McEwen Mining buys Primero’s Black Fox
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) is expanding its footprint in the Timmins camp of Ontario with the purchase of Primero Mining’s (TSX: P; NYSE:…
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Barrick’s Dushnisky on miner’s rebound, JVs
At the Canadian Mining Symposium hosted by The Northern Miner at Canada House in London, U.K., in May, session moderator Bill Whitelaw, executive vice-president of…
Trek sets stage for Aurizona restart in Brazil
VANCOUVER — Trek Mining (TSXV: TREK) is on track to revive its flagship Aurizona gold mine in northwestern Brazil. On July 31, the company unveiled a…
Red Eagle grapples with ground conditions
VANCOUVER — Red Eagle Mining (TSX: R; US-OTC: RDEMF) announced first gold at its San Ramon underground gold mine in Colombia in late 2016, but ramp-up…
Top 10 Canadian base metal explorers and developers
The Northern Miner used the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine to determine the top-10 largest base metal companies headquartered in Canada that have…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Canadian mines take backseat to world’s iron ore, copper giants
While our issue this week is filled with top-10 lists of Canadian mining and its burgeoning junior exploration and development sector, it’s always good to…
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…
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…
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…
TSX Venture slips, June 12-16
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.9%, or 15.29 points, to a 775.91-point close, as spot gold prices fell US$13.03 to US$1,253.73 per oz., and…
Metalla picks up royalties, stream from Coeur Mining
Metalla Royalty & Streaming (CSE: MTA; US-OTC: EXCFF) is buying three royalties and one stream — two of which are on producing mines — from…
Exploring for more: Diamonds in Canada’s annual junior roundup
Alto Ventures (TSXV: ATV) In February, Alto Ventures began a reverse-circulation drilling program to test several kimberlite targets at the GEFA project, in east-central Saskatchewan….