Odds ‘n’ Sods: My project in Pakistan went ‘boom’
Half a day south of the N40 highway in Pakistan, the main road heading west to Iran through the Balochistan desert, lies the Ras Koh mountain range. Steep, rugged mountains…
Volume 105 Number 12 June 10 – 23, 2019
Mining Energy Snapshot: Eight juniors active in world’s uranium hotspots
While uranium oxide prices continue to drift in the doldrums, several uranium companies have still raised a bit of money to explore and carry out modest programs. Here is a…
Editorial: Top gold mining CEOs Bristow, Letwin and Marrone weigh in on consolidation
With The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium held at Canada House in London, U.K., in May, attendees were treated to contrasting visions for the gold mining industry put forward by…
Diamond mining industry ripe for consolidation, says Lucara’s Eira Thomas
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — The following is an edited excerpt of Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC; US-OTC: LUCRF) president and CEO Eira Thomas interviewed by Dean MacPherson, head of business development…
Transcript: SolGold’s Nick Mather on receiving TNM’s Mining Person of the Year Award
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – The following is a transcript of SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG) CEO Nicholas Mather’s remarks at The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in…
Interview: Successful gold mining starts with orebody quality, says Barrick’s Mark Bristow
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Mark Bristow, officially installed as president and CEO of Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) on New Year’s Day, sat down with The Northern Miner for…
US markets slip, May 27-31: Buenaventura, Stillwater-Sibanye, Gold Fields
Trade tensions between the U.S. and China drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 3.01% to 24,815.04, while the S&P 500 Index lost 2.62% to finish at 2,752.06. Spot gold…
TSX down, May 27-31: Agnico, Newmont Goldcorp, Moneta Porcupine
The U.S.–China trade dispute continued to rattle investor sentiment, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index down 1.19% to 16,037.50. The bleak trade outlook also put pressure on base metals while lifting…
TSX Venture falls, May 27-31: Great Bear, GoldON, ML Gold
A high-grade gold discovery called the Bear–Rimini zone at Great Bear Resources’ wholly owned Dixie project in the Red Lake district of Ontario drove up the company’s shares 91¢ to…
Interview: Avoid becoming ‘roadkill’ on the road to resources, advises Bill Gallagher
Strategist, lawyer and author Bill Gallagher is an expert on Canada’s Indigenous People and their land rights, and how they relate to resource development in the country. Based in Waterloo,…
NexGen builds scale at Arrow
The entire footprint of NexGen Energy’s (TSX: NXE; NYSE-AM: NXE) proposed Arrow mine is smaller than a university campus, but could produce 21% of the world’s uranium once in production,…
Champion Iron positions for organic growth at Bloom Lake
After a milestone-rich year in which Champion Iron (TSX: CIA; ASX: CIA) restarted the Bloom Lake iron ore mine in Quebec’s portion of the Labrador Trough, the company has executed…