Darnley Bay outlines plans for Pine Point revival
VANCOUVER — Darnley Bay Resources (TSXV: DBL) has sketched out a plan to revitalize Cominco’s historic Pine Point lead-zinc mine, 42 km east of Hay River, Northwest Territories. A newly released…
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Teranga eyes building Banfora in Burkina Faso in 2017
Teranga Gold (TSX: TGZ; ASX: TGZ) aims to build its Banfora gold mine in Burkina Faso, which would become its second West African gold mine, with construction expected to start…
Barrick joins Atac at Orion in the Yukon
VANCOUVER — Atac Resources (TSXV: ATC; US-OTC: ATADF) is the latest explorer to attract a major’s attention amid a new gold rush in the Yukon. On April 10, the company struck …
Nighthawk cashed up, drilling 25,000 metres
Nighthawk Gold (TSXV: NHK) recently raised $25.1 million in equity to finance exploration at its Indin Lake gold project in the Northwest Territories, and Nighthawk president and CEO Michael Byron…
TNM Data Miner: Trends in Canadian equity finance and investment
The Northern Miner has joined forces again with sister company Infomine to leverage the powerful Intelligence Mine database to outline trends in equity financing for Canadian mining during the most recent market downturn….
TNM Roundtable: Industry leaders debate strategy
Industry experts weighed in on how companies could best deploy cash at The Northern Miner’s roundtable discussion in Toronto in early April. The roundtable — sponsored by PwC and moderated…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 56: Gold Miners ETF and porphyry primer ft. Atac CEO
This week we continue our copper theme with a well-timed “porphyry primer” on the Geology Corner. Lesley discusses the history of porphyry geological models and discovery. We also explore block-cave mining,…
South32 strikes deal with Trilogy in Alaska’s Ambler district
VANCOUVER — Australia-based South32 (LON: S32) has been on the lookout for North American base metal opportunities, and its latest move is a new option agreement with Trilogy Metals (TSX: TMQ; NYSE-MKT: TMQ) on the…
Arizona Mining on path to zinc production at Taylor
VANCOUVER — Arizona Mining (TSX: AZ; US-OTC: WLDVF) has advanced its Taylor zinc-lead-silver sulphide deposit Arizona at a rapid pace over the past 18 months, and has now released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA)…
Gold Standard Ventures to acquire Battle Mountain Gold
Gold Standard Ventures (TSXV: GSV; NYSE-MKT: GSV) acquired an initial 19.9% stake in Battle Mountain Gold (TSXV: BMG) in April 2016, and two months later, raised its ownership in the company to 27.6%….
Editorial: Debt-heavy Codelco forecasts muted growth
Two highlights of the copper calendar — Cesco Week and CRU’s World Copper Conference, both held in Santiago, Chile in early April — have come to a close, with attendees…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 55: World Copper Conference & Arizona Mining ft. BIFs
We’re going interstellar this week on the Geology Corner. Lesley digs into banded iron formations (also known as BIFs), which are distinctive units of sedimentary rock. We talk oxygen, snowball…