Randgold’s Bristow hits the road on motorbike journey across Africa
In what is believed to be the first attempt by motorbike, Mark Bristow embarked at dawn on June 1 on a 7,500 km journey that would take him from the…
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Editorial: Brazil’s anti-corruption drive takes out Rousseff
Brazil’s political and economic turmoil has grabbed headlines around the world, the culmination of years of top-level judicial investigations and countrywide street protests against corruption in politics. On May 12,…
TNM parent Glacier Media donates to Fort Mac
The JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy Group (JWN) and its parent company Glacier Media (TSX: GVC) (also The Northern Miner‘s parent), are donating $50,000 toward Red Cross efforts in the wildfire-ravaged city of…
Veteran miner Kerry Knoll bets on moly renaissance
Since leaving his job as a journalist at The Northern Miner in 1987, Kerry Knoll has co-founded four companies and built four mines with his business partner Ian McDonald. Their…
McEwen buys claims near El Gallo
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) is acquiring claims in Mexico — 10 km from the company’s El Gallo mine in Sinaloa state — that it believes could extend the…
Probe’s CEO David Palmer eyes a new adventure
David Palmer and his team are embarking on an adventure. His company Probe Metals (TSXV: PRB) is proposing a $22.8-million, all-share combination with Adventure Gold (TSXV: AGE) to create a…
PDAC awards top mining talent
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) honoured its 2016 award winners at a gala evening ceremony during its annual convention in Toronto in last month. The association gave…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Mike’s strange discovery in Arizona
Mike Fitzgerald was in no way the smooth-operator type found in the universe of large corporations. His mannerisms appeared more like those of a boxer, and for good reason —…
Lukas Lundin our Mining Person of the Year for 2015
The sage investing advice to “buy low and sell high” is a simple concept, but exceedingly hard to pull off in real life over and over again. Our Mining Person…
Big changes at De Beers Canada
In a plan that is expected to be complete by the end of next June, De Beers Canada is moving its headquarters to Calgary from Toronto as part of a…
Editorial: Mitsubishi comes clean on WWII slave labour
Japan’s Mitsubishi Materials Corp. is showing corporate courage by formally apologizing for using American prisoners of war as forced labour at its mines and industrial complexes during World War II — the first Japanese company to…
Editorial: Renewed focus on mine safety in Ontario
A newly released coroner jury’s verdict and recommendations stemming from the two-week inquest into the deaths of two miners at Vale’s underground Stobie nickel mine in Sudbury, Ont., in 2011 has met with wide approval from all…