US markets remain flat, April 3-7
U.S. President Donald Trump’s unexpected decision to launch a U.S. military strike on a Syrian government airbase on April 6 failed to roil markets in New York as expected, but…
Gold
Filo Mining advances Filo del Sol copper-gold project
VANCOUVER — Filo Mining (TSXV: FIL) was spun out of Lukas Lundin’s NGEx Resources (TSX: NGQ; US-OTC: NGQRF) in mid-2016 to highlight the Filo del Sol copper-gold property that straddles the Chile-Argentia border, 140…
TSX Venture eases up, April 3-7
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 8.5 points to an 824.7-point close over the trading week, as spot gold prices gained US$6.10 to US$1,257.3 per oz., and Comex copper prices…
Barkerville sees long-term potential in Cariboo Gold
Barkerville Gold Mines (TSXV: BGM) is in for a busy year at its Cariboo Gold property outside the historic 3 million oz. Barkerville placer gold camp in south-central British Columbia….
TNM Data Miner: Canada’s Top 100 Exploration Projects in 2016
The Northern Miner has collaborated with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and IntelligenceMine to present an interactive data board of the top-100 Canadian exploration assets in 2016 based on project expenditures. NRCan contributed, geographically by province and territory,…
Barrick sells half of Veladero for $960M
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is selling half of its Veladero gold mine in Argentina to Shandong Gold Group for US$960 million, as part of a strategic cooperation agreement…
TNM Data Miner: Top-five global copper intercepts in March
Using the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine, The Northern Miner compiled five projects with the top copper intersections (grade multiplied by width) globally in March 2017, as reported publicly. XANADU MINES 1….
Richmont makes high-grade discovery at Island Gold mine
Richmont Mines (TSX: RIC; NYSE: RIC) has found a high-grade gold zone at its Island Gold mine near Wawa, Ont., as part of its 2017 exploration and delineation drill program…
There’s more than meets the eye in NWT and Nunavut
VANCOUVER — Beneath the glacier-scoured lakes and barren tundra of the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) and Nunavut is a collection of disparate Archean- to Proterozoic-aged crust that were stitched together along…
Endeavour Silver green-lights construction at El Compas
Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) plans to add a fourth mine to its Mexican operations, after an encouraging preliminary economic assessment (PEA) at its El Compas gold-silver project in…
Klondex adds high-grade ounces at Manitoba’s True North
During his presentation in February at the BMO Global Metals & Mining conference in Hollywood, Fla., Paul Huet promised that Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX) would deliver an updated resource estimate…
Snapshot: Six gold juniors developing high-impact projects around the world
With gold prices holding above US$1,200 per oz. and money flowing back into earlier-stage exploration and development projects, gold juniors are poised to make progress at projects around the world…