TSX mixed, March 18-22: Barrick, INV and Seabridge
Canada’s benchmark index fell 0.31% to 16,089.22. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 1.4% to 75.07 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 2.8% to 199. The gold price rose…
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TSX Venture rises, March 18-22: Macarthur, Luminex and Mirasol
Shares of Macarthur Minerals rose 100% to 10¢. The company signed a life-of-mine offtake agreement to sell Glencore International iron ore that could be produced from Macarthur’s Lake Giles iron…
B2Gold earmarks US$43M for global exploration
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) was created as a junior exploration company in 2007, and since then it has grown to become an intermediate gold producer, with five mines in…
Skeena grows resource at Eskay Creek
Skeena Resources (TSXV: SKE; US-OTC: SKREF) has tabled an updated resource estimate for its Eskay Creek gold project in northwestern British Columbia, divided between pit constrained and underground mining scenarios….
Troilus drills ‘land that time forgot’ in central Quebec
Between listing on the TSX Venture Exchange in January 2018 and graduating to the Toronto Stock Exchange in October the same year, Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) drilled 36,000…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 134: Iron ore markets post-Vale disaster, Ukraine update ft Black Iron’s Matt Simpson
Global iron ore markets are under great stress in the wake of Vale’s horrific tailings-dam disaster near Brumadinho in Brazil, which has resulted in 10% of the world’s iron ore…
Scrapbook: YMP Awards gala
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) — a non-profit group with chapters in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Sudbury, Perth, Brisbane, Johannesburg and London — held its third annual YMP Awards gala in…
Sandspring rethinks Toroparu in Guyana
Sandspring Resources (TSXV: SSP; US-OTC: SSPXF) is putting the finishing touches on a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Toroparu gold project in Guyana that rescopes the project’s prefeasibility study…
Monarch Gold targets multiple projects
Since the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference wrapped up in early March, Monarch Gold (TSX: MQR; US-OTC: MRQRF) has fielded calls from three mining companies about possible…
Toachi advances La Plata project in Ecuador
Toachi Mining (TSXV: TIM) is trenching its Guatuza gold-copper target at its La Plata volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project in Ecuador. It plans to drill Guatuza in the second half…
PwC’s Art of Mining winners honoured
The mining industry gathered in Toronto in early March for PwC Canada’s fourth annual Art of Mining event, which showcases mining innovation through a photo competition. This year’s contest featured…
Colombia, Ecuador & Peru Snapshot: Eight juniors on the hunt for minerals
Despite centuries of local mining history, the northern Andes remain under-explored by modern standards, and the region stands as one of the favourite destinations of the world’s mineral explorers. Here…