Golden Arrow teams up with Silver Standard in Argentina
Golden Arrow Resources (TSXV: GRG; US-OTC: GARWF) has jumped from an explorer to a silver producer in Argentina in a fairytale-esque way. It will receive a 25% stake in Silver…
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The Northern Miner podcast – episode 57: South American copper & Earth’s evolution
We’re back with a rock-solid episode featuring detailed updates on the wide world of international mining. Lesley sits down with Dr. Nicholas Gardiner, a research fellow at Western Australia’s Curtin…
Pasinex shines at Pinargozu mine in Turkey
Pasinex Resources — the 50%-owner of the high-grade Pinargozu zinc mine in southern Turkey — has seen its shares climb more than 300% over the past year. Driving the share-price…
TNM Data Miner: Annual trends in global drilling activity
The Northern Miner has tapped the powerful Intelligence Mine database to explore trends in global mineral drilling activity over the past year. The data set covers nearly 60,000 diamond and reverse-circulation…
TSX remains stable, April 17-21
Statistics Canada reported that Canada’s Consumer Price Index rose 1.6% year-on-year in March, after a 2% gain in February. The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.5% to 15,614.48, while the Canadian…
Darnley Bay outlines plans for Pine Point revival
VANCOUVER — Darnley Bay Resources (TSXV: DBL) has sketched out a plan to revitalize Cominco’s historic Pine Point lead-zinc mine, 42 km east of Hay River, Northwest Territories. A newly released…
TNM Data Miner: Trends in Canadian equity finance and investment
The Northern Miner has joined forces again with sister company Infomine to leverage the powerful Intelligence Mine database to outline trends in equity financing for Canadian mining during the most recent market downturn….
TNM Roundtable: Industry leaders debate strategy
Industry experts weighed in on how companies could best deploy cash at The Northern Miner’s roundtable discussion in Toronto in early April. The roundtable — sponsored by PwC and moderated…
Arizona Mining on path to zinc production at Taylor
VANCOUVER — Arizona Mining (TSX: AZ; US-OTC: WLDVF) has advanced its Taylor zinc-lead-silver sulphide deposit Arizona at a rapid pace over the past 18 months, and has now released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA)…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 55: World Copper Conference & Arizona Mining ft. BIFs
We’re going interstellar this week on the Geology Corner. Lesley digs into banded iron formations (also known as BIFs), which are distinctive units of sedimentary rock. We talk oxygen, snowball…
A 4 billion-year-old story etched in stone: Geology and metal in Canada
VANCOUVER — Canada’s geological heritage goes back over 4 billion years to when the earth was a young, hot planet covered by ocean. During this time, intense volcanism formed the…
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,…