Dow and S&P 500 down, Oct. 1-5
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.4% to 26,447.05 and the S&P 500 Index fell 0.98% to 2,885.57. Spot gold closed US$10.50 per oz. higher at US$1,202.70 per oz. gold….
Barrick Gold
Barrick, Randgold to forge world’s biggest gold miner
In one of the biggest and most surprising deals the gold industry has seen in more than a decade, Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is combining with Randgold Resources (LON: RRS; NASDAQ: GOLD)…
Golden Ridge makes discovery in Golden Triangle
Larry Nagy has covered a lot of ground since graduating with a degree in geological sciences from the University of Saskatchewan in 1966. As a director of Delaware Resources he…
Lundin’s NGEx sees big potential in Josemaria
NGEx Resources (TSX: NGQ) is moving ahead with a prefeasibility study on its Josemaria copper-gold porphyry deposit in Argentina’s San Juan province, and believes it can wrap it up by…
Barrick president Kelvin Dushnisky to join AngloGold Ashanti as CEO
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) president Kelvin Dushnisky is leaving the company at the end of August to join AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) as CEO. Dushnisky joined Barrick in…
Video: Kelvin Dushnisky accepts Peter Munk Lifetime Achievement Award and fireside chat at CMS 2018
Barrick Gold president Kelvin Dushnisky accepts The Northern Miner Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of Peter Munk, followed by a fireside chat with Carey MacRury, senior precious metals analyst at Canaccord…
Barrick takes strategic stake in Midas Gold
In the latest of a series of strategic investments in junior mining companies, Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is acquiring a 19.9% stake in Midas Gold (TSX: MAX; US-OTC:…
Superior Gold expands Plutonic
In its first year as a public company and gold producer, Superior Gold (TSXV: SGI) churned out 82,019 oz. of the precious metal from its Plutonic mine in Western Australia,…
Lupaka ramps up to underground production at Invicta
Lupaka Gold (TSXV: LPK) has tabled a positive preliminary economic assessment of its fully funded, 316 sq. km Invicta underground gold-copper project in Peru, 120 km north of Lima. It…
PDAC 2018: Bankers on lessons learned, exploration, finance trends
Strategic private placements, private equity and joint-venture partnerships are playing a bigger role in financing exploration and development projects in the mining sector, a group of Canadian bankers agreed during…
Premier plans ‘big year’ in Nevada
Having lopped off more than half of its debt last year and with over $100 million in the bank, Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG) is primed and ready for a…
Chakana surges on Venture debut
Shares of Chakana Copper (TSXV: PERU) gained 78% on their first day of trading and the release of assays from five shallow drill holes at the company’s Soledad copper-gold-silver project…