Fresh on the heels of its 2015 Thayer Lindsley award win for discovering the Kamoa copper deposit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has reeled in Zijin Mining as a strategic investor.
Gold-focused royalty and streaming company Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE: SAND) has branched out into diamonds.
VANCOUVER — Toronto-based junior Noront Resources (TSX: NOT; US-OTC: NOSOF) has emerged as a leader in Ontario’s controversial Ring of Fire mineral belt over the past eight years, and on March 23 the company solidified itself as the…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a rapid race to production for junior Red Eagle Mining (TSXV: RD; US-OTC: RDEMF) at its Santa Rosa gold project, 70 km north of Medellin, Colombia. On March 10 the company received an environmental licence for…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a bleak few years for Allied Nevada Gold (TSX: ANV; US-OTC: ANVGQ) and its employees and shareholders, as falling gold prices and operational difficulties combined to put the company in dire financial straits….
VANCOUVER — The past two years have been a story of redemption for producer Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KGI; US-OTC: KGILF) at its Macassa mine and South Mine Complex in the prolific the Southern Abitibi gold belt, 46 km southeast of…
VANCOUVER — Explorer Calibre Mining (TSXV: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) is preparing for a busy field season across three gold-silver projects, and that’s become a rarity in a junior sector that’s finding it difficult to keep the…
The following is an edited excerpt from SNL Metals & Mining’s 2015 World Exploration Trends report. For more information, please visit www.snl.com.
VANCOUVER — A dearth in the availability of traditional equity financing has led to the rise of specialist, mining-related investment funds, and another major player is taking the field. In early March, new private mining venture X2…
VANCOUVER — Development is continuing at First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM; US-OTC: FQVLF) Cobre Panama copper-gold project in Panama, despite concerns of softer metal prices and a tightening of the company’s purse…
A privately held company in China called Novel Sunrise Investments will become the largest shareholder in SouthGobi Resources (TSX: SGQ; US-OTC: SGQRF; HK: 1878) after it acquires shares from Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ), and…
When The Northern Miner visited Coalspur Mines’ (TSX: CPT; ASX: CPL) Vista coal project on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in late 2010, seaborne thermal coal prices were trading at US$120 per tonne.
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