Endeavour Mining bids for Avnel Gold
Unless another gold miner like B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) or Randgold Resources (LON: RRS; NASDAQ: GOLD) swoops in with a sweeter offer, the boards of both Endeavour Mining (TSX:…
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Orla to buy Camino Rojo from Goldcorp for $35M
VANCOUVER — Orla Mining (TSXV: OLA; US-OTC: ORRLF) may have scored a “fire-sale” deal on Goldcorp’s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) Camino Rojo gold-silver project that lies 50 km southeast of Goldcorp’s…
Africa Snapshot: Five juniors seeking gold, diamonds and REEs
While mid-tier gold and copper miners and developers in Africa have caught much of the attention of investors, there remains a vital contingent of small juniors that are active at…
Probe Metals intersects more gold south of its New Beliveau deposit
In its drill campaign at the project, 25 km east of the city of Val-d’Or, Probe has found two shallow gold discoveries. The first, 1,200 metres south of the former…
Editorial: Africa remains a dominant force in global gold mining
With so many troubles in Africa’s centres of gold mining — extremist attacks in West and North Africa, perennial challenges in Central Africa and the long, slow decline of violence-ridden…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 64: The world according to Robert Friedland ft. tsunamis
We’re tackling technological advances, earthquakes and surficial geology in this week’s Northern Miner podcast. Lesley sits down with David Huntley from the Geological Survey of Canada to talk about the…
Orca improves economics at Block 14 in north Sudan
VANCOUVER —Avant-garde explorer Orca Gold (TSXV: ORG) has launched into a feasibility study at its 2.3 million oz. gold Block 14 project in northern Sudan’s Nubian Desert, after finding a…
TSX Venture slips, June 12-16
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.9%, or 15.29 points, to a 775.91-point close, as spot gold prices fell US$13.03 to US$1,253.73 per oz., and Comex copper prices fell US7¢…
Barrick, Acacia at odds with gov’t in Tanzania
VANCOUVER — Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) senior management is preparing for negotiations over an evolving sociopolitical situation in Tanzania that could lower its gold production from the country. The…
Harte Gold’s Sugar Zone just ‘the tip of the iceberg’
Harte Gold’s (TSX: HRT) Sugar Zone deposit in northern Ontario will be in commercial production in the second quarter of 2018, chairman and CEO Stephen Roman told The Northern Miner’s…
Forbes & Manhattan backs African Gold Group
As part of a private placement in March, Forbes & Manhattan Resources Inc., along with several other investors, including company insiders, took a 17% stake in a junior exploration company…
Orezone CEO talks strategic exploration shift at Bomboré
VANCOUVER — West Africa-focused Orezone Gold (TSX: ORE; US-OTC: ORZCF) had been developing its multimillion-ounce Bomboré gold project in Burkina Faso until discrepancies in resource estimations brought activity to a halt…