BMO cautions against excess gold sector royalty deals
A trend among gold developers to write royalties as a strategy to raise investor value amid a stifled financial market carries high risks, a new BMO Capital Markets report found…
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Orea Mining to delay 2023 financial statements filing
Canadian gold explorer and developer Orea Mining (TSX: OREA; US-OTC: OREAF) said on Wednesday that it won’t file its financial results for the latest fiscal year on time due to…
Teck inks JV deals with AbraSilver and Condor Resources in South America
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) will be part of two new copper-gold joint venture projects in South America, its partners announced on Tuesday. In Argentina, a Teck subsidiary has…
2024 belongs to an offbeat pairing — uranium and gold
As demand for EV and base metals is expected to slow along with global growth in 2024, two very different metals are likely to stand out from the commodity pack:…
Gold Fields delays start of US$1B Chilean project to April
South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) has once again delayed first gold production at its Salares Norte project in Chile from last month until April 2024, citing delays caused by…
Rokmaster’s Revel Ridge BC project offers 21% return
Rokmaster Resources (TSXV: RKR) says its Revel Ridge gold-silver project in southeast British Columbia may produce a double-digit return for investors, according to a preliminary economic assessment. The study…
The Northern Miner’s top 10 most clicked stories of 2023
As we start 2024, The Northern Miner takes a look back at the top 10 most-clicked stories on our website in 2023. No. 1: Video – Robert Friedland warns we’re ‘on the…
Mining some tales with… Scott Berdahl
Every month, The Northern Miner gets to know a different executive in the mining industry by asking them about everything — except mining. This month it’s Scott Berdahl, co-founder & CEO of…
The biggest global mining news of 2023
The mining world was pulled in all directions in 2023: the collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, a bad year for cobalt and nickel, Chinese critical mineral moves, gold’s…
Silvercorp again hikes takeover offer for OreCorp
Canada’s Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE: SVM) is boosting its buyout bid for African gold developer OreCorp (ASX: ORR) while competing with Perseus Mining (TSX: PRU; TSX: PRU). Silvercorp, a…
Analysis: Gold set for further record prices in 2024 and 2025
Gold prices have been setting annual records for the past three years. They are expected to set further records in 2024 and 2025, as the world struggles with a host…
Gold heists: Air Canada caper shows yellow metal’s criminal allure hasn’t dimmed
It’s a gold mine in the dead of night. Crooks snip through a wire fence and find keys to a forklift still in the ignition. It roars to life and…