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…
Africa
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…
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…
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…
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…
Forbes & Manhattan backs African Gold Group
As part of a private placement in March, Forbes & Manhattan Resources Inc., along with several other investors, including company insiders, took a 17% stake in a junior exploration company…
Orezone CEO talks strategic exploration shift at Bomboré
VANCOUVER — West Africa-focused Orezone Gold (TSX: ORE; US-OTC: ORZCF) had been developing its multimillion-ounce Bomboré gold project in Burkina Faso until discrepancies in resource estimations brought activity to a halt…
Roxgold eyes Yaramoko expansion
VANCOUVER — African miner Roxgold (TSX: ROXG) has plans to boost production at its Yaramoko gold mine in Burkina Faso by adding resources from its Bagassi South project, 1.8…
Metalla picks up royalties, stream from Coeur Mining
Metalla Royalty & Streaming (CSE: MTA; US-OTC: EXCFF) is buying three royalties and one stream — two of which are on producing mines — from Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) in…
Q&A: BMO’s Ed Sterck talks demonetization and diamond equities
In late 2016 and early 2017 the diamond market felt the effects of India’s demonetization, which saw 500-rupee and 1,000-rupee bills suddenly removed from the market last November. The move…
Exploring for more: Diamonds in Canada’s annual junior roundup
Alto Ventures (TSXV: ATV) In February, Alto Ventures began a reverse-circulation drilling program to test several kimberlite targets at the GEFA project, in east-central Saskatchewan. The targets were identified in…
Site visit: Sam Coetzer breathes new life into Golden Star
PRESTEA, GHANA — Sam Coetzer was senior vice-president of Kinross Gold’s (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) South American operations when he got a call in 2011 from Christopher Thompson, chairman of the board…