Agnico Eagle taps Mexico workforce for Macassa
As miners struggle to find skilled labour, few companies are open about hiring workers outside Canada to meet their needs. Few that is, except for Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM;…
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Video: Tahltan Nation offers heavy equipment training in mobile simulators
The Tahltan Nation is rolling out schooling for licences in hauling trucks, bulldozers and loaders, a vice president of the Indigenous group’s development company says in a new video. A…
Optimism for metals clashes with reality for juniors ahead of PDAC
Increasing funding for battery metal and uranium projects versus gold brings home the global energy transition but big financing deals for preproduction companies have almost disappeared, new figures show ahead…
Video: Amy Parent brings reconciliation into focus
The recent ‘rematriation’ of a Nisga’a memorial totem pole from Scotland, led by community leader Dr. Amy Parent, has value for the mining industry as it grapples with Indigenous rights…
New study saves US$1B in upfront cost as SolGold shops Cascabel project
SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) has managed to slash the upfront cost of its 100%-owned Cascabel project in Ecuador while the company continues to explore the potential sale of its…
Ontario’s newest gold mine, Côté, to start production next month, Iamgold says
Iamgold‘s (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) 60%-owned Côté gold mine, in Sudbury, Ont., is set to enter production in March, the company said on Thursday. The project entered 2023 with construction about 64%…
Video: Ex-Sprott CEO at SCP Resource Finance explains commodities vs stocks divergence
Peter Grosskopf, the former CEO of Sprott who turned its investment banking unit into a separate company focused on junior mining stocks, says large institutional investors are handicapped by liquidity…
Strong metals and mining M&A activity to continue over 2024 — report
The industry saw a significant rise in M&A activity across metals and mining companies in 2023 driven by the global energy transition, a theme Fitch Solutions expects to continue in…
First Quantum exercises option over two licences as it looks to expand in Zambia
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM), which is reeling from the forced closure of its flagship copper mine in Panama, has exercised its option over two licences in the Central Africa Copperbelt,…
Battery metals snapshot: Eight companies charging up
New sources of battery metals are needed more than ever before as demand rises for low-emissions vehicles. The eight companies featured below hope to meet that demand for critical minerals…
Kinross Gold lifts Great Bear inferred resource 45%
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has grown inferred resources at its Great Bear project in Ontario by 45% after reporting its first resource there exactly one year ago. Great…
Hecla’s 2023 silver production the second highest in history; more growth expected
Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) has reported its second-highest annual production in the company’s 130-year history with 14.3 million oz. in 2023. The largest primary silver producer in the U.S., Hecla…