US markets in the dumps during Sept. 19-23 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell an astonishing 1,232.01 points or 4% to 29,590.41 during the Sept. 19-23 trading week, while the S&P 500 fell 180.1 points or 4.7% to…
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Canadian mining star Ned Goodman passes
Canadian miners are mourning the passing of industry heavyweight Ned Goodman (1936-2022). Over more than 30 years, Goodman has made transformative and enduring contributions to Canada’s minerals industry and capital…
Royal Gold acquires Great Bear Royalties for $200M
Leading precious metals streaming company Royal Gold (NASDAQ: RGLD) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Great Bear Royalties (TSXV: GBRR) for…
U.S. Markets fall during June 27-July 1 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 403.42 points or 1.2% to 31,097.26 and the S&P 500 fell 86.4 points or 2.25% over the week to 3,825.33. Shares of Mosaic Company rose by US62¢ or…
Canada’s Top Ten miners by market cap
Canada contains vast mineral resources and is considered a tier one mining jurisdiction with a skilled workforce and robust regulatory environment. Canadian mining companies are leaders in the exploration and…
Asante Gold starts Bibiani mine processing plant
Canada’s Asante Gold (TSXV: ASE; US-OTC: ASGOF) has begun operations of the processing plant and associated equipment at its Bibiani gold mine in Ghana. The gold exploration and development company plans to…
Kinross reports ‘messy’ Q1 results as sale of Russian assets awaits approval
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) says that the company is in “uncharted territory” regarding the closure of the sale of its Russian assets. In April, the company announced that…
Kinross to post first resource for Great Bear in 2022, with prefeasibility study to follow
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is aiming to report an initial inferred resource for its recently acquired Great Bear (Dixie) project in Red Lake, Ont., by the end of…
Kinross Gold explores sale of Ghana assets to Asante Gold
A day after announcing the sale of its Russian assets, Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has entered into an agreement with Asante Gold (US-OTC: ASGOF; CSE: ASE) to potentially…
Kinross suspends Russian operations
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has announced overnight that it will suspend all development work at its Udinsk gold project in Russia as international sanctions and legal restrictions intensify…
Chris Taylor is our Mining Person of the Year for 2021
Great Bear Resources president and CEO Chris Taylor was the stand-out choice for The Northern Miner’s Mining Person of the Year award for 2021. The 44-year-old structural and economic geologist…
More than 100 injured, at least a dozen dead after blast in Ghana’s mining region
At least 13 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after a vehicle carrying explosives to a gold mine exploded after colliding with a motorcycle in western Ghana, police and government officials say. …