Clean Air Metals brings ‘fresh set of eyes’ to Thunder Bay North
Since listing on the TSX Venture exchange in May, PGM-focused Clean Air Metals has drilled over 19,000 metres at its wholly owned 30-sq.-km Thunder Bay North project, 50 km northeast…
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Alamos expects Young-Davidson to drive gold output higher next year
Next year, producer Alamos Gold expects the Young-Davidson underground mine in Ontario, where a lower mine expansion was completed in July, to drive a 17% production increase over 2020 levels,…
Seabridge locks in $115.7 million for Snowfield buy
Funds raised more than cover Seabridge’s $100 million acquisition of Pretium Resources’ project in British Columbia.
Companies with ESG focus can attract higher valuations, ERM says
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is now a key part of investment decisions in the private capital markets, sustainability consulting firm ERM concluded in a recent report. ERM surveyed 54…
‘Green stimulus packages’ key driver for base metal demand says analyst
“The path to economic recovery will be long and slow,” says Intl FCStone metals analyst Natalie Scott-Gray. Demand for base metals outside China is not expected to recover back to 2019 levels…
Lundin Gold goes ahead with $18.6m Fruta del Norte expansion
Canada’s Lundin Gold (TSX:LUG) is going ahead with expansion plans for its Fruta del Norte gold-silver mine in Ecuador, the country’s largest, only a year after producing the first doré bar on site. The Vancouver-based miner…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 216: AME Roundup 2021 highlights diversity and inclusion, ft Kendra Johnston and Andy Randell
This week’s episode features Association for Mineral Exploration president and CEO Kendra Johnston and SGDS Hive CEO and AME board member Andy Randell. Kendra and Andy discuss the upcoming AME…
Diamond industry forecast for 2021 and beyond
Global diamond production this year fell by more than 20% to about 113 million carats due to planned production declines by the major producers and significant pandemic-related suspensions and curtailments…
Cassiar drills 18.2 metres of 5.43 grams gold at Taurus in BC
Cassiar Gold has released the last of its drill results from its 2020 exploration campaign at its Cassiar gold project in northern B.C. The 24-hole program was designed to confirm the…
Victoria Gold reports initial results from Lynx target at Dublin Gulch in Yukon
Producer Victoria Gold has released its first exploration results from the Lynx target, which lies along the Potato Hills trend within its flagship Dublin Gulch gold property, also host to the Eagle…
Rio Tinto, Newmont move to promote gender equality in mining
Rio Tinto, Newmont Corporation, New Gold, SRK Consulting and Centerra Gold are taking additional steps towards promoting gender equality in the mining sector by joining forces with global non-profit organization International…
Foran tables initial resource for Bigstone copper deposit in Saskatchewan
Developer Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM) has tabled an initial resource estimate for its wholly owned Bigstone deposit on the 161-sq.-km Bigstone property, 25 km to the west of its flagship…