TNM Data Miner: Largest global cobalt reserves in 2016
Using the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine, The Northern Miner compiled a list of the world’s five largest cobalt deposits in 2016, based on reserves. 1. Mutanda, DRC…
2017
Desert Star eyes BC copper through $28.8M Capstone deal
VANCOUVER — Desert Star Resources (TSXV: DSR; US-OTC: IAXFF) is working to develop the copper-rich Kutcho volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project, 100 km east of Dease Lake, British Columbia. The Vancouver-based…
Friedland’s Clean TeQ, China’s Pengxin eye Syerston project
With renowned mine financier Robert Friedland owning 16.5% of Clean TeQ Holdings (ASX: CLQ) and China’s Pengxin International Mining holding an equal stake, development of the company’s Syerston nickel-cobalt-scandium project…
Africa Snapshot: Five juniors seeking gold, diamonds and REEs
While mid-tier gold and copper miners and developers in Africa have caught much of the attention of investors, there remains a vital contingent of small juniors that are active at…
Probe Metals intersects more gold south of its New Beliveau deposit
In its drill campaign at the project, 25 km east of the city of Val-d’Or, Probe has found two shallow gold discoveries. The first, 1,200 metres south of the former…
Editorial: Africa remains a dominant force in global gold mining
With so many troubles in Africa’s centres of gold mining — extremist attacks in West and North Africa, perennial challenges in Central Africa and the long, slow decline of violence-ridden…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 64: The world according to Robert Friedland ft. tsunamis
We’re tackling technological advances, earthquakes and surficial geology in this week’s Northern Miner podcast. Lesley sits down with David Huntley from the Geological Survey of Canada to talk about the…
Orca improves economics at Block 14 in north Sudan
VANCOUVER —Avant-garde explorer Orca Gold (TSXV: ORG) has launched into a feasibility study at its 2.3 million oz. gold Block 14 project in northern Sudan’s Nubian Desert, after finding a…
TSX Venture slips, June 12-16
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.9%, or 15.29 points, to a 775.91-point close, as spot gold prices fell US$13.03 to US$1,253.73 per oz., and Comex copper prices fell US7¢…
US stocks rise slightly, June 12-16
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points to between 1% and 1.25% — the second rate hike this year — sending the gold price…
TSX ends lower, June 12-16
The S&P/TSX Composite Index dropped 1.81% to 15,192.54. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 6.11% to 61.44, the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index lost 5.41% to finish at 197.95, and spot…
Barrick, Acacia at odds with gov’t in Tanzania
VANCOUVER — Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) senior management is preparing for negotiations over an evolving sociopolitical situation in Tanzania that could lower its gold production from the country. The…