Top 10 Canadian-based diamond companies
Canada is the fifth-largest diamond producer in the world, according to the Mining Association of Canada. Last year two new diamond mines came into production: Gahcho Kué in the Northwest…
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Pretium achieves commercial production at Brucejack
Northwestern B.C.’s Golden Triangle just got a little more golden. On July 3, Vancouver-based Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) achieved first production at its 9.1 million oz. Brucejack gold…
Alexco CEO on restructured Wheaton Precious Metals deal
VANCOUVER — Alexco Resource (TSX: AXR; NYSE-MKT: AXU) is considering restarting production at its Keno Hill silver mine, 330 km north of Whitehorse, Yukon. The company suspended operations in late 2013, as…
Snapshot: Seven juniors hunting for battery minerals
The boom in electric vehicle manufacturing has translated into a lively subsector of junior explorers scouring the world for new deposits of lithium, cobalt, graphite and other minerals suited for…
Gold juniors reap investment windfall from majors
Direct investment in TSX-listed shares of junior gold companies is the highest it’s been in the last 10 years, CIBC World Markets says in a report. The bank’s research analysts…
Editorial: BC falls to NDP-Green coalition
British Columbia is famous in Canada for politics that are seemingly forever polarized between a freewheeling pro-business crowd and a coalition of left-leaning labour and environmental groups. And B.C. politics…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 66: A Canadian mining discussion ft. Barrick & Goldcorp
We have some amazing content from our Canadian Mining Symposium in London to carry us through this week’s episode, which features a discussion between Goldcorp‘s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) David Garofalo…
TSX Venture falls, June 26-30
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.4%, or 10.51 points, to a 766.74-point close, as spot gold prices hit eight-week lows, falling US$15.10 to US$1,241.61 per oz., . More demand…
TSX loses ground, June 26-30
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.9%, or 137.37 points, to a 15,182.19-point close. Spot gold prices ventured near eight-week lows, falling US$15.10 to US$1,241.61 per oz., whereas Comex copper prices…
Nemaska Lithium’s Whabouchi could produce for 26 years
Since Nemaska Lithium (TSX: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) completed an updated feasibility study in April last year on its Whabouchi hard-rock lithium deposit in Quebec and the chemical plant it will…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 65: The uber technology metals special (!) ft. cobalt & lithium
Welcome to the “technology special”, where we discuss emergence of electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and renewable energies from a hard-rock mining perspective! Our senior staff writer Trish Saywell joins the…
First Cobalt to merge with Cobalt One, CobalTech
Trent Mell of First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) is making good on his promise to build a diversified portfolio of cobalt assets to capitalize on growing demand for the…