New Gold halts New Afton mine on tailings safety woes
Shares in New Gold (TSX: NGD; NYSE: NGD) fell more than 11% in Toronto on Thursday after it halted underground mining activities at its New Afton gold-copper mine in Kamloops,…
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Ecuador’s president asks court to resume environmental consultations
Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso has asked the country’s constitutional court to revoke a decision issued last week to suspend a decree enabling environmental consultations prior to issuing mining licences. Popular…
Snowline Gold soars by enticing investors with near-record Yukon drill results on Rogue project
Dawson City, Yukon — Shares in Yukon-focused Snowline Gold (TSXV: SGD; US-OTC: SNWGF) have rocketed 90% year-to-date with analysts saying another discovery this month at its Rogue project makes it…
Triple Flag shares rise following another quarter of record results, dividend hike
Triple Flag Precious Metals (TSX: TFPM, NYSE: TFPM) saw a bump in its share price Wednesday on the back of record quarterly results and another dividend hike. The stock closed…
Site visit: Will Rio Tinto bet more on Western Copper and Gold’s Casino project in Yukon?
Near Carmacks, Yukon — Decision time for Western Copper and Gold’s (TSX: WRN; NYSE-AM: WRN) $3.6 billion Casino project in remote Yukon looms less than four months away. Rio Tinto…
How chilly relations with China are playing out for Canada’s miners
As the world’s largest metal consumer, the second largest economy in the world, and the largest funder of overseas metal projects, China’s impact on the mining business globally cannot be…
TNM Drill Down: Musgrave hits bonanza grades at Cue
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from July 28 to Aug. 4. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our…
Barrick prepares to restart Porgera gold mine in PNG
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) plans to restart operations at the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) later this year, according to CEO Mark Bristow, while an…
Alamos feasibility reveals big reserves increase, capex required
An updated feasibility study on Alamos Gold’s (TSX: AGI; NYSE; AGI) Lynn Lake project in Manitoba, Wednesday showed a big increase in reserves, but also a big increase in expected…
What’s driving gold miners’ copper craze?
Gold miners have never been more bullish. But not on gold — on copper. The red metal is one of the driving forces behind Newmont’s takeover of copper-rich fellow gold…
Site visit: Yukon gold duo McConnell and Christie helm Victoria, Banyan in surging Tombstone belt
John McConnell and Tara Christie are the Yukon mining power couple. The husband and wife are both presidents and CEOs of Victoria Gold (TSX: VGCX) and Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN;…
Hochschild granted key permit for Inmaculada mine in Peru
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) shares jumped 17% in London after the company announced the approval of a modified Environmental Impact Assessment for its flagship Inmaculada gold-silver mine in southern Peru….