Blackwater mill bill jumps by a fifth
Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG; US-OTC: ARGTF) has raised the cost of its first Blackwater mill expansion to $120 million (US$85.3 million), an increase of as much as 20%, while keeping…
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Benz traces high-grade gold zones at Glenburgh
Benz Mining (TSXV: BZ; ASX: BNZ) cut 41 metres grading 14.5 grams gold per tonne at its Glenburgh project in Western Australia, showing tighter drilling could add ounces inside the…
TNM Drill Down: Radisson in Quebec tops gold assays for June-July
The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill assays for the June 17-July 15 period for gold. Drill holes are ranked by grade x width. Drilling across the Americas –…
Site visit: Inventus advances continent’s sole paleoplacer gold project near Sudbury
Sudbury, Ont. – Inventus Mining’s (TSXV: IVS) Pardo gold project might be the largest of its kind in North America and the latest surprise to come out of the geological…
Lion Copper’s Yerington now ranks among Nevada’s largest red metal deposits
An initial resource for Lion Copper & Gold’s (CSE: LEO; US-OTC: LCGMF) Bear deposit in Nevada establishes Bear as one of the state’s largest undeveloped red metal resources while the…
Revival books 11.58g gold at Beartrack-Arnett in Idaho
Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTCQX: RVLGF) reported one of the strongest underground drill hits to date from the high-grade Joss zone of its Beartrack-Arnett gold project in Idaho. The stock…
Fresnillo profit triples on gold, silver prices rally
Mexico-focused precious metals miner Fresnillo (LSE: FRES) says first-half profit tripled as higher gold and silver prices more than offset lower production.Net income surged to $1.46 billion from $467.6 million…
Kavango starts commissioning Zimbabwe gold mine
Kavango Resources (LSE: KAV) has begun commissioning its Hillside gold project in Zimbabwe after installing a 50-tonne-per-day processing plant, marking the transition from construction to live processing. Material has been…
Top 10: Agnico, Barrick lead list of Canada miners
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: NEM) leads the list of Canadian miners by market value at $79.5 billion (C$112.8 billion). Agnico runs the country’s largest mines by output: Canadian Malartic and Detour Lake. The…
AI boom lifts mining while competing for power
Alberta’s data-centre rush is spilling onto mine development, with E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF) saying opposition to nearby proposals is tarnishing the goodwill it built for its Clearwater lithium project. Facebook owner Meta…
Sponsored Q&A: Neglected lime systems can halt mines
Miners are pushing existing operations harder as new projects face high costs, tight capital and long permitting schedules. That shift has made plant reliability and reagent use more important to…
Dirty gold overtakes cocaine as crime’s cash machine
Criminal groups continue to shift from cocaine to illegal mining as banks and governments scramble to close financial loopholes.
Editorial: Industrial power returns
For much of the past three decades, mining executives struggled to convince governments that minerals were strategic assets. They no longer have to make that case because the world has made it…
Sponsored: Dakota Gold targets 2029 production
Dakota Gold CEO Robert Quartermain in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT paid for by Dakota Gold and produced in co-operation…
Ottawa approves Canada Nickel’s Crawford mine
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC: US-OTC: CNIKF) has secured federal approval to proceed with its proposed Crawford polymetallic mine in Ontario, paving the way for a construction decision next year amid…
The Northern Miner Podcast
Podcast: Mackie warns of ‘darker future’ unless Canada accelerates minerals processing
Podcast: South32’s Pat Risner on FAST-41, social licence and mining in the USA
Podcast: Greenland rare earths project in limbo amid government dispute, ft Daniel Mamadou
Podcast: General Charles Flynn (Ret.) on developing a long-term critical minerals strategy
Opinion/Commentary
Global Mining Symposium
London Symposium: Ontario’s focus on fast-track, refining wins industry praise
Ontario’s push to OK major projects in less than two years and keep more mineral processing at home stunned industry heavyweights at The Northern Miner’s International Metals Symposium in London. “We’re moving with speed,” provincial Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce…
London Symposium video: Rick Rule on gold
The surging gold price over the past two years marks a catch-up based on a bull market going back to 2000 that few recognized then, veteran investor Rick Rule says…
London Symposium video: Gold has room to run
The sustained gold price could attract a new wave of retail investors including cryptocurrency backers and technology stock holders, gold company executives say in a new video. Bullion touched a…