Osisko Mining bulk sample ‘early Christmas gift’ for shareholders, CEO says
Preliminary results from a bulk sample taken at the Windfall Lake deposit in Quebec delivered an average head grade of 9.7 grams gold per tonne and 5.5 grams silver per…
2018
Fruta del Norte, Cobre Panama lead wave of new 2019 mines
As a new year approaches, The Northern Miner runs down 15 of the most interesting new mines scheduled to begin production in 2019. Fruta del Norte (gold) Lundin Gold The Fruta…
Largo doubles strike length of NAN vanadium deposit in Brazil
Largo Resources (TSX: LGO; US-OTC: LGORF) drilled 24 holes totalling 4,223 metres during phase two drilling at its Novo Amparo Norte (NAN) vanadium deposit. The deposit lies 6.5 km north…
Interview: Jeffrey Christian sums up 2018 themes and looks to 2019
Jeffrey Christian is the managing partner of CPM Group, a commodities research and management consulting and financial advisory firm in New York. He founded the company in 1986, spinning off…
Interview: Stormcrow’s Jon Hykawy gives battery metal outlook for 2019
Jon Hykawy is the president and director of Stormcrow Capital. He is a research scientist and expert in lithium, the rare earths, fluorspar and tin. Originally training as a physicist,…
OSC slaps Katanga Mining, CEO, and former board members with $34.4M in penalties
The Ontario Securities Commission has fined Katanga Mining (TSX: KAT) along with former members of its board of directors, including Aristotelis Mistakidis, Glencore‘s (LON: GLEN)’s head of copper trading, for…
Constantine boosts resource at Palmer polymetallic project in Alaska
Constantine Metal Resources (TSXV: CEM; US-OTC: CNSNF) has boosted the overall tonnage at its Palmer polymetallic project in southeast Alaska by 43% with a maiden resource for the project’s AG…
Interview: Scotiabank’s Rory Johnston on ‘volatile’ 2018, outlook for 2019
Rory Johnston is a commodity economist covering energy and metal markets in Scotiabank’s Economics department. His research includes the Scotiabank Commodity Price Index (a monthly assessment of developments affecting the…
US markets trend downward, Dec. 10-14
The gold price fell 0.7% to close the trading week at US$1,238.10. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index fell 0.5% to 67.59 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.18%…
TSX posts decline, Dec. 10-14
The S&P/TSX Composite Index dropped 1.35% to finish at 14,595.07. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 1.6% to 64.51 and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index increased 0.47% to 101.42….
TSX Venture falls, Dec. 10-14
Aurion Resources jumped 21¢ to $1.10 per share on drill results from its Risti project in northern Finland. The company reported that high-grade mineralization intersected in several drill holes in…
Capstone doubles Cozamin mine life with boosted reserves
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) has increased reserves at its Cozamin polymetallic mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, by 89%, after drilling the project for the past year and a half….