Pampa drills long copper interval at Piuquenes in Argentina
Pampa Metals (CSE: PM; US-OTC: PMMCF) says the first drill hole at its Piuquenes project in Argentina cut more than 1% copper equivalent over nearly a third of a kilometre….
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NexGen makes new uranium discovery 3.5 km from Arrow deposit
NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE; NYSE: NXE; ASX: NXG) has made a new greenfield uranium discovery at its SW2 property in Saskatchewan, 3.5 km east of its Arrow deposit, currently in…
PDAC 2024: Some junior miners must die so others may live, panel says
Canada’s once-mighty junior mining sector crumbled after governments squeezed the middle class and let multinationals buy the country’s big miners, a panel of finance experts told mining’s biggest conference this…
PDAC 2024: The pros and cons of artificial intelligence at Agnico, Kinross and Iamgold
Artificial intelligence is making mining more efficient, but it comes with its own hurdles, executives at some of Canada’s largest gold miners told a session at the Prospectors and Developers…
Does mining need saving?
Some issues of The Northern Miner are more fun to put together than others. Our March 2024 edition, unfortunately, offers a sobering read. It’s filled with news of shuttered mines…
Delta drills high-grade gold near Thunder Bay
Delta Resources (TSXV: DLTA; US-OTC PINK: DTARF) says new drill results improve the economics of its Delta-1 gold project in northern Ontario. Drill hole D1-24-90 cut 10 metres grading 15.94…
Founders finds gold-infused Donut target, Cupcake next at Antino project in Suriname
Founders Metals (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) says assays from the Donut target show a significant discovery linking two zones at the Antino gold project in Suriname. The shares gained. Drill hole…
UK-based Getech, East Star partner up to explore for Kazakhstan copper
U.K.-based geospatial technology firm Getech (LSE: GTC) has announced a joint venture East Star Resources (LSE: EST) to pursue copper exploration opportunities in Kazakhstan. As part of the new joint…
Abitibi Metals drills 3.5% copper in Quebec
Abitibi Metals (CSE: AMQ; OTC: AMQFF) says its first two drill holes at the B26 polymetallic deposit in northern Quebec bode well to earn most of the project from the…
McEwen’s Stock project hikes gold resource by a third
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) says inferred gold ore tonnage increased by 33% last year at its Stock project in northern Ontario while drilling cut a bonanza interval in…
Sweden to remove uranium ban
District Metals (TSXV: DMX; US-OTC: DMXCF) and Aura Energy (ASX: AEE) are among companies welcoming Sweden’s steps to remove a ban on uranium mining this year. The Nordic country’s government…
Karora drills hit high-grade gold, nickel in Oz
Canada’s Karora Resources (TSX: KRR; US-OTC: KRRGF) has released high-grade drill results from the Fletcher shear and Larkin gold zones and the emerging 50C nickel zone at the Beta Hunt…