The S&P/TSX Venture Composite closed in the green for a second week after it gained 1.6%, or 12.5 points, en route to a 789.13-point close. Gains were driven by rising precious metal futures, while the energy sectors traded relatively flat….
Toronto-based explorer Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) is closer to developing a commercial-scale underground gold-silver mine in northwestern Colombia, with at least one analyst cheering on the progress.
As the daylight hours shorten and winter chill takes hold of the iron ore mines and surrounding communities in the Labrador Trough, it’s as good a symbol as any of the deep freeze that is engulfing the global iron ore market, as spot…
Status of Women Canada has pledged $250,000 to fund a new project designed to get more women employed in the mining industry.
You can expect a salary of A$150,000 or more as a truck driver at a remote iron ore project in Australia. The country has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the economic boom in China, having grown continuously for more than two decades….
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VANCOUVER — Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) has expanded resources and tabled an updated feasibility study at its high-grade Escobal silver mine in southeast Guatemala, setting the stage for expanded silver production…
In another sign of the growing political power of First Nations in Canada, Vancouver-based public relations firm PR Associates has unveiled the results of the first-ever survey of aboriginal Canadians living in rural and remote areas to gauge…
Jeffrey Christian, managing director of the CPM Group, a New York-based research consulting firm, took time out to talk to The Northern Miner about the gold price and the state of the gold mining sector.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index squeaked out a gain due to a late-week surge during the trading period, closing up 6.37 points at 776.63 points. Gains were underpinned by stronger metal futures despite China’s slower industrial…
A quartet of engineering students from the University of Waterloo took the top prize at the third annual National Mining Competition in Saskatoon in early November.
RED LAKE, ONTARIO — For the management team at newly minted Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM; US-OTC: LRTNF), picking up the past-producing Madsen gold project marked a return to a gold camp that has played a formative role in their…
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