Cardinal Resources delineates 4.2M oz. gold at Namdini in Ghana
Archie Koimtsidis, cofounder and CEO of Cardinal Resources (TSX: CDV; ASX: CDV), is confident that the company’s Namdini gold deposit will become the first big gold mine ever built in…
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Banro navigates risk in the DRC
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is often described by miners as “elephant country” — a metaphor for a land filled with extra-large mineral deposits. The elephant in the…
Pretium achieves commercial production at Brucejack
Northwestern B.C.’s Golden Triangle just got a little more golden. On July 3, Vancouver-based Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) achieved first production at its 9.1 million oz. Brucejack gold…
Arizona Mining hits big at Taylor Deeps
VANCOUVER — The latest batch of drill results from Arizona Mining’s (TSX: AZ) Hermosa zinc-lead-silver project, 81 km southeast of Tucson, Ariz., could change how the company develops the project, chief operating…
Guatemalan court suspends Tahoe’s licence for Escobal
The Supreme Court of Guatemala has suspended Tahoe Resources’ (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) flagship Escobal silver mine until it can hear an action brought against the government’s Ministry of Energy…
Alexco CEO on restructured Wheaton Precious Metals deal
VANCOUVER — Alexco Resource (TSX: AXR; NYSE-MKT: AXU) is considering restarting production at its Keno Hill silver mine, 330 km north of Whitehorse, Yukon. The company suspended operations in late 2013, as…
Snapshot: Seven juniors hunting for battery minerals
The boom in electric vehicle manufacturing has translated into a lively subsector of junior explorers scouring the world for new deposits of lithium, cobalt, graphite and other minerals suited for…
Gold juniors reap investment windfall from majors
Direct investment in TSX-listed shares of junior gold companies is the highest it’s been in the last 10 years, CIBC World Markets says in a report. The bank’s research analysts…
Editorial: BC falls to NDP-Green coalition
British Columbia is famous in Canada for politics that are seemingly forever polarized between a freewheeling pro-business crowd and a coalition of left-leaning labour and environmental groups. And B.C. politics…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 66: A Canadian mining discussion ft. Barrick & Goldcorp
We have some amazing content from our Canadian Mining Symposium in London to carry us through this week’s episode, which features a discussion between Goldcorp‘s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) David Garofalo…
US markets down, June 26-30
Real gross domestic product in the U.S. increased at an annual rate of 1.4% in the first quarter of 2017, down from 2.1% in the fourth quarter of 2016. Consumer…
TSX Venture falls, June 26-30
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.4%, or 10.51 points, to a 766.74-point close, as spot gold prices hit eight-week lows, falling US$15.10 to US$1,241.61 per oz., . More demand…