Barrick, Newmont settle dispute with $1.9B deal
Nevada settlement clears a hurdle for Barrick’s North American IPO as rising costs and leadership scrutiny weigh on the miner.
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Study gives White Gold nearly $2B value for 9-year mine
A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for White Gold’s (TSXV: WGO; US-OTC: WHGOF) namesake site positions it among Yukon’s top undeveloped yellow metal projects by economics and returns, with its $1.9…
US investor group taps Glencore in bid for Sherritt
A U.S. investor group that includes Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is offering to recapitalize Sherritt International (TSX: S) and acquire control of the beleaguered miner whose survival is in doubt following…
Gold holds above $4,300 per oz as rate-cut bets build
Bullion extends last week’s 7% surge as weak US employment data, investor positioning and Chinese buying lend support.
Volta drills gallium 210m past Springer pit
Volta Metals (CSE: VLTA; US-OTC: VOLMF) traced gallium 210 metres beneath the current open-pit outline at its Springer rare earth project in Ontario, widening the mineralized footprint beyond what the…
Largo shares surge 15% as it adds copper, PGMs to Brazil mine
Move comes after Brazil mining authority cleared Largo to add copper and PGMs production at its flagship vanadium mine.
Iamgold defers Côté expansion, studies bigger build
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has deferred a planned expansion of Côté Gold while it studies a much larger build that could nearly double the Ontario mine’s processing rate to…
US unveils $2B of financing commitments for mining
United States President Donald Trump on Friday announced more than $2 billion (C$2.8 billion) in financing pledges for critical minerals and other mining projects that he says will help the…
B2Gold wins Mali permit after guidance cut
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) won a key permit Friday for its Fekola Regional gold expansion project in Mali, removing a growth hurdle a day after it cut its 2026…
NGEx to spin out South American exploration company
NGEx Minerals (TSX: NGEX; US-OTC: NGXXF) plans to spin out its Valle Ancho copper-gold project into a new company – a move that will let the Canadian developer concentrate on…
Ranked: Mid-summer capital raisings
During the period from June 17 to July 15, 2026, the three largest mining financings and credit-facility transactions totalled approximately C$2.1 billion. Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) led the period…
From the Archives: The Origins of Agnico Eagle Mines
Agnico Eagle Mines is today Canada’s top miner by market capitalization. But its prominence today comes after a decades-long journey of challenges and successes, and a shift in focus from…
Spotlight: Four more companies advancing projects around the world
Junior exploration companies across the globe stand or fall on drill programs that could turn them into bigger stories. Here are four more juniors with company-making discovery potential in proven mineral districts….
Perpetua makes tungsten discovery in Idaho
Perpetua Resources (TSX, Nasdaq: PPTA) said Thursday it has identified gold and antimony exploration targets with the potential for extensions of the permitted pits within its Stibnite project in Idaho,…
Lupaka Gold lands $49M from Peru to settle dispute
Peru has paid most of arbitration award, clearing the way for the first contingent value rights distribution.
The Northern Miner Podcast
Podcast: Is the West’s mining strategy working? Rebecca Seidl-Inglesby on policy and supply chains
Podcast: Mackey warns of ‘darker future’ unless Canada accelerates minerals processing
Podcast: South32’s Pat Risner on FAST-41, social licence and mining in the USA
Podcast: Greenland rare earths project in limbo amid government dispute, ft Daniel Mamadou
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Global Mining Symposium
London Symposium: Ontario’s focus on fast-track, refining wins industry praise
Ontario’s push to OK major projects in less than two years and keep more mineral processing at home stunned industry heavyweights at The Northern Miner’s International Metals Symposium in London. “We’re moving with speed,” provincial Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce…
London Symposium video: Rick Rule on gold
The surging gold price over the past two years marks a catch-up based on a bull market going back to 2000 that few recognized then, veteran investor Rick Rule says…
London Symposium video: Gold has room to run
The sustained gold price could attract a new wave of retail investors including cryptocurrency backers and technology stock holders, gold company executives say in a new video. Bullion touched a…