Novo bulk samples at Egina return coarse gold
Bulk samples collected from test pits excavated at Novo Resources’ (TSXV: NVO) Egina gold project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia have recovered coarse gold. Novo processed 281 cubic…
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Midland to drill for gold in Labrador Trough
Midland Exploration (TSXV: MD) will start drilling its wholly-owned Willbob gold project in Quebec in early September. Willbob is in the Labrador Trough, 65 km west of the town of Kuujjuaq,…
Great Bear drills more high-grade gold at Dixie
Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR) released the latest drill results from its wholly owned Dixie project in the Red Lake district in Ontario. A new, high-grade sub-zone was discovered to…
Probe Metals expands gold zone at Val-d’Or East
Probe Metals (TSXV: PRB) has intersected gold mineralization on its wholly-owned Val-d’Or East property, located 1.5 km west of the New Beliveau deposit in Quebec. Results from 22 followup drill holes…
FireFox Gold acquires property in Finland
Vancouver-based FireFox Gold (TSXV: FFOX) has acquired property covering 984 sq. km in the Kierinki Schist belt in northern Finland’s Lapland region. The company says the two blocks, collectively known…
Fremont sells Gold Canyon interest to McEwen
Fremont Gold (TSXV: FRE) has signed an agreement to sell its rights and interest in the Gold Canyon gold project in Nevada to McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX) in exchange for…
‘As goes mining, so goes the Yukon’: Government and corporate leaders on territory’s potential
With 11 of 13 First Nations reaching settlements on land claims and a new gold mine set to ramp up production, Yukon was the focus of discussion during the Territorial…
Armenian gov’t clears path for Lydian despite environmental concerns
Lydian International’s (TSX: LYD) Amulsar gold project in Armenia may have to go through a new environmental review — the fourth in the past year — after the country’s prime…
Kinross picks up Chulbatkan in US$283M deal
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is leveraging its expertise as a cold-climate, heap-leach operator with a 24-year operating history in Russia by acquiring N-Mining’s Chulbatkan project in Russia’s Far…
Rockridge reports first resource for Knife Lake in Saskatchewan
Rockridge Resources (TSX-V: ROCK) has completed the first resource estimate for its flagship Knife Lake project in Saskatchewan. The project has an indicated resource of 3.8 million tonnes grading 0.83%…
Top 10 US-based miners
The Northern Miner presents the top-10, U.S.-based mining companies by market capitalization. 1. Newmont Goldcorp Market cap: US$31.8 billion Newmont Goldcorp (NYSE: NEM) is a leading gold and copper producer…
Ecuador’s pro-mining stance tests country’s resolve
More than a decade since Ecuador opened its doors to mining, the Andean country is beginning to see the results. In July, production began at the country’s first large-scale mining…