Editorial: Gold loves chaos. Mines don’t.
In this editorial for the February edition of The Northern Miner, we take a look at how the first month of the new year has seemed crazier than most. Precious…
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Nevada King finds shallow gold at Atlanta project
Nevada King Gold (TSX-V: NKG; US-OTC: NKGFF) said new drilling at its past-producing Atlanta mine in eastern Nevada returned oxide gold-silver mineralization near surface. The stock jumped. Hole B25-101 in the Silver…
Macro forces driving metals jump still intact: Jefferies
Gold’s sharp pullback last week may have handed investors a new entry point into mining equities because wider economic forces driving the recent “metals melt-up” remain intact, Jefferies argues in…
JV Video: Toogood extends Quinlan, lines up Mélange
Toogood Gold (TSXV: TGC; US-OTC: TGGCF) drilling last year expanded the Quinlan discovery at its 164-sq.-km project in Newfoundland and helped sharpen targets for the next round of step-outs. The…
Eldorado buys Foran for $2.8B in copper push
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) has agreed to buy fellow Canadian miner Foran Mining (TSX: FOM; US-OTC: FMCXF) in a transaction that values the copper-focused developer at about $3.8…
Junior Explorers Challenge aims to spark youth interest in Canada’s mining story
The Northern Miner has partnered with Mining Matters and Alamos Gold (TSX, NYSE: AGI) to launch a new national initiative encouraging Canadian youth to explore the country’s mining heritage and…
AME Roundup Video: BC sets 140-day permit timelines
British Columbia will begin processing mineral-exploration permit applications within 40 to 140 days starting April 1, a move aimed at keeping investment flowing after exploration spending hit a record $751…
Despite gold drop JPMorgan sees $6,300 this year
JPMorgan is maintaining a bullish outlook on gold prices by setting an end-of-year price target of $6,300 an oz. amid a broader shift towards hard assets. In a note published…
VRIC Video: Dakota Gold pushes towards Richmond Hill PFS
Dakota Gold (NYSE-A: DC) is advancing its Richmond Hill project in South Dakota’s historical Homestake district towards a prefeasibility study within months and first production in three years, CEO Robert…
Silver, gold fall as U.S. dollar rebounds on next Fed chair
Precious metals prices plunged on Friday as a rebound in the U.S. dollar led some investors to book profits on the metals. Silver plunged 22% to trade at $90.73 an…
Paulson lifts stake in International Tower Hill with Alaska gold project
International Tower Hill Mines (TSX: ITH, NYSE-AM: THM) tapped leading shareholder and hedge fund Paulson and Co. to raise a large chunk of its financing this week for the Livengood…
JPMorgan sees $8,000 gold by decade end
As gold prices continue to smash records, analysts are now assessing the metal’s next potential destination, with J.P. Morgan outlining scenarios in which it could top the $8,000-an-oz. level in…