Top 10 Canadian companies with assets in the U.S.
The U.S. is fertile ground for a variety of minerals, and Canadian companies are active throughout the country. The Northern Miner presents its Top 10 list of the biggest Canada-based…
Kinross Gold
Lundin’s Fruta del Norte gold mine continues to exceed expectations
Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has reported record gold production for the second quarter of 2021, only sixteen months after its Fruta del Norte gold-silver mine in Ecuador, the country’s largest, kicked off…
US markets rise, June 21-25
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 3.37% to finish the week at 34,433.84 and the S&P 500 climbed 2.74% to 4,280.70. Spot gold increased by US$17.70 per oz., or 1%, to…
Canada’s Top Ten miners by market cap
Canada is considered one of the world’s premier mining jurisdictions thanks to its refined financial services industry, skilled workforce and robust regulatory environment. The Toronto Stock Exchange is the world’s…
Kinross and S2 team up to find Finnish gold
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has signed a US$9.5 million farm-in agreement with a Finnish subsidiary of Australia-based S2 Resources (ASX: S2R) to look for gold. The agreement covers…
US markets slip, May 10-14
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 1.14% to finish the week at 34,382.13 and the S&P 500 fell 1.39% to 4,173.85. Spot gold increased by US$13.20 per oz., or 0.72%, to…
Lundin Gold sees record production at Fruta del Norte
Canada’s Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has reported record gold production for the March quarter, which marked a year since its Fruta del Norte gold-silver mine in Ecuador, the country’s largest, kicked…
Nighthawk Gold hunts for more near-surface mineralization at Indin Lake project
Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) hopes to develop Canada’s next gold camp at its 100%-owned Indin Lake gold project in the Northwest Territories, about 220 km north of Yellowknife, says…
Premier unveils top-level team for i-80 Gold
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) has picked the management team for new U.S.-focused gold miner i-80 Gold Corp., a company formed as part of the $612 million (US$478 million)…
Gold Fields begins construction of Chilean project
South African miner Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) has formally begun construction of the mining infrastructure for its Salares Norte project in northern Chile. The company expects to complete the US$860 million project in late 2022, with…
Victoria Gold’s John McConnell on launching a mine during a pandemic
Victoria Gold (TSXV: VGCX) commenced production at its Eagle heap-leach mine in the Yukon on July 1 – perhaps the only new gold mine in the world to launch in…
Young Mining Professionals announces 2020 scholarship winners
Young Mining Professionals (YMP) has announced its 2020 scholarship recipients. A total of $61,500 in scholarships has been awarded to students studying mining-related programs in Canada. “The scholarships are not…