CleanTeq signs offtake agreement with Chinese company
Robert Friedland, co-chairman of CleanTeq Holdings (ASX: CLQ) and a major shareholder, with 16% of the company’s outstanding shares, has signed an offtake deal with a Chinese company to supply…
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Free ticket contest: Koneline film screening in Edmonton, Sept. 9-10
The Northern Miner is proud to be co-presenter of the Edmonton premiere commercial screening of the documentary film KONELINE: Our Land Beautiful on Sept. 9-10, 2017. This visually stunning film…
Minera Alamos reels in Osisko Gold Royalties
Throughout his career, and as a founder of Castle Gold, Darren Koningen brought two profitable heap-leach gold mines into production on time and under budget: El Sastre in Guatemala and…
Nevsun halves Bisha mine life, revises Timok study plans
Newly appointed CEO Peter Kukielski hasn’t wasted time putting his imprint on Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE-MKT: NSU). The Stanford University-educated civil engineer, who joined the company in May, is…
Asanko Gold revises guidance, shares tumble
Ten days after Asanko Gold (TSX: AKG; NYSE-MKT: AKG) said it was keeping its 2017 production guidance for its gold mine in Ghana at 230,000 to 240,000 oz. gold, the…
McEwen Mining buys Primero’s Black Fox
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) is expanding its footprint in the Timmins camp of Ontario with the purchase of Primero Mining’s (TSX: P; NYSE: PPP) Black Fox mine complex…
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…
Nemaska Lithium’s Whabouchi could produce for 26 years
Since Nemaska Lithium (TSX: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) completed an updated feasibility study in April last year on its Whabouchi hard-rock lithium deposit in Quebec and the chemical plant it will…
First Cobalt to merge with Cobalt One, CobalTech
Trent Mell of First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) is making good on his promise to build a diversified portfolio of cobalt assets to capitalize on growing demand for the…
Friedland’s Clean TeQ, China’s Pengxin eye Syerston project
With renowned mine financier Robert Friedland owning 16.5% of Clean TeQ Holdings (ASX: CLQ) and China’s Pengxin International Mining holding an equal stake, development of the company’s Syerston nickel-cobalt-scandium project…
Probe Metals intersects more gold south of its New Beliveau deposit
In its drill campaign at the project, 25 km east of the city of Val-d’Or, Probe has found two shallow gold discoveries. The first, 1,200 metres south of the former…
In-depth interview: Barrick’s Dushnisky and Goldcorp’s Garofalo on gold mining’s future
At the Canadian Mining Symposium hosted by The Northern Miner at Canada House in London in May, session moderator Greg Huffman, managing director and global head of mining sales at…