33.88% following the closure of the second tranche of a private placement….
Talisker drills high-grade gold at Bralorne in BC
Drilling at Talisker Resources’ (CNSX: TSK; US-OTC: TSKFF) 42-sq.-km Bralorne gold project in British Columbia has returned high-grade gold from new veins as well as from existing structures. Of the…
New Gold sells Blackwater to Artemis for $190M in cash
New Gold (TSX: NGD; NYSE-AM: NGD) is selling its Blackwater project in central B.C. to Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG) for $190 million in cash. Under the deal, New Gold will…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 190: Pierre Lassonde signs off as chair of Franco-Nevada
This week features Pierre Lassonde’s final shareholder meeting as chair of Franco-Nevada, which took place on May 6, 2020. Lassonde discusses the founding of the company, the dramatic appreciation of…