Teranga tables friendly US$63M bid for Gryphon Minerals
VANCOUVER — Teranga Gold (TSX: TGZ; ASX: TGZ) aims to expand its production profile in West Africa, and it found an opportunity in Australia-based Gryphon Minerals (ASX: GRY) and the…
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The Northern Miner podcast – episode 17: Permit troubles, bidding wars, and goat brains
Lesley and Matt drill into the unexpected permit rejection of Sabina Gold and Silver’s (TSX: SBB; US-OTC: SGSVF) promising Back River gold property 400 km southwest of the community of Cambridge…
Sabina suffers permit setback at Back River
VANCOUVER — The future of Sabina Gold and Silver’s (TSX: SBB; US-OTC: SGSVF) promising Back River gold property, 400 km southwest of the community of Cambridge Bay in Nunavut, has…
Northern Shield, South32 team up
VANCOUVER — A commitment to ore mineralogy is paying off for junior Northern Shield Resources (TSXV: NRN) at its greenfield Huckleberry copper-nickel discovery in the southern Labrador Trough. On June 7,…
Kaminak filings reveal multiple potential bids for Coffee
VANCOUVER — In early May, Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) launched a $520 million, all-share bid for explorer Kaminak Gold (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) and its feasibility-stage Coffee gold project in…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 16: Story time with Lesley and gold rises
The Northern Miner introduces ‘Story Time with Lesley’, wherein we share some entertaining tales from the field, with additional coverage on Lundin Gold‘s (TSX: FUG; US-OTC: FTMNF) Fruta Del Norte project…
Fortuna scooping up Goldrock for US$101M
VANCOUVER — Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) has been on the lookout for an acquisition in the Americas, and it found a fit in Goldrock Mines (TSXV: GRM; US-OTC:…
Atac eyes road access to Tiger gold deposit in the Yukon
VANCOUVER — Explorer Atac Resources (TSXV: ATC; US-OTC: ATADF) thinks its high-grade Tiger oxide gold deposit could offer significant start-up cash flow for a large-tonnage operation at its massive Rackla project,…
Lundin Gold tables feasibility study for Fruta del Norte
VANCOUVER — Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG; US-OTC: FTMNF) has completed a feasibility study that outlines a path to production at its flagship Fruta del Norte (FDN) gold project in southeastern Ecuador….
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 15: On promising exploration plays and Indonesian chocolate
Matt and Lesley discuss some recent “hot” exploration plays, including: NexGen Energy (TSXV: NXE; US-OTC: NXGEF) attracting investment from a Hong Kong billionaire with its Arrow discovery, and Orex Minerals‘…
NexGen scores US$60M from Hong Kong billionaire
VANCOUVER — Explorer NexGen Energy (TSXV: NXE; US-OTC: NXGEF) made headlines earlier this year with an eye-opening maiden resource at its high-grade Arrow uranium deposit in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, and…
Rye Patch scoops up Florida Canyon gold mine in Nevada
VANCOUVER —Rye Patch Gold (TSXV: RPM; US-OTC: RPMGF) is buying the venerable Florida Canyon heap-leach gold mine in Pershing County, Nev., out of receivership after its previous owner, Jipangu of…