Washington Companies bids US$1.2B for Dominion Diamond
A privately held group with no experience in diamond mining owned by American industrialist and entrepreneur Dennis R. Washington — who got his start building roads in Alaska — is…
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Arizona Mining hits big at Taylor Deeps
VANCOUVER — The latest batch of drill results from Arizona Mining’s (TSX: AZ) Hermosa zinc-lead-silver project, 81 km southeast of Tucson, Ariz., could change how the company develops the project, chief operating…
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 and other minerals suited for…
Gold juniors reap investment windfall from majors
Direct investment in TSX-listed shares of junior gold companies is the highest it’s been in the last 10 years, CIBC World Markets says in a report. The bank’s research analysts…
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 per oz., . More demand…
Pershing re-envisages Relief Canyon as low cost mine
VANCOUVER — After one year of infill drilling and number crunching, Pershing Gold (NASDAQ: PGLC) has produced a prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Relief Canyon open-pit, heap-leach gold project, 150 km…
Pure Energy unveils PEA for Clayton Valley lithium
VANCOUVER — Pure Energy Minerals (TSXV: PE; US-OTC: PEMIF) hopes to start construction on a lithium hydroxide operation at its Clayton Valley project in Nevada by 2019. On June 26, the…
Cobalt 27 offers ‘pure play’
VANCOUVER — Cobalt 27 Capital’s (TSXV: KBLT) $200-million initial public offering (IPO) on the TSX Venture Exchange on June 23 shows there’s a growing appetite among investors for exposure to the…
Hecla to boost productivity via ‘culture of innovation’
VANCOUVER — Idaho-based silver and gold miner Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) hosted a technology gathering for investors alongside its recent annual general meeting in Vancouver, where The Northern Miner caught up…
Arizona Silver tumbles on Ramsey assay results
VANCOUVER— Assay results from the first two reverse-circulation drill holes targeting a magnetic anomaly at Arizona Silver Exploration’s (TSXV: AZS) Ramsey silver project in western Arizona prompted a 77% drop…
Five reasons diamond stocks have been dragging
In the first quarter of 2017, a market-cap weighted aggregation of diamond miners in U.S. dollars including Alrosa (RTS: ALRS), Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL), Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC),…
Miner Moments #8: Exploration Insights’ Brent Cook talks junior markets
Matt sits down with Exploration Insights analyst Brent Cook to talk about the state of junior markets. This is an interlude from a longer conversation we’ll be airing during The…