Letter to the editor: Nick Bird discovered Schaft Creek in BC
We are writing in reference to the Odds ‘n’ Sods article “Doda, Dink and Zoran” by Dr. Harold Linder (T.N.M., Dec. 3-11/16). The author’s biography at the end states, “Dr….
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Site visit: IG Copper, Freeport probe Russia’s Far East
KHABAROVSK, FAR EAST RUSSIA — IG Copper (IGC), a privately held U.S. company, is making headway at its 51% held Malmyzh copper-gold porphyry project in Far East Russia, near the…
Palmer’s Probe Metals consolidates ground
A recent flurry of deals has almost doubled Probe Metals’ (TSXV: PRB) land position at its Val-d’Or East project in Quebec, and the latest set of assay results suggest why….
CPM’s Jeffrey Christian shares precious metal forecasts
Jeffrey Christian is the managing partner of CPM Group, a commodities research and management, consulting and financial advisory firm in New York. He founded the company in 1986, spinning off…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Doda, Dink and Zoran
My first winter in the bush, after graduating from MIT in June 1958 with a degree in geology and geophysics, began on Dec. 5, 1958. I flew from Toronto to…
Kamoa-Kakula deal ‘pivotal,’ Friedland says
Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) executive chairman Robert Friedland and CEO Lars-Eric Johansson held a conference call on Nov. 28 to share details on progress at the company’s three…
G4G Capital’s stock surges with option on Shawn Ryan’s claims
Renowned Klondike prospector Shawn Ryan and his wife and business partner Cathy Wood require little introduction. The Yukon-based couple made it big finding two large gold deposits near Dawson City,…
Bob Gannicott’s lasting legacy
Robert Gannicott, the man who built Canada’s largest diamond mining company, Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) and a pioneer of Canada’s diamond scene for 25 years, has died. Gannicott…
Women Who Rock to hold third mentoring ‘Auction for Action’
If you’re a female student or recent graduate of a mining-related discipline, be sure to take a look at the Women Who Rock organization’s “I wanna be mentored” competition, where…
Rob McEwen on Donald Trump’s win
Rob McEwen, chairman and chief owner of McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX), shared his thoughts with The Northern Miner about the election of Donald J. Trump as the forty-fifth…
Stornoway opens Quebec’s first diamond mine
JAMES BAY REGION, QUE. — On a blustery grey day in mid-October, as Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY) welcomes 200 visitors to the official opening of its Renard diamond mine in…
Suppliers news: Hatch raises $1M for cancer foundation
Over the past five years engineering firm Hatch has raised $1 million in support of Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Hatch employees have done so by raising funds and participating…