Lundin Mining lowers production outlook
VANCOUVER — Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) pulled together a management conference call after a press release detailing its lower production guidance for the next three years triggered a fall in…
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Southwest US Snapshot: Six juniors on the hunt for gold, silver, copper and lithium riches
Higher prices for most mined commodities has translated into renewed activity in the junior mining sector in the southwestern U.S. states. Here’s a quick look at six such companies. CALIFORNIA…
Contact Gold explores upside at Pony Creek
VANCOUVER — Expect to hear a lot more about Contact Gold (TSXV: C), president and CEO Matthew Lennox-King says. The new junior explorer is more than halfway through an 8,000-metre…
Gold Standard Ventures finds new zone at North Bullion in Nevada
Gold Standard Ventures (TSX: GSV; NYSE-AM: GSV) is spending US$15.5 million this year on a 48,800-metre program of core and reverse-circulation drill holes at its Railroad-Pinion gold project in Nevada’s…
Columbus Gold plans spin-out of US projects
VANCOUVER — Columbus Gold (TSX: CGT; US-OTC: CBGDF) hopes to unlock unrecognized value within its extensive portfolio of U.S. precious metal prospects. The company recently announced dates for the pending…
Titan to restart Empire State mine
VANCOUVER — Titan Mining (TSX: TI) is fully funded to restart operations at the long-standing Empire State zinc project in upstate New York. On Nov. 6, the company finalized a $52-million…
Kerr Mines to make production decision on Copperstone next year
When two successful businessmen — one from Saudi Arabia and the other from Canada — amass 35% of a junior company’s common shares and dip into their own pockets to…
Nominations open for YMP’s 2018 Peter Munk and Eira Thomas awards
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) association in partnership with The Northern Miner will be hosting the second annual YMP Awards on March 3, 2018, at Toronto’s Shangri-La Hotel during the opening weekend…
Nevada green-lights McEwen Mining’s Gold Bar
Nevada has approved McEwen Mining’s (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) final environmental impact statement for its Gold Bar project and the company says it will start building the gold mine immediately. “Gold…
Broadway looks for porphyry discovery in Montana
VANCOUVER — Broadway Gold Mining (TSXV: BRD; US-OTC: BDWYF) is big-game hunting at its Madison gold-copper property in the historic Butte-Anaconda mining district, 38 km southeast of Butte, Montana. The…
US markets post marginal gains, Oct. 30-Nov. 3
The unemployment rate in the U.S. fell to 4.1% to a new 17-year low over the reporting period. Spot gold ended the week at US$1,269.40 per oz., down 0.30%, or…
Fiore brings new life to beleaguered Pan mine
VANCOUVER —Vancouver-based Fiore Gold (TSXV: F; US-OTC: FFRRF), a new company backed by financier Frank Giustra, is off to a strong start at its revamped Pan gold mine, 28 km…