Great Panther buys Nyrstar’s Coricancha
Junior silver miner Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE: GPL) has acquired Belgian smelting giant Nyrstar’s idled Coricancha gold-silver-lead-zinc-copper mine and mill complex, 90 km east of Lima, Peru. The…
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The Northern Miner podcast – episode 68: The politics of BC mining ft. MABC’s Bryan Cox
In this episode, we talk B.C. politics and the provincial mining industry with Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC) president and CEO Bryan Cox. Matt sits down to chat with…
Atlantic Gold builds critical mass
VANCOUVER — Atlantic Gold (TSXV: AGB) is on the fast track to first production at its Moose River Consolidated gold project in Nova Scotia. Its district-scale vision, however, extends beyond the mine…
Anaconda Mining branches out in Atlantic Canada
Since Dustin Angelo joined junior gold producer Anaconda Mining (TSX: ANX) as president and CEO in September 2010, he and his management team have grown the company’s footprint on the…
Ascendant explores El Mochito’s upside
VANCOUVER — Ascendant Resources (TSX: ASND) has delivered fresh exploration drill results at its El Mochito zinc-lead-silver mine, 88 km southwest of San Pedro Sula in northwest Honduras. The 32,000-metre…
Puma beats staking rush in NB
Puma Exploration (TSXV: PUM) has been active in northern New Brunswick’s Bathurst mining camp for more than a decade, but stepped up its involvement last year with agreements to acquire…
Sabina back on track at Back River after NIRB approval
VANCOUVER — Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB; US-OTC: SGSVF) hopes to start construction at its multimillion-ounce Back River gold project in mid-2018 after having received a positive recommendation from…
Roxgold grows Bagassi South resource in Burkina Faso
Roxgold (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) has improved grades by 37% and the resource size by 14% at its Bagassi South satellite gold deposit in Burkina Faso. Bagassi South is 1.8…
Top 10 Canadian-based gold developers
Gold exploration and development is enjoying a boom again, and Canadian juniors are leading project advancement at home and abroad. The following are the top-10, Canadian-headquartered gold companies that are…
Sandstorm CEO sets the record straight on Mariana deal
VANCOUVER — Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE-MKT: SAND) made headlines in April when it bid US$175 million in cash and shares for explorer Mariana Resources and its 30% stake in the…
Top 10 Canadian base metal explorers and developers
The Northern Miner used the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine to determine the top-10 largest base metal companies headquartered in Canada that have non-producing assets. The list is…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Canadian mines take backseat to world’s iron ore, copper giants
While our issue this week is filled with top-10 lists of Canadian mining and its burgeoning junior exploration and development sector, it’s always good to take a step back and…