Blast it! How rock hardness inflates mining costs
Rock hardness, or the compressive strength of ore that has to be blasted, chipped or otherwise dug out of the earth, is an often-overlooked cost to mining. Research by Costmine…
Articles by Colin McClelland
TNM Drill Down: Australia tops gold assays Sept. 1–8 with Southern Cross and Musgrave
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our data provider…
Montage Gold boosts high-return Ivory Coast project with higher-grade zone
Montage Gold’s (TSXV: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) updated resource estimate for its Koné gold project in Ivory Coast increases the tonnage, grade and potential output by adding a new deposit. The…
Goliath cores glint with visible gold at Golddigger project in BC’s Golden Triangle
Goliath Resources (TSX-V: GOT; US-OTC: GOTRF) says it’s found as much as 1% visible gold in three stacked zones on its Golddigger property in northern British Columbia. Drill hole GD-23-197…
FPX Nickel sees profitable US$2.2B-capex Baptiste nickel project in BC
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; US-OTC: FPOCF) says its Baptiste nickel project in central British Columbia would cost at least US$2.2 billion to build and still be a high-margin supplier of battery metals or…
New Pacific’s Carangas in Bolivia holds 200M oz silver, plus gold and base metals
New Pacific Metals (TSX: NUAG; NYSE-AM: NEWP) says its first resource estimate for the Carangas silver-gold project in Bolivia makes it notable worldwide. The report released on Tuesday divides Carangas…
Fortuna discovers new vein at San Jose in Mexico after labour dispute raises costs
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) says it has discovered a new vein at its San Jose mine in Mexico that indicates a different type of mineralization for the site that…
BHP speeds up Jansen project in Saskatchewan despite falling potash prices
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP), the world’s largest miner by market valuation, is increasing its capital spending this year on the Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan by 55%…
Robots enhance prospectors’ role as GeologicAI and peers scan drill core assays
GeologicAI, a Canadian tech company with Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) as a client and the backing of the Bill Gates-funded Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is part of a…
TNM Drill Down YTD Silver: The Americas dwarf other regions in best silver results
Building on our popular weekly TNM Drill Down feature ranking the best gold assays of the week, The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill results for major metals…
TNM Drill Down YTD: Australia and Canada dominate top gold drill results this year
Building on our popular weekly TNM Drill Down feature ranking the best gold assays of the week, The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill results for major metals…
NYSE trading diverges Aug. 21-25 as investors consider rate hike vs economic growth
United States markets gained and fell by the week’s end as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank may still need to raise interest rates to control inflation…