MINING.COM launches EV Battery Metals Index
Earlier this month, The Northern Miner’s sister publication MINING.COM released its EV Battery Metals Index, which includes the first value measurement of metals used in batteries for the nascent electric…
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AI, machine learning to deliver ‘wave of discoveries’
The past 20 years have seen remarkable advances in the mining industry, particularly in mineral exploration technologies with vast volumes of data generated from geologic, geophysical, geochemical, satellite and other…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 177: Gold ‘teetering on the brink of a production decline’, ft. Mark Bristow at PDAC
This episode features a keynote speech by Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto. Bristow discusses how gold production is…
Colombia, Ecuador & Peru Snapshot: Companies active in prospective countries
Colombia, Ecuador and Peru all host prospective geological settings for mineral exploration. While they remain under-explored by modern-day standards, South America’s reputation as an established mining destination gives a head…
US markets post slight gain, March 2-6: Fortuna, Vale, Mosaic, Intrepid Potash
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.79% to 25,864.78 and the S&P 500 advanced 0.61% to 2,972.37. Spot gold surged US$87.60 per oz. or 5.53% to US$1,673.10 per oz. Fortuna…
Ivanhoe hails progress at Kamoa-Kakula, Platreef
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) said that progress at its Kakula project, the first of multiple planned mining areas at Kamoa-Kakula in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, continues to…
Max Resources hails new Cesar discovery
Max Resources (TSXV: MXR; US-OTC:MXROF) has discovered a high-grade outcrop at its wholly owned Cesar copper-silver project in northeastern Colombia, about 140 km north of the capital, Bogota. The Cesar…
Indigenous title lawsuits don’t conform to provincial boundaries, Supreme Court rules
A recent Supreme Court of Canada decision has confirmed the right of Indigenous communities to sue companies for aboriginal title claims that span provinces without needing to file multiple lawsuits….
Nexa completes PEA for Hilarion in Peru
Nexa Resources (TSX: NEXA; NYSE: NEXA) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for a potential underground mine at its Hilarion project in Peru — one of the largest undeveloped…
Sprott bets on Orefinders
Financier Eric Sprott is putting some of his money behind Orefinders Resources (TSXV: ORX) and the junior explorer’s properties in the Kirkland Lake district of Ontario. Sprott has taken an…
PDAC: Mark Bristow hammers home organic growth message
Mark Bristow used his keynote address at the 2020 PDAC conference to stress the importance of exploration for miners. “It’s geologists and exploration that drive value creation and delivery in…
PDAC: Mining is ‘close to home’ for Minister O’Regan
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan made his first appearance at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto last week, knowing he would be under…