Glencore confirms 19 artisanal miners dead in DRC
Glencore (LON: GLEN) says 19 illegal artisanal miners have died, “with possible further unconfirmed fatalities,” when two galleries caved in at Kamoto Copper Co.’s KOV open-pit copper mine in the…
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Argentina court upholds glacier protection law
SANTIAGO, CHILE — In a landmark ruling, Argentina’s Supreme Court has upheld radical legislation to protect the country’s glaciers, with major implications for the mining industry. The 2012 law aims…
Ivanhoe advances ‘world’s best copper development’ at Kamoa-Kakula
It would not be a stretch to suggest Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) executive co-chairman Robert Friedland is probably the world’s best mining promoter. The Friedland legend started to…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: World copper mine production falls 1.8% in early 2019, ICSG says
The following is an edited release from the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) showing preliminary data for world copper supply and demand for February 2019. For more detailed information, visit www.icsg.org….
Los Andes Copper envisions big project at Vizcachitas
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA) says its Vizcachitas project — a copper-molybdenum porphyry deposit 150 km northeast of Santiago, in central Chile — will be the South American country’s next…
Sandspring fine-tunes strategy at Toroparu in Guyana
When American businessmen Rich Munson and John Adams made their first trip to Guyana as private investors in 1999 and picked up the rights to the 626 sq. km Toroparu…
Amex Exploration drills high-grade gold at Perron
After setting up Sulliden Exploration in 1995 and opening an office in Lima in 1996, Jacques Trottier wrote a personal cheque in 2002 to acquire a gold property from a…
Pembridge finally buys Capstone’s Minto mine for US$20M
Fifteen months ago, Pembridge Resources (LSE: PERE) agreed to buy Capstone Mining’s (TSX: CS) Minto copper-gold-silver mine in the Yukon for US$37.5 million in cash, and a 9.9% equity stake….
Transcript: SolGold’s Nick Mather on receiving TNM’s Mining Person of the Year Award
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – The following is a transcript of SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG) CEO Nicholas Mather’s remarks at The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in…
The Northern Miner Podcast – Miner Moment #23: SolGold’s Nick Mather accepts TNM’s Mining Person of Year award
This podcast features SolGold CEO Nick Mather accepting The Northern Miner‘s “Mining Person of the Year” for 2018, first announced in March 2019. The award is in recognition of Nick’s…
Canadian Mining Symposium Snapshot: Presenters pursue riches on varied fronts
The Canadian mining industry and European investment community come together once again on May 22, 2019 for The Northern Miner’s third annual Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London,…
Nobis Group takes stake in Adventus in Ecuador
One of Ecuador’s largest private conglomerates — with investments in everything from deepwater ports to real estate and agriculture — has chosen Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN; US-OTC: ADVZF) and its Curipamba…