Mineral, metal prices to edge higher: Fitch’s BMI
Most mineral and metal prices are expected to increase slightly this year as robust demand and tighter supply combine with declining tariff uncertainties, according to BMI, a unit of Fitch…
Precious Metals
London Symposium JV video: Generation Mining closes in on Marathon financing
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM; OTCQB: GENMF) is closing in on a financing package to build its permitted $992 million (US$703 million) Marathon palladium-copper project in northwestern Ontario, chairman Kerry Knoll…
Gold jumps after Venezuela president captured
Gold advanced nearly 3% on heightened geopolitical tensions following the capture of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro by United States special operations forces. Spot gold hit a one-week high of $4,455.42…
London Symposium video: Gold at $4,200? Panel still sees room to run
Gold’s rise above $4,000 (C$5,500) per oz. hasn’t ended the bull market, industry doyens told the recent International Metals Symposium in London, arguing the metal is being lifted by doubts…
NorthWest Copper finds shallow copper, gold in B.C.
NorthWest Copper (TSX-V: NWST) says drilling at its main Kwanika project in British Columbia yielded near-surface copper and gold in two different zones. Hole K-25-287 cut 47.5 metres grading 1.22%…
London Symposium video: McEwen touts Milei boost for Los Azules copper
Argentina’s pro-business shift under President Javier Milei makes it easier to move McEwen’s (NYSE, TSX: MUX) $3.1-billion (C$4.3 billion) Los Azules copper project towards construction, founder Rob McEwen says, provided…
Editorial: London calling
The title track of The Clash’s 1979 album borrows the urgency of a BBC global news broadcast, the ones that used to proclaim “this is London calling.” The song is…
London Symposium video: Rick Rule on gold
The surging gold price over the past two years marks a catch-up based on a bull market going back to 2000 that few recognized then, veteran investor Rick Rule says…
London Symposium video: Gold has room to run
The sustained gold price could attract a new wave of retail investors including cryptocurrency backers and technology stock holders, gold company executives say in a new video. Bullion touched a…
London Symposium JV Video: First Mining Gold outlines Springpole project path
First Mining Gold (TSX: FF; US-OTC: FFMGF) is targeting environmental approvals in the new year after an updated prefeasibility study showed its Springpole project in Ontario is valued near double…
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option
Bruno Lemelin recalls his first boss at Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) more than a decade ago encouraging him to join the Essakane mine team in Burkina Faso just as…
The Northern Miner’s most read stories of 2025
The Northern Miner’s 110th year showed continued leading coverage of the industry, with the new Canadian Treasure Hunt boosting readership and periodic delves into the archives adding context to daily…