White Gold expands footprint in the Yukon
With four discoveries in the Yukon last year, a property purchase this year, and financial and technical backing from partners Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) and Kinross Gold…
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Facts and Figures: Global silver demand rises 4% in 2018, says Silver Institute
The following is a release by the Silver Institute relating to the publication of the 29th edition of its World Silver Survey, which was independently researched and compiled by the…
Agnico Eagle forecasts record production in 2019
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) forecasts record production this year, with the start of two gold mines at Meliadine and Amaruq in Canada’s Arctic. With the output from…
Great Bear expands drill program at Dixie in Red Lake
In April 2019, Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR; US-OTC: GTBDF) doubled the 30,000-metre drill program at its Dixie gold project in Ontario’s Red Lake district. At the time the company…
Lundin Mining to buy Yamana’s Chapada mine in Brazil
Lundin Mining’s (TSX: LUN; NASDAQ: LUMI) proposed acquisition of Yamana Gold’s (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) Chapada copper-gold mine in Brazil for US$800 million in cash will boost its copper production…
American Pacific signs JV with OceanaGold
In its fourth joint-venture deal in Nevada over the last six months, OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) will invest US$4 million for the next four years to earn a 51%…
Newrange pushes ahead at Pamlico in Nevada
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has approved Newrange Gold’s (TSXV: NRG; US-OTC: NRGOF) proposal to transfer the company permits for the Merritt decline, part of its 16.7 sq. km Pamlico…
Thor secures US$78M for Segilola in Nigeria
Thor Explorations (TSXV: THX) estimated in a definitive feasibility study two months ago that pre-production capital expense to build an open-pit mine at its Segilola gold project in Nigeria would…
MAS Gold revisits historic Saskatchewan projects
MAS Gold (TSXV: MAS) has completed a 3,500-metre drill program in Saskatchewan, targeting the Point gold prospect on its Preview Lake property and the North Lake gold prospect on its…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 135: Canadian Mining Hall of Fame induction ceremony highlights
This episode features highlights from the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame’s 31st annual induction ceremony held in Toronto earlier this year. The 2019 inductees are discoverer Kate Carmack, geologist James…
Interview: The LME’s new cobalt contract
The following is an interview by Cobalt 27 Capital chairman Anthony Milewski with the London Metal Exchange’s Product Development department to discuss the LME’s electric-vehicle battery materials initiatives, and the…
Editorial: Central banks are major gold buyers in 2019
With the gold market’s supply and demand numbers coming in for the first two to three months of 2019, one of the features of this year that’s coming into focus…