TSX Venture rises, Nov. 14-18
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index recovered 18.76 points, or 2.6%, to a 746.67-point close during the trading period. The spot gold price dropped US$19.78 to five-month lows at US$1,207.89 per…
Articles by John Cumming
Editorial: What a Trump presidency means for US miners
Mining’s contribution to the recent U.S. presidential election was nicely captured in the interactions of the two leading candidates with coal miners in the Appalachians. In March 2016, Democratic Party…
Women Who Rock to hold third mentoring ‘Auction for Action’
If you’re a female student or recent graduate of a mining-related discipline, be sure to take a look at the Women Who Rock organization’s “I wanna be mentored” competition, where…
Editorial: Federal gov’t to establish Canadian Infrastructure Bank
The federal government’s latest initiative comes right out of the Liberal Party of Canada’s 2015 election platform: “We will establish the Canadian Infrastructure Bank to provide low-cost financing for new…
Commentary: Creating a benchmarking program for precious metals miners
The 2011–2016 metals bear market marked a historic inflection point for the mining industry. With a market capitalization erosion exceeding hundreds of billions of dollars, the focus shifted from maximizing…
Editorial: Canada’s mining industry still a powerhouse
To get a pulse on the health of Canada’s mining industry, it’s useful to browse through the newly released Mining Sector Performance Report 2006–2015, which is prepared by the Intergovernmental…
TNM Video: Interview with Western Copper and Gold’s CEO West-Sells at Casino
The Northern Miner’s western editor Matthew Keevil speaks with Paul West-Sells, president and CEO of Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE-MKT: WRN), at the company’s Casino copper-gold porphyry project,…
Editorial: Young Mining Professional Award to honour mining’s best under 40
At The Northern Miner, we’ve taken good care to honour the old lions and lionesses of the Canadian mining industry with our co-founding and ongoing sponsorship of the Canadian Mining…
Editorial: The Clintons, Morocco and OCP
The usually low-profile mining industry first popped up in the high-stakes U.S. 2016 presidential election campaign a couple of years ago, with the New York Times’ revelations of former U.S….
Win free tickets to the Vancouver showing of KONELĪNE: Our land beautiful
The Northern Miner is proud to be Co-Presenter of the Vancouver commercial premiere of the feature-length documentary, KONELĪNE: Our land beautiful, which won the “Best Canadian Feature Documentary” award at…
TNM Video: Interview with Victoria Gold CEO John McConnell at Dublin Gulch
The Northern Miner’s western editor Matthew Keevil drops in on Victoria Gold’s (TSXV: VIT; US-OTC: VITFF) Dublin Gulch gold camp in the Yukon to speak with Victoria Gold president and…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Young Johnnie gets bushed
Toward the end of my first summer in the bush in 1958, we had a crew change. I was party chief of a three-man McPhar Geophysics crew locating and detailing…