Nighthawk Gold extends high-grade zone at Colomac
Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK), which graduated to the TSX in May, is halfway through a 25,000-metre drill program at its Colomac project in the Northwest Territories, and all of the…
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TNM Data Miner: A review of Canada’s top mining companies
In honour of Canada’s 150th anniversary, The Northern Miner has put together an in-depth snapshot of the country’s most prolific modern mining companies. Data was collected from the Intelligence Mine…
Cardinal Resources delineates 4.2M oz. gold at Namdini in Ghana
Archie Koimtsidis, cofounder and CEO of Cardinal Resources (TSX: CDV; ASX: CDV), is confident that the company’s Namdini gold deposit will become the first big gold mine ever built in…
Banro navigates risk in the DRC
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is often described by miners as “elephant country” — a metaphor for a land filled with extra-large mineral deposits. The elephant in the…
Pretium achieves commercial production at Brucejack
Northwestern B.C.’s Golden Triangle just got a little more golden. On July 3, Vancouver-based Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) achieved first production at its 9.1 million oz. Brucejack gold…
Guatemalan court suspends Tahoe’s licence for Escobal
The Supreme Court of Guatemala has suspended Tahoe Resources’ (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) flagship Escobal silver mine until it can hear an action brought against the government’s Ministry of Energy…
Gold juniors reap investment windfall from majors
Direct investment in TSX-listed shares of junior gold companies is the highest it’s been in the last 10 years, CIBC World Markets says in a report. The bank’s research analysts…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 66: A Canadian mining discussion ft. Barrick & Goldcorp
We have some amazing content from our Canadian Mining Symposium in London to carry us through this week’s episode, which features a discussion between Goldcorp‘s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) David Garofalo…
US markets down, June 26-30
Real gross domestic product in the U.S. increased at an annual rate of 1.4% in the first quarter of 2017, down from 2.1% in the fourth quarter of 2016. Consumer…
TSX Venture falls, June 26-30
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.4%, or 10.51 points, to a 766.74-point close, as spot gold prices hit eight-week lows, falling US$15.10 to US$1,241.61 per oz., . More demand…
TSX loses ground, June 26-30
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.9%, or 137.37 points, to a 15,182.19-point close. Spot gold prices ventured near eight-week lows, falling US$15.10 to US$1,241.61 per oz., whereas Comex copper prices…
Pershing re-envisages Relief Canyon as low cost mine
VANCOUVER — After one year of infill drilling and number crunching, Pershing Gold (NASDAQ: PGLC) has produced a prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Relief Canyon open-pit, heap-leach gold project, 150 km…