TNM Drill Down: Dundee in Serbia tops gold assays for year to date
The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill results year-to-date for major metals, including gold. Here, we present the best gold assays for the year to July 31. Drill…
Articles by Colin McClelland
TSX, TSXV miners raise most cash in a decade
The amount of money raised for mining on Canada’s leading stock markets the TSX and its Venture Exchange jumped 62% in this year’s first half compared with 2023’s same period,…
Agnico, Barrick dominate top Canadian miners
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), which tops our list of Canadian miners by market value at $51.4 billion in late July, runs the country’s biggest gold mines by output:…
Gold Fields buys into Torq’s copper project in Chile
Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI; JSE: GFI) may invest US$48 million to advance Torq Resources’ (TSXV: TORQ; OTC: TRBMF) early-stage Santa Cecilia copper-gold project in Chile, according to a preliminary joint venture agreement. …
Victoria Gold CEO says company won’t fold, contamination minor
Victoria Gold (TSXV: VGCX) says the danger of major contamination from its Eagle mine in the Yukon has passed and the company is financially solvent for now. CEO and president…
First Majestic discovers gold-silver veins at Ermitaño in Mexico
First Majestic Silver (TSX: AG; NYSE: AG) says it’s found a new gold and silver mineralized system it’s calling Navidad next to its Ermitaño mine in Mexico. Drill result highlights…
Big Oil seizes lithium opportunities
Mining companies could benefit in cash and technology as major fossil fuel companies such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) and Equinor (NYSE: EQNR) invest in lithium, a potential lifeline amid…
Vizsla Silver’s Panuco ‘blows past’ analyst estimates
Vizsla Silver’s (TSXV: VZLA; NYSE: VZLA) preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its main Panuco silver-gold project in Mexico shows it to be a global contender, according to Raymond James. Panuco…
Zambian copper goals face challenges despite billions pouring in
Zambia wants to increase copper output to 1 million tonnes by 2027 as billions of dollars in investments flow to the African country and the regional mining belt it’s part…
ACG opts for US$290M copper mine in Turkey after dead US$1B nickel deal
ACG Acquisition (LSE: ACG), founded by a mining executive who helped create aluminum giant Rusal, is taking another stab at green metals after a US$1 billion deal last year failed to…
Ramp surges on Sprott backing for Sask. project
Ramp Metals (TSXV: RAMP) shares gained more than a quarter of their value on Wednesday after gold bug Eric Sprott invested in the Saskatchewan explorer. Sprott is the lead investor in…
Heliostar gains on Mexican mines buy
Heliostar Metals (TSXV: HSTR; US-OTC: HSTXF) is again buying assets from the former Argonaut Gold to expand in Mexico. Its shares rose. Vancouver-based Heliostar is negotiating with lenders for a…