Canadian mint introduces bullion coin using Éléonore gold
The Royal Canadian Mint’s newest single-mine Gold Maple Leaf coin is entirely sourced from Newmont’s (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NGT) Éléonore mine in northern Quebec. The coin weighs one Troy ounce…
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Lithium Americas shares soars in first day of trading as North American pure-play miner
Canada’s Lithium Americas began trading Wednesday on the Toronto and New York exchanges under its new ticker (LAC) as a result of the recent separation of its North American and…
Barrick to invest US$2B in Zambia copper mine expansion
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) will invest almost $2 billion in an expansion of its Lumwana copper mine in Zambia, the company said on Wednesday. The project will increase…
TNM Drill Down: Heliostar Metals’ Ana Paula project in Mexico shines as week’s top assay
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by TNM Group data…
Sigma hits record daily lithium production at Grota do Cirilo
Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ: SGML, TSXV: SGML), announced on Monday that its Greentech plant in eastern Brazil has reached record daily peak production of 890 tonnes of lithium. The company said…
Podcast: The Northern Miner newspaper gets new format, goes monthly, ft editor-in-chief Alisha Hiyate
This week’s episode features Northern Miner editor-in-chief Alisha Hiyate in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on the newspaper’s new format and publishing frequency. Hiyate explains how the primary intent behind…
Vale taps BluestOne to repurpose nickel refinery waste in Brazil
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has inked a commercial off-take and non-binding deal with BluestOne, a Brazilian company that transforms waste to products for agriculture, to extract materials from its Onça Puma…
Adventus, Salazar delay construction of Ecuador project
Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN) and Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) have delayed the start of construction at their US$250-million Curipamba-El Domo copper-gold project in Ecuador from October to the second quarter…
Nevada King Gold stock soars on bonanza grade results from Atlanta project
Shares of Nevada King Gold (TSXV: NKG; US-OTC: NKGFF) soared on Monday after the company reported bonanza oxide gold of 11.64 grams per tonne over 108.3 metres from recent drilling…
Labour costs: Canadian miners see modest pay raises
Hourly wages at mines in Canada climbed at less than half the rate of salaries at top jobs, a new survey shows. The annual pay for a mine general manager…
Processing unit of Canada’s only rare earths miner goes bankrupt
Vital Metals (ASX: VML; US-OTC: VTMXF), the only rare earths producer in Canada, has declared bankruptcy for a Canadian subsidiary after a review of its half-finished $55-million processing facility in…
Bradda Head Lithium triggers royalty payout while boosting grade in Arizona
Bradda Head Lithium (TSXV: BHLI; LSE: BHL; US-OTC: BHLIF) says an updated resource estimate at its Basin project in Arizona increases its grade by 30% and earns it a US$2.5…