Rockcliff gears up to drill in Snow Lake
At the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto in March 2018, Rockcliff Metals (CSE: RCLF) was a struggling junior with a large land package in the…
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Top-10 Canadian miners by market cap
The Northern Miner presents the top-10, Canada-headquartered mining companies by market capitalization, as of early July 2019. 1. Nutrien Market cap: $41.8 billion Nutrien (TSX: NTR; NYSE: NTR) is the…
Amex Exploration drills high-grade gold at Perron
After setting up Sulliden Exploration in 1995 and opening an office in Lima in 1996, Jacques Trottier wrote a personal cheque in 2002 to acquire a gold property from a…
Canadian Mining Symposium Snapshot: Presenters pursue riches on varied fronts
The Canadian mining industry and European investment community come together once again on May 22, 2019 for The Northern Miner’s third annual Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London,…
Nobis Group takes stake in Adventus in Ecuador
One of Ecuador’s largest private conglomerates — with investments in everything from deepwater ports to real estate and agriculture — has chosen Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN; US-OTC: ADVZF) and its Curipamba…
Quebec pension fund boosts position in Osisko Metals
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has acquired an additional 1 million shares in Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF), which is developing two zinc mining camps…
Aztec says Cervantes a district-scale property after survey
Aztec Minerals (TSXV: AZT; US-OTC: AZZTF) recently flew a magnetic and radiometric survey over its Cervantes copper-gold project in Sonora, Mexico, that identified 11 porphyry targets. Follow-up work by the…
BHP invests in Midland Exploration
BHP (NYSE: BHP) is investing in Midland Exploration (TSXV: MD) to support the junior’s copper exploration in northern Quebec, including its Mythril copper-gold-molybdenum-silver project in James Bay Eeyou Istchee. BHP…
Miramont confirms mineralized system at Cerro Hermoso in Peru
Miramont Resources (CSE: MONT; US-OTC: MRRMF) cut significant mineralization during a 3,600-metre drill program at its Cerro Hermoso polymetallic project in Peru. The company tested Cerro Hermoso’s Central Breccia zone,…
TSX Venture posts marginal gain, April 1-5: Cantex, Filo, Ximen
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 0.47% to 629.81. Cantex Mine Development — whose chairman is Charles Fipke — posted the biggest gain, rising 94¢ to $3.43. The company announced…
Osisko Metals finds more high-grade zinc at Pine Point
Results from 34 holes drilled at Osisko Metal’s (TSXV: OM) Pine Point camp, on the south shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, intersected near surface, high-grade zinc…
Sable expands Margarita silver project with best intercept to date
Sable Resources (TSXV: SAE; US-OTC: SBLRF) has extended the mineralized corridor at its Margarita silver project in Chihuahua State, Mexico, 350 metres to the northwest with results from its ongoing…