PDAC 2016: Premier Bob McLeod on mining in the NWT
Bob McLeod, the premier of the Northwest Territories, caught up with The Northern Miner at the recent Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto to talk about the…
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TSX Venture rallies to six month high, Feb. 29-March 4
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index broke a six-month high, jumping 4%, or 24.33 points, to a 562.39-point close, on the back of surging commodity prices. Spot gold rallied 2.9% to…
PDAC 2016: Andrew Cheatle shares his upbeat view on the industry
This year’s annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention, now in its 84th year, attracted more than 22,000 attendees, including inventors, analysts, mining executives, government officials and students….
Claude deal offers Silver Standard a Canadian foothold
VANCOUVER — Claude Resources (TSX: CRJ; US-OTC: CLGRF) has authored a strong turnaround story over the past three years at its Santoy and Seabee gold mines in Saskatchewan’s La Ronge mining district….
Agnico Eagle making a splash at Whale Tail
Excitement is building for Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) at its Amaruq gold project, 300 km west of Hudson Bay, as exploration geologists unveil a robust mineralized system…
Rick Rule shares his outlook on gold, and yes, it’s bullish
You have endured the pain. Will you have the courage to hang around for the gain?” That’s the familiar question Rick Rule, Sprott US Holdings’ president and CEO, posed during…
Site visit: Atac has more to discover at Rackla in Yukon
DAWSON CITY, YUKON — Swooping in low via helicopter across wide, lush valleys at Atac Resources’ (TSXV: ATC; US-OTC: ATADF) well-established base camp on the Rackla gold project in the central Yukon,…
Space mining ready for lift off
Mining and space exploration seem like two fields that couldn’t be further apart. Miners plunge deep into the earth’s crust, while space explorers seek to propel humankind in the opposite…
NexGen unveils monster resource at Arrow
NexGen Energy‘s (TSXV: NXE; US-OTC: NXGEF) shares have surged on the back of a stellar maiden resource estimate on the junior’s Arrow uranium deposit at its Rook 1 property in…
AME BC caught off guard by Tsilquot’in, BC gov’t accord
VANCOUVER — Gavin Dirom, president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC), told The Northern Miner during a phone interview that he was “surprised” and…
Western Australia takes top spot in Fraser Institute study
Saskatchewan is the most attractive mining jurisdiction in Canada again, and globally the second best place for investments, according to the Fraser Institute’s Annual survey of mining companies: 2015. The…
Continental Gold confirms Buritica’s strong economics
A feasibility study on Continental Gold’s (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) Buritica gold-silver project in Antioquia, Colombia, confirms strong economics for a high-grade underground mine. BMO analyst Brian Quast comments the study…