Explorer combs near ex-Rio copper mine in Pacific
A private Canadian junior is exploring on Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville Island that suffered a decade-long civil war and environmental damage linked to a former Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE:…
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Endeavour Mining pours first gold at Senegal mine expansion
Endeavour Mining (LSE: EDV; TSX: EDV) reported on Monday it poured first gold at its Sabodala-Massawa mine in Senegal on April 18, marking the successful delivery of the BIOX expansion…
Former Teck CEO Don Lindsay joins BHP board
Don Lindsay will join the BHP board as a non-executive director on May 1.
Abitibi Metals drills 3.5% copper in Quebec
Abitibi Metals (CSE: AMQ; OTC: AMQFF) says its first two drill holes at the B26 polymetallic deposit in northern Quebec bode well to earn most of the project from the…
Feds must force pensions to fund Canadian mining, Lassonde, Giustra say
Ottawa has to pressure pension funds to invest billions in Canadian mining, a radical change from their almost non-existent stakes, if the industry is ever going to produce enough metals…
Endeavour Mining’s second-biggest gold mine hit by strike
Workers at Endeavour Mining’s (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV) Hondué mine in Burkina Faso, the company’s second-largest gold operation, walked off the job on Tuesday, blocking the access road to the…
Endeavour fires CEO over US$5.9M payment
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV) fired CEO Sebastien de Montessus with immediate effect on Thursday. The board accused de Montessus of “serious misconduct” regarding the disposal of an asset…
Global gold snapshot: Eight companies exploring the world for the yellow metal
As gold prices reach historic highs of US$2,019 per oz., exploration companies are pursuing the yellow metal from up and down the Americas to Down Under. Here’s an overview of…
Credit rater Fitch upbeat on gold majors’ resilience amid hazy markets
Fitch Ratings of London has issued a stable credit outlook for global gold producers, citing their strong financial metrics and debt reduction despite higher inflation, interest rates and geopolitical risk….
Video: Mining innovation must redeploy tech like Lego
The industry needs to apply existing technology in new ways like using the blocks of a Lego kit to build several solutions, panellists at The Northern Miner‘s Canadian Mining Symposium…
CMS: Bring new openness to innovation, diversity, future-of-mining panel says
The future of the industry depends less on creating everything anew and more on using what is already known in new ways, mining leaders said on Thursday in London. Innovation…
Ex-Yamana CEO Marrone leads Allied in Africa in search of investor ‘torque’
Peter Marrone, who led Yamana Gold in Canada from a small producer two decades ago to a US$4.8 billion sale this year, is seeking faster returns in conflict-plagued Mali and…