Gold Fields delays start of US$1B Chilean project to April
South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) has once again delayed first gold production at its Salares Norte project in Chile from last month until April 2024, citing delays caused by…
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Rokmaster’s Revel Ridge BC project offers 21% return
Rokmaster Resources (TSXV: RKR) says its Revel Ridge gold-silver project in southeast British Columbia may produce a double-digit return for investors, according to a preliminary economic assessment. The study…
The Northern Miner’s top 10 most clicked stories of 2023
As we start 2024, The Northern Miner takes a look back at the top 10 most-clicked stories on our website in 2023. No. 1: Video – Robert Friedland warns we’re ‘on the…
Mining some tales with… Scott Berdahl
Every month, The Northern Miner gets to know a different executive in the mining industry by asking them about everything — except mining. This month it’s Scott Berdahl, co-founder & CEO of…
Why the mining industry should deliver a social contract
The “E” of ESG — environment — tends to get the lion’s share of attention in the mining sector. This has probably been warranted by the increasingly prescriptive nature of…
Channel samples at Frontier Lithium’s Pennock pegmatite return high grades
Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) has reported high-grade results from the summer channel sampling program at its Pennock pegmatite in northwestern Ontario. Highlights of the results include 3 metres…
The biggest global mining news of 2023
The mining world was pulled in all directions in 2023: the collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, a bad year for cobalt and nickel, Chinese critical mineral moves, gold’s…
Silvercorp again hikes takeover offer for OreCorp
Canada’s Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE: SVM) is boosting its buyout bid for African gold developer OreCorp (ASX: ORR) while competing with Perseus Mining (TSX: PRU; TSX: PRU). Silvercorp, a…
Cash-strapped Horizonte secures US$20M to advance Araguaia nickel project in Brazil
Nickel developer Horizonte Minerals (AIM: HZM; TSX: HZM) has tapped Glencore (LSE: GLEN), Orion Mine Finance Management and London-based La Mancha Resource Capital for $US20 million to advance the Araguaia…
Follow the money: Mapping $285.2M in uranium financings in the Athabasca Basin
As uranium spot prices continue to climb and hit US$86.35 per lb. in late-December while demand for the energy metal increases, exploration is heating up in Canada’s uranium hotspot of…
Andean Precious Metals adds eight years to Bolivia silver mine life
A new reserve estimate for the San Bartolomé silver mine in Bolivia underpins an eight-year extension to the mine plan through 2028, Andean Precious Metals (TSXV: APM; US-OTC: ANPMF) said…
Podcast: ‘Hostile political environment’ to fuel gold prices higher in 2024, ft CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian
This week’s episode features CPM Group managing partner Jeffrey Christian in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on macroeconomics and precious metals. Christian continues to see a chance of recession in…