Hochschild plunges after slashing Mara Rosa forecast
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC.L) shares plunged on Wednesday after the company slashed its full-year production forecast from the Mara Rosa mine by more than half, only months after a temporary…
Precious Metals
Podcast: The reasons to own gold persist, ft Rick Rule on mining stocks
This week’s episode features Rick Rule, CEO of Rule Investment Media, in conversation with Northern Miner Western Editor Henry Lazenby at the Rule Investment Symposium in Boca Raton, Florida. Rule…
Americas Gold & Silver hits bonanza grades in Idaho
Americas Gold & Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-A: USAS) on Friday said it had traced a high-grade upper extension of the producing 149 Vein at its Galena Complex in Idaho. Drilling…
First Nations buy BC port serving Newmont mines
Two First Nations groups have partnered with a trucking company to buy a bulk terminal port near British Columbia’s border with Alaska serving Newmont’s (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) Brucejack and…
$1M gold up for grabs as Canada Treasure Hunt begins
There’s more than $1 million in physical gold hidden somewhere in Canada, but rather than your grandfather’s pick axe and head lamp, only knowledge and wits are needed to find…
Vietnam lifts state monopoly on gold
Vietnam, the third-largest importer of gold in Asia, issued a decree on Tuesday abolishing its 13-year-old state monopoly on gold trading, causing a spike in local prices even as the…
Troilus, Torngat ink offtakes on Carney’s German mission
Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF), which is developing a $1.1-billion (US$800-million) capex brownfield mine project in Quebec, has signed a preliminary copper offtake agreement with a German smelter during Prime…
Kenorland starts resource with 26-g gold hit in Quebec
Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD; US-OTC: KLDCF) has reported more high-grade assays from the Frotet project in northern Quebec with an initial resource on its Regnault gold system due in the…
Avino buys back La Preciosa royalties for $22M
Avino Silver & Gold Mines (TSX, NYSE-A: ASM) said Monday it has bought down and extinguished all royalties and remaining payments for full ownership of its La Preciosa project in…
Aldebaran denies $1.5B Altar project cost on Reuters
Aldebaran Resources (TSXV: ALDE; US-OTC: ADBRF) disputes a Reuters report on Friday that an economic study due next month on the Altar copper-gold project in Argentina will show costs of…
Pan American locks $2.1B takeover of MAG Silver
Pan American Silver (TSX, NYSE: PAAS) has secured final regulatory approval to complete its $2.1-billion (C$2.9-billion) acquisition of MAG Silver (TSX, NYSE: MAG), cementing control over one of Mexico’s most…
Gold boom drives rising costs for Aussie producers
As Australian gold producers set forecasts for their 2026 performance, a clear trend has emerged that sets them apart: costs are expected to rise even as non-gold miners predict lower…