Scrapbook: Diamonds in Canada Symposium 2019
In June The Northern Miner and its sister publication, Diamonds in Canada, hosted the second annual Diamonds in Canada Symposium at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto. The event brings…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Development Snapshot: Eight juniors looking to supply the electric vehicle revolution
While the prices for key battery minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, rare earth elements, graphite and copper have so far been subdued in 2019, the general excitement about the…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Canada’s IPO market struggles at fraction of 2018 pace, PwC says
The following is a release by PwC Canada as part of its quarterly monitoring of the status of initial public offerings in Canada. Visit www.pwc.com/ca for more information. The surge…
SSR Mining acquires past producers
SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM) is acquiring from Newmont Goldcorp (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) and Fairmile Gold Mining two past-producing gold operations to the south of its Marigold mine…
Orvana completes study on Taguas in Argentina
A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of Orvana Minerals’ (TSX: OR) Taguas gold project, 25 km north of Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) Veladero mine in Argentina, envisions a conventional…
Lucara has two-pronged growth plan, CEO Eira Thomas says
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – The following is an edited excerpt of an interview with Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) president and CEO Eira Thomas, carried out by Dean MacPherson, head of…
Ivanhoe advances ‘world’s best copper development’ at Kamoa-Kakula
It would not be a stretch to suggest Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) executive co-chairman Robert Friedland is probably the world’s best mining promoter. The Friedland legend started to…
Snapshot: Eight explorers and miners with ties to Africa
Africa has been long renowned in the mining industry as the continent with many of the largest and richest mineral deposits on Earth. Despite listing commodity prices and some political…
Red Pine builds up Wawa project in Ontario
The land package containing Red Pine Exploration’s (TSXV: RPX) Wawa gold project in Ontario hosts numerous historic mines that in their heyday produced more than 120,000 oz. gold. The largest…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: My project in Pakistan went ‘boom’
Half a day south of the N40 highway in Pakistan, the main road heading west to Iran through the Balochistan desert, lies the Ras Koh mountain range. Steep, rugged mountains…
Mining Energy Snapshot: Eight juniors active in world’s uranium hotspots
While uranium oxide prices continue to drift in the doldrums, several uranium companies have still raised a bit of money to explore and carry out modest programs. Here is a…
Agnico’s Meliadine reaches commercial production
Agnico Eagle Mines’ (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) Meliadine mine — it’s largest gold deposit in terms of resources — achieved commercial production ahead of schedule and below the initial capital…