Mining Forum: Miners have cash but lack the crews
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Major miners have the money to expand but face shortages of skilled workers and contractors that threaten to delay new production and drive up construction costs,…
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Golden Cariboo outlines nearly 1M oz inferred in BC
Golden Cariboo Resources (CSE: GCC; US-OTC: GCCFF) has outlined an initial resource of 175,000 indicated oz. gold and 995,000 inferred oz. at its past-producing Quesnelle property in central British Columbia,…
Video: Mining’s next generation faces the test
Mining’s younger leaders are setting out to build companies that can survive the next downturn as veteran executives prepare to hand over control. Last week at the Precious Metals Summit…
Mining Forum: US needs Canada to break China’s minerals grip
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Washington’s hostility towards Canada threatens its effort to reduce dependence on Chinese minerals, former U.S. sanctions official Edward Fishman said Monday. The United States has the…
B2Gold strikes new Goose gold zone
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) has discovered a new high-grade gold zone at its Goose mine in Nunavut as the operation recovers from an April crusher fire and remains on…
Montage pours first gold at Koné ahead of schedule
Montage Gold Corp. (TSX: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) has poured first gold at its flagship Koné mine in Côte d’Ivoire, beating an accelerated schedule as the developer shifts into production. The…
Hudbay boosts Snow Lake gold output 60% to 2.8M oz
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has increased forecast life-of-mine gold production at its Snow Lake operations in Manitoba by 60% to 2.8 million oz. under an updated mine plan. The…
North America is building rare earth plants faster than it is building rare earth engineers
On Aug. 7, as U.S. President Donald Trump hosted mining executives at a roundtable in Washington, representatives of all 14 accredited U.S. mining schools attended a parallel Department of Energy…
Sponsored video: Isometrix says shared data can flag mine risks early
Mining companies can reduce safety and operational risks by making information from incidents, inspections and near misses visible across their operations instead of leaving it scattered among individual sites, IsoMetrix…
Lundin Gold hits record 1035 g in Ecuador
New drilling by Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG; US-OTC: LUGDF) at its Fruta del Norte property in Ecuador improves the odds that the mine’s operating life can be lengthened. Hole BLP-2026-483-D2…
BHP wins top BC reclamation award for Island Copper
BHP (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) won British Columbia’s top mine reclamation award for work continuing more than three decades after its Island Copper mine closed on northern Vancouver Island. The…
Rainbow taps Neo to advance South African rare earths
Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE: RBW) has selected Neo Performance Materials (TSX: NEO) to help design the final separation circuit at its Phalaborwa rare earths project in South Africa, clearing the…