Top-10 Canadian miners by market cap
The Northern Miner presents the top-10, Canada-headquartered mining companies by market capitalization, as of early July 2019. 1. Nutrien Market cap: $41.8 billion Nutrien (TSX: NTR; NYSE: NTR) is the…
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Generation options Sibanye-Stillwater’s Marathon
Financier Jamie Levy and mine builder Kerry Knoll have kept busy since selling Pine Point Mining and its zinc project in the Northwest Territories last year to Osisko Metals (TSXV:…
Orvana completes study on Taguas in Argentina
A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of Orvana Minerals’ (TSX: OR) Taguas gold project, 25 km north of Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) Veladero mine in Argentina, envisions a conventional…
Orla completes study on Camino Rojo in Mexico
Orla Mining’s (TSX: OLA) Camino Rojo open-pit project in Zacatecas, Mexico, would produce 97,000 oz. gold annually over seven years and could be built for US$123 million, a new feasibility…
Integra upgrades resource at DeLamar in Idaho
In less than 18 months since acquiring the DeLamar project in southwestern Idaho, Integra Resources (TSXV: ITR; US-OTC: IRRZF) has upgraded 90% of its global resource from the inferred to…
Barrick boosts investment in Midas Gold
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is taking part in a bought-deal offering by Midas Gold (TSX: MAX; US-OTC: MDRPF) to keep its pro rata interest in the junior exploration…
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….
TSX posts slight gain, May 13-17: Barrick, Franco-Nevada, Roxgold
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.64%, or 104.20 points, to 16,401.80. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index increased 0.11 points, or 0.15%, to 71.55, while the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index…
TSX Venture rises, May 13-17: Atlantic Gold, SilverCrest; Maverix, Midland Exploration
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 9.67 points, or 1.61%, to finish the May 13 to 17 trading week at 609.15. News of the acquisition of Atlantic Gold by Australian…
Bolivian gov’t seeks a new deal with miners, says Minister Navarro
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — The Bolivian government is “building a new relation between business and the state,” Bolivia’s Mining and Metallurgy Minister Cesar Navarro tells The Northern Miner in a…