Sandstorm bids for Mariana
Streaming and royalty firm Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE-MKT: SAND) is buying Mariana Resources (TSX: MRY; LON: MARL) at an 84% premium to get its hands on the high-grade Hot…
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Barrick sinks on Q1 earnings miss
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) shares fell nearly 11% after it missed analysts’ expectations for first-quarter earnings and trimmed its 2017 production guidance, largely due to selling half of its…
Wall Street gains, April 17–21
U.S. equities edged up, as the Trump administration confirmed that it would soon reveal a tax reform package to boost the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.5% to…
Teranga eyes building Banfora in Burkina Faso in 2017
Teranga Gold (TSX: TGZ; ASX: TGZ) aims to build its Banfora gold mine in Burkina Faso, which would become its second West African gold mine, with construction expected to start…
TNM Roundtable: Industry leaders debate strategy
Industry experts weighed in on how companies could best deploy cash at The Northern Miner’s roundtable discussion in Toronto in early April. The roundtable — sponsored by PwC and moderated…
TSX gains, April 3-7
Canada’s benchmark index touched a six-week high, as gold prices rose on the back of geopolitical developments. The S&P/TSX Composite Index edged up 0.7% to 15,667.13. The S&P/TSX Global Mining…
Barrick sells half of Veladero for $960M
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is selling half of its Veladero gold mine in Argentina to Shandong Gold Group for US$960 million, as part of a strategic cooperation agreement…
TNM Data Miner: Top-five global copper intercepts in March
Using the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine, The Northern Miner compiled five projects with the top copper intersections (grade multiplied by width) globally in March 2017, as reported publicly. XANADU MINES 1….
Richmont makes high-grade discovery at Island Gold mine
Richmont Mines (TSX: RIC; NYSE: RIC) has found a high-grade gold zone at its Island Gold mine near Wawa, Ont., as part of its 2017 exploration and delineation drill program…
Endeavour Silver green-lights construction at El Compas
Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) plans to add a fourth mine to its Mexican operations, after an encouraging preliminary economic assessment (PEA) at its El Compas gold-silver project in…
Goldcorp partners with Barrick in Northern Chile
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is teaming up with Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) to develop gold-copper deposits in Northern Chile’s Atacama region — similar to what Goldcorp did…
Wall Street ends in red, March 20-24
U.S. indexes fell as investors questioned U.S. President Donald Trump’s ability to deliver on his promises to boost the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.5% to 20,596.72, while the broader…