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…
Articles by Blair McBride
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….
Inferred tonnes drive rare earth growth in Avalon update
An updated resource estimate for Avalon Advanced Materials’ (TSX: AVL; US-OTC: AVLNF) Basal zone at its Nechalacho rare earths project in the Northwest Territories raises the global contained resource by 42%, as…
EMP moves toward production with Saskatchewan lithium demo plant build
Saskatchewan lithium brine developer EMP Metals (CSE: EMPS; US-OTC: EMPPF) has finished building the demonstration plant at its main Viewfield project, a key step that positions it among the province’s…
Top 10: Agnico, Barrick lead list of Canada miners
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: NEM) leads the list of Canadian miners by market value at $79.5 billion (C$112.8 billion). Agnico runs the country’s largest mines by output: Canadian Malartic and Detour Lake. The…
Lion Copper’s Yerington now ranks among Nevada’s largest red metal deposits
An initial resource for Lion Copper & Gold’s (CSE: LEO; US-OTC: LCGMF) Bear deposit in Nevada establishes Bear as one of the state’s largest undeveloped red metal resources while the…
Site visit: Inventus advances continent’s sole paleoplacer gold project near Sudbury
Sudbury, Ont. – Inventus Mining’s (TSXV: IVS) Pardo gold project might be the largest of its kind in North America and the latest surprise to come out of the geological…
TNM Drill Down: Radisson in Quebec tops gold assays for June-July
The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill assays for the June 17-July 15 period for gold. Drill holes are ranked by grade x width. Drilling across the Americas –…
Commentary: Canada should back critical minerals with buyers
The federal government’s first move through the Canada Critical Minerals Accelerator did not go to a lithium developer or a nickel mine. It went to germanium, antimony and gallium at…
Update almost triples contained metal at Selkirk Copper’s Minto mine
A resource update for Selkirk Copper Mines’ (TSXV: SCMI; US-OTC: SKRKF) Minto project in Yukon more than doubles contained red metal as the First Nation-owned company prepares to release a…
Saga nears first resource with titanium-vanadium hits
High-grade assays from Saga Metals’ (TSXV: SAGA; US-OTC: SAGMF) Radar titanium-vanadium-iron project in Labrador reveal continuity across wide areas of oxide mineralization and point to the potential size of the…