Skeena envisions high-grade open pit at Eskay Creek
Eskay Creek in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle was at one time the world’s highest-grade gold mine before Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) finally shut it down in 2008 due…
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Premier Gold Mines hits high-grade at Antenna target in Nevada
Drilling at the Antenna target on Premier Gold Mines’ (TSX: PG) McCoy-Cove project in Nevada has returned a 119-metre intercept grading 4.12 grams gold per tonne. Drill hole 19-03R started…
The Northern Miner Podcast – Miner Moment #21: Pierre Lassonde’s fateful encounter with Barrick’s Brian Meikle, plus final CMHF bow
This mini-podcast features Franco-Nevada chairman Pierre Lassonde speaking at the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame 2019 induction ceremony in Toronto, telling the story of a chance meeting he had with…
Corvus Gold chips away at North Bullfrog-Mother Lode
Before he founded International Tower Hill Mines (TSX: ITH; NYSE-AM: THM) in the mid-2000s and discovered the Livengood deposit in Alaska — a development project that now has an estimated…
TSX mixed, March 18-22: Barrick, INV and Seabridge
Canada’s benchmark index fell 0.31% to 16,089.22. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 1.4% to 75.07 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 2.8% to 199. The gold price rose…
Reunion Gold completes resource on Nivre following Barrick deal
A drill program last year to validate historic resources at Reunion Gold’s (TSXV: RGD) Nivre deposit in French Guiana has resulted in a 43-101 resource that is similar to its…
Barrick and Newmont forge ‘historic’ joint venture in Nevada
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has abandoned its hostile takeover bid for Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM), after the companies struck a joint-venture deal on their Nevada assets. Barrick will…
Newmont rejects Barrick takeover, suggests Nevada JV
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) is attempting to “bite off substantially more than it can chew,” and has “a poor M&A track record,” Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) CEO Gary…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Lassonde praises Meikle, takes final bow as CMHF MC
During the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony held in Toronto in January, master of ceremonies and Franco-Nevada chairman Pierre Lassonde shared a story of a fateful encounter he…
Barrick launches hostile bid for Newmont
A merger of Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) and Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) would create over US$7 billion in real synergies, with more than half of them stemming from…
The Northern Miner Podcast – Miner Moment #20: Is Barrick still Canadian and does it matter? Ft Lassonde, Bristow
This mini-podcast features a clash of visions between Franco-Nevada chairman Pierre Lassonde and new Barrick Gold president and CEO Mark Bristow on the value of keeping Barrick’s Canadian identity and…
Site visit: Fremont drills past producers in Nevada
ELKO, NEVADA — Fremont Gold (TSXV: FRE; US-OTC: USTDF) is drilling 1,000 reverse-circulation (RC) metres at its Gold Bar gold project, a two-hour drive from Elko, Nevada. It’s targeting a…