Shares in junior explorer ArcWest Exploration (TSXV: AWX) jumped more than 80% in morning trading in Toronto after it announced an earn-in deal with Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) on one of…
Canada is poised for a mining boom. But one thing is still missing: labour. For a decade in the early 2000s, I worked with several mining companies to staff up…
Multinational miner Vale (NYSE: VALE) and University of Toronto have launched what they describe as a first-of-its-kind partnership aimed at developing more sustainable mining solutions and the talent needed to…
This year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention officially began on Sunday morning, following a year that has seen the mining sector attract a new level of attention from…
Alex Christopher was appointed president of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada in March 2021 for a two-year term. The geologist and senior vice-president, projects & technical services with…
The numbers are in for mine financings in 2022, and they are disappointing, if not surprising. According to just-released figures from the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, global financing…
Scott Berdahl grew up prospecting in the Yukon wilderness with his brother and his dad Ron, who’s been a prospector in the territory since the 1980s. But the 37-year-old Whitehorse-based…
Buster Hunsaker, consulting geologist with Majuba Hill Copper, discusses recent drilling results from the company’s namesake copper porphyry project in Nevada, where it is working on a National Instrument 43-101 compliant…
Niko Cacos, president and CEO of Argentina Lithium discusses recent drill results at the company’s Rincon West lithium brine project, the timing of an initial resource for the project, and…
Robin Dow, CEO of Silver Eagle Mines, which is advancing the Murdock Mountain phosphate project in Nevada, discusses what makes the project unique and the company’s near-term catalysts. Dow spoke with Northern Miner…
Miners are looking to digitalization and automation to increase productivity and safety and lower costs. Here’s a look at some of the suppliers that are offering up crucial connectivity, equipment…
David Watkinson, president and CEO of Emergent Metals, discusses the company’s business model and current work being conducted by Rio Tinto at Emergent’s New York Canyon project in Nevada. Watkinson…
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