Nighthawk hits high-grade at Treasure Island in NWT
Drilling at Nighthawk Gold’s (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) Treasure Island project, about 11 km to the north of its Colomac project in the Northwest Territories, has served up significant, shallow…
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TSX Venture falls, Oct. 15-19
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 4.1% to 682.16. Shares of Great Bear Resources rose 57¢ to $3.24. The company recently discovered an outcropping ultramafic rock unit with at least…
Canada’s benchmark index posts small gain, Oct. 15-19
Despite a strong U.S. dollar, the price of gold increased for the third consecutive week, finishing at US$1,226.50 per ounce, up 0.74%, while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 1.85%…
North American Palladium doubles down underground at Lac des Îles
The story of North American Palladium (TSX: PDL; US-OTC: PALDF) is perhaps best told in threes. In 2003, North American Palladium had just over 3 million oz. palladium equivalent in…
The Northern Miner Podcast – Miner Moment #13: MaRS for miners ft Salim Teja
This Miner Moment bonus segment features Salim Teja, president of venture services at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, as he welcomes delegates of The Northern Miner‘s Progressive Mine Forum…
Orbit Garant buys Burkina Faso drilling company
Orbit Garant Drilling (TSX: OGD), one of Canada’s largest drilling companies, took advantage of the last downturn to make a strategic move into Chile, and now hopes to repeat that…
Treasury tables first new resource for Goliath since 2015
Treasury Metals (TSX: TML; US-OTC: TSRMF) has updated the resource at its 100% owned Goliath gold project near Dryden, Ontario, for the first time since 2015, boosting underground gold equivalent…
Capstone-Pembridge deal on Minto collapses, mining to be suspended
U.K.-based Pembridge Resources (LON: PERE) has been unable to secure funds to complete its acquisition of Capstone Mining‘s (TSX: CS) Minto copper-gold-silver mine in Yukon under an agreement first forged…
Five industry influencers named to Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
In 2019, the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame will welcome five new inductees: Kate Carmack, James M. Franklin, James W. Gill, A. M. (Sandy) Laird and Brian K. G. Meikle….
Editorial: Gold majors jostle for attention in Denver
The pecking order within the global gold mining industry is never more on display each year than at the Denver Gold Forum in September, with miners and developers of all…
Metallic finds more veins at Keno and McKay Hill districts
Metallic Minerals (TSXV: MMG; US-OTC: MMNGF) is wrapping up its $2.5-million summer work program in the Yukon. The company fanned out across both its Keno silver district and McKay silver-lead-zinc…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: My three ‘Eureka!’ moments as a Canadian explorer
The excitement of a mineral discovery is a “Eureka!” moment, and this is the story of my three Eureka moments. I’m 77 years old now, so some of the details…