Aurania finds ancient Spanish road at Lost Cities–Cutucu
For almost 20 years, Keith Barron has been hunting for two famous gold-mining centres in Ecuador that historic Spanish manuscripts and maps from the 16th and 17th centuries refer to…
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Lundin Gold pours first doré bar at Fruta del Norte in Ecuador
Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has produced its first doré bar at the Fruta del Norte (FDN) mine in southeastern Ecuador. The first export of concentrate and dore is anticipated by mid-December…
TSX rises, July 22-26: Torex, Teranga, Scandium, Lundin Gold
The S&P/TSX Composite Index posted a 0.27% gain to 16,531. Spot gold stayed above the US$1,400 per oz. threshold, finishing at US$1,418.30 per oz. — down US$6.70 per oz., or…
Top-10, Canada-based precious metals developers
Canadian gold and silver juniors are leading project advancement at home and abroad, as precious metals exploration and development enjoy boom times again. The following are the top-10, Canadian-headquartered precious…
Fruta del Norte, Cobre Panama lead wave of new 2019 mines
As a new year approaches, The Northern Miner runs down 15 of the most interesting new mines scheduled to begin production in 2019. Fruta del Norte (gold) Lundin Gold The Fruta…
Newcrest options Cornerstone’s Miocene
Over the last 15 years, Australian gold major Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) has found gold deposits in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, and continues to explore and evaluate prospects…
Canada’s top-10 precious metal juniors
The Northern Miner has pulled together the top-10 precious metal juniors (with no production and excluding royalty companies) that are headquartered in Canada, arranged by market capitalization as of the…
Top 10 Canadian-based gold developers
Gold exploration and development is enjoying a boom again, and Canadian juniors are leading project advancement at home and abroad. The following are the top-10, Canadian-headquartered gold companies that are…
Ecuador snapshot: 10 active companies
VANCOUVER — The Ecuadorian government restructured its mining and tax policies in 2014 in a bid to bring back foreign investment that had fled the country in previous years. The move…
PDAC 2017: Lukas Lundin on patience and his early successes
Mining tycoon Lukas Lundin, chairman of the Lundin Group, spoke with The Northern Miner at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in March about his early successes in Argentina…
Keith Barron back on the hunt for riches of Ecuador’s Lost Cities
The remarkable story of Aurelian Resources and its discovery of Fruta del Norte — a blind gold deposit the company’s geologists found in the Cordillera del Condor in southeastern Ecuador…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 49: PDAC primer and geoscience 101 ft. Lukas Lundin
Matt and Lesley follow-up on their conversation about National Instrument 43-101 technical economic reports with a Geology Corner on prospecting, early-stage exploration and target generation! The discussion includes the interpretation of press…