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…
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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%…
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, 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…