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The Pinargozu zinc mine located in Adana Provence, southern Turkey. Credit: Pasinex Resources.

Pasinex shines at Pinargozu mine in Turkey

Pasinex Resources — the 50%-owner of the high-grade Pinargozu zinc mine in southern Turkey — has seen its shares climb more than 300% over the past year. Driving the share-price…


Mariana Resources' Hot Maden gold-copper project in Artvin Province, Turkey, in 2015. Credit: Mariana Resources.

Sandstorm bids for Mariana

Streaming and royalty firm Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE-MKT: SAND) is buying Mariana Resources (TSX: MRY; LON: MARL) at an 84% premium to get its hands on the high-grade Hot…


Robert Friedland and Teck's Norm Keevil at the Voisey’s Bay nickel project in Newfoundland & Labrador.

Timeline: The adventures of Robert Friedland

Entrepreneur, financier and company-maker Robert Friedland will be recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award at The Northern Miner‘s Canadian Mining Symposium at the Canada House in London, U.K., on May 9,…



TSX remains stable, April 17-21

Statistics Canada reported that Canada’s Consumer Price Index rose 1.6% year-on-year in March, after a 2% gain in February. The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.5% to 15,614.48, while the Canadian…



Mining activity at Barrick Gold's Veladero gold mine in Argentina. Credit: Barrick Gold

Barrick sells half of Veladero for $960M

Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is selling half of its Veladero gold mine in Argentina to Shandong Gold Group for US$960 million, as part of a strategic cooperation agreement…


Drillers underground in the Martel zone at Imperial Metals' Mount Polley copper-gold mine in south-central British Columbia. Credit: Imperial Metals

TNM Data Miner: Top-five global copper intercepts in March

Using the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine, The Northern Miner compiled five projects with the top copper intersections (grade multiplied by width) globally in March 2017, as reported publicly. XANADU MINES 1….


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