Yukon Snapshot: Three advanced projects
While Canada’s Yukon Territory has only one operating mine at the moment — Capstone Mining’s (TSX: CS) Minto copper mine, 240 km north of capital city Whitehorse — it has…
Gold
Commentary: Powering the Essakane gold mine
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) operates in extremely remote regions of the world, and with mining a highly power-intensive business, energy is not something we take for granted. Our Essakane gold mine…
TerraX Minerals advances Yellowknife gold project
Joseph Campbell has had his fair share of success in the mining industry. He was part of the team that discovered the Meliadine gold project in Nunavut, which Agnico Eagle…
When the east pushed back: The geology and metal districts of BC and Yukon
VANCOUVER — In 1971, two geologists from the Geological Survey of Canada, Jim Monger and Charlie Rouse, proposed an idea that helped radically shape how we view the geological history…
Development potential in NWT
Canada’s Northwest Territories is relatively remote, but endowed with mineral potential. Despite the region’s harsh winters and infrastructure deficit, the Northwest Territories hosts Canada’s largest and oldest producing diamond mines,…
Goldcorp drops $35M into Auryn
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is taking a 12.5% stake in Auryn Resources (TSX: AUG; US-OTC: GGTCF) for $35 million — a sum that will be used to fund a…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 42: New Year edition ft. 2017 outlook, Donald Trump and Cordoba Minerals
The Northern Miner returns with a post-holiday edition wherein Western Editor Matthew Keevil digs into a variety of the macroeconomic and political themes heading into 2017. We discuss financial outlooks…
TNM Data Miner: Top-five gold drill intercepts worldwide in December
Making use of the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine, The Northern Miner has compiled five projects recording the top gold intersections (grade multiplied by width) globally in December…
Turkish gov’t delivers forestry permit for Alamos Gold’s Kirazli
Shares of Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange jumped 14%, or $1.43, to $11.57, after the company reported that it had received a key…
Great Panther to buy Coricancha from Nyrstar
VANCOUVER — Silver miner Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE-MKT: GPL) has struck a deal with Nyrstar to acquire the European smelting giant’s shuttered Coricancha polymetallic mine complex, 90 km…
Yamana’s spin-out of Brio Gold draws limited interest
VANCOUVER — Yamana Gold’s (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) efforts to monetize most of its stake in newly public Brio Gold (TSX: BRIO) have, once again, failed to generate much market interest. The company has been…
Torex Gold reports more high grade
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) kicked off the new year with encouraging results from a drill program exploring the El Limon Sill on the company’s 290 sq. km Morelos gold…