TSX drops, June 22-26
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 1.84% to 15,189.00 during the June 22-26 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 4.24% to 88.72, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index…
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Skeena progresses Eskay Creek to prefeasibility
Skeena Resources (TSXV: SKE; US-OTC: SKREF) has started a preliminary feasibility study (PFS) for the Eskay Creek gold-silver project in the province’s Golden Triangle area. “The PFS is the next…
Top 10 Canadian miners by market cap
The Northern Miner presents the top-10, Canada-headquartered mining companies by market capitalization as of late-June, 2020. 1. Barrick Gold Market cap: US$46.56 billion Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has…
Novagold under pressure after short seller report
Novagold Resources (TSX: NG; NYSE-AM: NG) said it’s preparing a full response to a scathing report from J Capital Research that accuses managers of the Vancouver-based explorer of “systematically” misleading…
Shandong Gold to buy TMAC Resources for US$149M
In the latest Chinese acquisition of a Canadian gold miner, Shandong Gold is buying TMAC Resources (TSX: TMAC) and its Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut for US$149 million. The…
Executive chairman John Thornton sells 50% of his shares in Barrick
John Thornton, Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) executive chairman, has sold half his stake in the company “due to personal portfolio considerations.” Thornton sold 2.63 million shares following the…
AJN Resources yields to Barrick pressure, won’t buy into Kibali mine
AJN Resources (TSXV: AJN) has dropped plans to acquire 10% of the Kibali gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo from state-owned Société Minière de Kilo-Moto (SOKIMO), after facing…
Editorial: Top stories of 2019
The mining industry had its share of tragedy this year starting in January with the murder of Canadian geologist Kirk Woodman in Burkina Faso and Vale’s tailings dam disaster in…
Endeavour Mining and Centamin agree to explore potential merger
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV) and Egypt-focused miner Centamin (TSX: CEE; LON: CEY) have agreed to assess the merits of a merger that would create a mid-tier gold company with an…
K92 Mining hits mineralization at Blue Lake prospect in PNG
K92 Mining (TSXV: KNT; US-OTC: KNTNF) intersected 175 metres of 0.28 gram gold per tonne and 0.22% copper from 259 metres downhole at its Blue Lake porphyry prospect, 4 km…
Premier Gold locks up land next to South Arturo mine
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PGM) has signed an option agreement with Ely Gold Royalties (TSXV: ELY; US-OTC: ELYGF) to acquire its Rodeo Creek property, which sits adjacent to Premier’s South…
Canada’s benchmark index posts small gain, Oct. 15-19
Despite a strong U.S. dollar, the price of gold increased for the third consecutive week, finishing at US$1,226.50 per ounce, up 0.74%, while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 1.85%…