New DRC mining code upsets miners
A new mining code in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that would raise royalties on metal production and eliminate a stability clause enshrined in the previous 2002 charter that…
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Chakana surges on Venture debut
Shares of Chakana Copper (TSXV: PERU) gained 78% on their first day of trading and the release of assays from five shallow drill holes at the company’s Soledad copper-gold-silver project…
Editorial: US gov’t slaps sanctions on Israeli mogul Dan Gertler
On Dec. 20, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order under the year-old Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and related acts to block the property of 13 “malign…
First Majestic bids for Primero in friendly deal
First Majestic Silver’s (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) proposed acquisition of Primero Mining (TSX: P) and its San Dimas silver-gold mine would bring the number of its operating silver mines in…
Barkerville on track for 2018 resource estimate
With 10 rigs active for most of last year and 157,000 metres of drilling, Barkerville Gold Mines (TSXV: BGM) says the program last year at its gold project in British…
Osisko Metals to acquire Pine Point zinc mine in NWT
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM) is expanding its zinc footprint to northern Canada in a $35-million deal to acquire Pine Point Mining (TSXV: ZINC) and its Pine Point project near Hay…
Aurania sees shares jump, identifies target in Ecuador
Shares of Aurania Resources (TSXV: ARU) skyrocketed in the first week of January after a senior analyst at The Casey Report recommended to his subscribers that they buy the junior…
Vanadium a ‘metal to watch’ in 2018, Hallgarten’s Ecclestone says
Prices for vanadium — a minor metal traditionally used to strengthen steel, and more recently a key component in new battery technology that could store electricity from solar and wind…
TNM’s most-read stories of 2017
It was another fascinating year in the mining industry, and this year’s list of most-clicked stories defies the journalistic convention of “if it bleeds, it leads”, whereby bad news generates…
Site visit: Maple Gold takes fresh look at Douay
AMOS, QUEBEC — Over the last four decades, a series of owners have carved out a resource of nearly three million ounces of gold below the 30 metres of overburden…
Rubicon wraps up 2017 exploration program at Phoenix
Rubicon Minerals (TSX: RMX; US-OTC: RBYCF) drilled 28,500 metres at its Phoenix gold project in Red Lake in 2017. Highlights from the most recent batch of assay results include a…
New book: The Art and Humour of John Kilburn – Cartoons from The Northern Miner
The Northern Miner is pleased to announce the publication of The Art and Humour of John Kilburn – Cartoons from The Northern Miner. It’s a hilarious, 262-page anthology of mining cartoons…