Ecuador’s Minister of Strategic Sectors, Rafael Poveda, seemed tired when he sat down with The Northern Miner in Quito last week. The minister, who has a degree in law and an MBA, had returned the night before from China, where, off and…
Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE-MKT: TCK) has become the third company this year to sign a joint-venture option agreement with prospect developer Arena Minerals (TSXV: AN) on its Atacama property in Chile, 50 km from the port of Antofagasta.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index finished in negative territory, losing 0.6% to end at 13,791.88 points. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index dropped 10.6% to 411.68. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index retreated 1.8% to…
VANCOUVER — When nickel giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) dropped its claims over the Rice Island nickel and copper project in the highly prolific Flin Flon–Snow Lake mining district of Manitoba in May, junior explorer Wolfden Resources…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.5%, or 266.64 points, to close at 17,755.80, and the S&P 500 Index advanced 1.8%, or 36.90 points, to finish at 2,089.41. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index dropped 4.8% to 52.25.
A little over a decade ago, the Mining Association of Canada launched with little fanfare a unique stewardship program called the “Towards Sustainable Mining Initiative (TSM).” It was the only program that measured and reported on…
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time a few years ago when Teck Resources and Freeport-McMoRan management bought deeper into the oil and gas sector and diversified further away from their mining businesses, but those decisions to…
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has reached a settlement agreement with James Francis (J. Frank) Callaghan, with his admitting he made statements that breached National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral…
Last week’s editorial (T.N.M., Oct. 26–Nov. 1, 2015) entitled “What to expect from a Liberal government in Canada” mistakenly describes the Conservative government’s environmental reforms as they relate to mining,…
QUITO, ECUADOR — Lundin Gold’s (TSX: LUG; US-OTC: FTMNF) president and CEO Ron Hochstein sat down with The Northern Miner to discuss how he sees the prized Fruta del Norte gold project in Ecuador advancing in the months and years…
U.S. stocks climbed on the back of strong housing figures for September; better-than-expected earnings from major companies like eBay, Microsoft and Amazon; and signs that the European Central Bank would consider more stimulus measures to boost…
WELLS, B.C. — Emerging in July 2013 from an 11-month cease-trade order issued by the B.C. Securities Commission stemming from a questionable resource estimate, Barkerville Gold Mines (TSXV: BGM) was left facing a severe cash…
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