Monarques Gold grows McKenzie Break deposit in Quebec
Assays are back for the first 21 holes of a 61-hole drill program completed at Monarques Gold’s (TSX: MQR; US-OTC: MRQFR) McKenzie Break project and have extended the deposit laterally…
2019
Gold & Precious Metals Snapshot: Drills turn across the Americas in search of precious metals
Gold and silver remain the preferred targets for North American mineral explorers, with thousands of campaigns ongoing across the globe. Here is a look at eight such companies. ALAMOS GOLD…
Commentary: Does leadership style affect safety performance?
What role (if any) does leadership play in safety performance? Turns out, a significant role, but first let’s define what we mean by safety performance and leadership as it relates…
QMC confirms spodumene in first holes at Irgon
QMC Quantum Minerals (TSXV: QMC; US-OTC: QMCQF) has visually identified spodumene in the first diamond holes it has drilled into its Irgon lithium project in the Cat Lake-Winnipeg River rare-element…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Lassonde praises Meikle, takes final bow as CMHF MC
During the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony held in Toronto in January, master of ceremonies and Franco-Nevada chairman Pierre Lassonde shared a story of a fateful encounter he…
SolGold’s Nick Mather our Mining Person of the Year for 2018
Nicholas Mather, president and CEO of Australian junior SolGold, is The Northern Miner’s Mining Person of the Year for 2018 in recognition of his role as the driving force behind…
Pure Gold completes PEA on satellite deposits at Madsen
Mining three satellite deposits that outcrop within one to three kilometres of the Madsen mill at its Madsen project in Red Lake, Ont., would add roughly $51 million in after-tax…
Alphamin nears production at Bisie in DRC
Alphamin Resources (TSXV: AFM; US-OTC: AFMJF) is nearing production at its Bisie tin project in North Kivu, a province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Anaconda initiates feasibility at Goldboro near Halifax
Anaconda Mining (TSX: ANX; US-OTC: ANXGF) is working on a feasibility study for its Goldboro gold project in Nova Scotia, 175 km northeast of Halifax. The company started the study…
Barrick launches hostile bid for Newmont
A merger of Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) and Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) would create over US$7 billion in real synergies, with more than half of them stemming from…
OceanaGold reports maiden resource for WKP in New Zealand
OceanaGold Corp. (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) has published an initial resource estimate for its high-grade discovery at WKP, 10 km north of its Waihi gold mine in New Zealand. WKP…
Interview: NWT Minister Schumann on new minerals act, road building
Although the Northwest Territories is deep in the grip of winter, there have been several major mining-related developments in the last two months in the areas of new mining legislation…