There’s an inherent conflict between the way mining investments are valued and environmental social and governance (ESG) principles, says mining veteran Douglas Silver. Net present value (NPV), the dominant metric…
Leveraging breakthroughs in extracting lithium from oil field brines, Volt Lithium (TSXV: VLT) is poised to launch commercial lithium carbonate production by 2025, according to president and CEO Alex Wylie….
Every month, The Northern Miner gets to know a different executive in the mining industry by asking them about everything — except mining. This month, we feature Ross McElroy, president…
The federal government is extending its 15% mineral exploration tax credit for investors in flow-through shares for another year. The extension, expected to provide $65 million in support for exploration,…
The winners of the Young Mining Professionals’ (YMP) Eira Thomas and Peter Munk Awards for 2024 are Scott Berdahl of Whitehorse and Ella Cullen of Lisbon, Portugal. The YMP awards…
Heightened calls for environmental, social and governmental improvements in mining and hundreds of standards around the world requires industry-leading software, Onyen CEO and founder Laurie Clark says in a new…
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) calls on the federal government to extend the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit. This indispensable financial tool was set to expire on March…
Don Lindsay will join the BHP board as a non-executive director on May 1.
An internal investigation into Endeavour Mining’s (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV) former chief executive Sébastien de Montessus has concluded he intentionally concealed payments totalling US$15 million to an undisclosed third party…
Arguably, no one is more aware of the coming copper shortage than copper miners themselves. Glencore CEO Gary Nagle warned in late 2022 — just months before the company made…
Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) is acquiring Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) and its past-troubled Magino mine in northern Ontario in an all-share deal valued at US$325 million to become Canada’s third-largest…
For decades, some critics have felt at liberty to describe the mining sector as lacking public trust, but the reality doesn’t really conform with that accusation, at least in Canada. …
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