Successful juniors communicate well, AME panel says
VANCOUVER — A panel of mining executives speaking at the Association for Mineral Exploration’s latest Speaker Series event before a crowd of more than 100 in downtown Vancouver in early…
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The Northern Miner podcast – episode 77: What’s up with the Witwatersrand?
This week we’ve got a geological bonanza, as Lesley chats with Hartwig Frimmel about the genesis of the Witwatersrand (Wits) gold deposit in South Africa. The geological anomaly has received…
BMO: Gold miners may revisit dormant megaprojects
VANCOUVER — The last five years have seen large-cap gold miners shelve and write down many ambitious, greenfield development projects that carry significant price tags and heightened risk. Miners instead refocused…
Falco Resources completes feasibility study on Horne 5
A new feasibility study of the Horne 5 gold project in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., estimates it could cost C$1 billion to build, Falco Resources (TSXV: FPC; US-OTC: FPRGF) says. Preproduction construction costs for…
Four Canadian mining giants to join Hall of Fame
In 2018 the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame will induct four new members to its ranks: Ross J. Beaty, Robert A. Gannicott, A. Terrance MacGibbon and Edward G. Thompson. The…
Commerce pushing for Canada’s first rare earth mine
Vancouver-based Commerce Resources (TSXV: CCE; US-OTC: CMRZF) is trying to confirm the feasibility of what could be the first large-scale rare earth element (REE) mine in Canada and one of…
Dolly Varden expands drill campaign after speedy start
VANCOUVER — Dolly Varden Silver (TSXV: DV; US-OTC: DOLLF) is wrapping up a bountiful exploration season in northwestern B.C.’s Golden Triangle region. The company had originally planned a $3.5-million, 5,000-metre diamond…
Book excerpt: Budding mogul J.P. Bickell’s hunt for gold in Ontario
The would-be millionaire John Paris Bickell had first become interested in the metals of the earth during a trip to the Yukon goldfields as a young man. Then, in 1903,…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 76: Commodities outlook & geophysics 101
We’re back with a mega-commodity outlook special that takes a look macroeconomic conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2017. Matt reads through Scotia Capital’s massive, 65-page commodity update and…
TSX Venture gains, Oct. 2-6
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 7.09 points to a 788.32-point close, as spot gold prices fell US$3.07 to US$1,276.68 per oz., whereas Comex copper prices gained US7¢ to US$3.03…
Site visit: New Age Metals finds high grade
SUDBURY, ONTARIO – The optics are rarely very good when a major pulls out of a joint-venture project with a junior company. In the case of River Valley in northwestern…
Canadian Zinc aims for 2020 production at Prairie Creek
VANCOUVER — Canadian Zinc (TSX: CZN; US-OTC: CZICF) has set the stage for a 2020 production target at its past-producing Prairie Creek zinc-lead mine, which sits amid the Mackenzie Mountains, 500…