Infographic: Gold value of World Cup trophy jumps
In about four months’ time, the world’s biggest single sporting event will kick off. Billions of football (or soccer) fans will be glued in front of their TV screens and…
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The Northern Miner launches the Goldquest Challenge — and you could win a trip to Vancouver!
Calling all international students with a curiosity for gold, mining, and a little adventure… The Northern Miner is excited to officially launch the Goldquest Challenge, a brand-new contest that brings together learning,…
JV Article: Fortune Bay pushes Goldfields exploration, development amid updated economics
Fortune Bay (TSXV: FOR; US-OTC: FTBYF) is accelerating advancement of its Goldfields gold project in Saskatchewan as updated economics and higher gold prices strengthen the development case. With funding in…
Wheaton promotes Hodaly to CEO, names Smallwood chair
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX, NYSE, LSE: WPM) said Friday that President Haytham Hodaly will succeed Randy Smallwood as CEO next month to support the company’s next phase of growth. Hodaly, a…
JV Video: Minaurum’s Alamos lands 55M-oz resource
Minaurum Silver’s (TSXV: MGG; US-OTC: MMRGF) maiden inferred resource of about 35 million oz. silver at its Alamos project in Mexico’s Sonora state, published late last month, gives the junior…
Heliostar pours first gold from San Agustin mine
Mexico-focused miner Heliostar Metals (TSX-V: HSTR) says it has poured first gold from the recently restarted San Agustin mine in Durango state. The open-pit mine officially becomes Heliostar’s second producing…
US mineral supply vulnerable to China chokehold: report
A new report by the United States Geological Survey reveals that the U.S. has grown more reliant on foreign imports of minerals over the past year, highlighting the increased urgency…
Ares restarts US fluorspar output after Pentagon deal
Ares Strategic Mining (CSE: ARS; US-OTC: ARSMF) said it has restarted the Lost Sheep fluorspar mine in Utah after landing a major U.S. government contract to supply the obscure mineral…
Midnight Sun rises on Zambia-DRC copper district where superpowers converge
Canadian explorer Midnight Sun Mining (TSX-V: MMA; US-OTC: MDNGF) just released an initial resource in the heart of the Zambian-Congo Copperbelt, an area that’s attracting Cold War-style financing competition to speed the record-price red metal to market. The junior reported Jan. 20 that…
Spotlight: Energy Transition Metals – Part 2
Energy transition metals have never been as critical as they are today. Here’s a look at four more companies seeking to reduce North America’s reliance on critical minerals from China by building domestic supply…
Infographic: Global gold demand
Gold demand is undergoing a significant, structural, and geographic transformation, driven by record-high prices, unprecedented central bank accumulation and a shift towards safe-haven assets in a fractured geopolitical landscape.Our latest…
Roundup video: BC must open land access, AME says
British Columbia should do more than that just impose fixed timelines for mineral exploration permits to restore confidence for prospectors and juniors, the head of the Association for Mineral Exploration…
Capstone strike ends allowing Mantoverde at full rate
Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC) is preparing to restore full output at its Mantoverde copper-gold mine in Chile after workers in the operation’s biggest union ratified a new three-year…
Dakota Gold touts silver hits ahead of new study
Results from step out and infill drilling at Dakota Gold’s (NYSE-A: DC) Richmond Hill heap leach project in South Dakota has revealed open mineralization in all directions, as well as…
DPM adds 20% gold-silver to extend Bulgaria mine
DPM Metals (TSX: DPM) says a resource update for its Chelopech gold-copper mine in Bulgaria has added four years to the property’s operational life. Chelopech is now projected to have…
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Global Mining Symposium
London Symposium JV Video: Nicola Mining targets cash flow, resource growth
Nicola Mining (TSXV: NIM; US-OTC: HUSIF) president and CEO Peter Espig says its focus on cash flow and copper exploration will create value. The New Craigmont copper project in southern…
London Symposium JV Video: Ontario Mines Minister touts critmins, faster permitting
Ontario’s Minister of Mines, George Pirie, says the province has updated its mining rules to speed up permits and attract investment in critical minerals. The provincial government passed the Building…
London Symposium JV Video: Southern Silver drills at Cerro Las Minitas
Southern Silver Exploration (TSXV: SSV) aims to add up to 8 million tonnes in shallow and deep resources to the Cerro Las Minitas project in Durango, Mexico, VP of exploration…