Silver and PGMs offer investors hope
Gold grabs most of the mining headlines, especially since its recent comeback, but other precious metals such as silver and palladium are also performing well in today’s market, giving miners…
2019
Premier and Centerra expand Hardrock deposit in Ontario
Greenstone Gold Mines, a 50-50 partnership between Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PGM) and Centerra Gold (TSX: CG), reports that its Hardrock gold deposit in northwestern Ontario has grown in grade…
Inaugural golf tournament raises funds for YMP scholarships
Mining CEOs teamed up with young mining professionals in groups of four to raise money for university scholarships at the inaugural Young Mining Professionals golf tournament in Richmond Hill, Ontario. …
Hochschild diversifies into rare earths with Chile acquisition
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) has mined precious metal epithermal vein deposits in South America for nearly 50 years, and operates three underground mines: two in southern Peru, and one in…
Lithium Americas feasibility boosts production capacity at Caucharí-Olaroz
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) has released an updated feasibility study that boosted the production capacity of Caucharí-Olaroz lithium project in Argentina’s Jujuy province to 40,000 tonnes per annum from 25,000…
Iamgold makes discovery at Karita project in Guinea
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has confirmed a new grassroots exploration discovery at its Karita gold project in northeastern Guinea. The project sits along a portion of West Africa’s Senegal-Mali…
Kinross denies Reuters report ‘putting future deals in Russia on hold’
A Reuters news report stating Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is “putting future deals in Russia on hold” after recently acquiring a development project in the country is “an…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 154: Higher gold prices coming but may take time, ft Jeffrey Christian
This week’s episode features a special interview with CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian by acting editor-in-chief Trish Saywell. Christian discusses precious metals prices and the macroeconomic dynamics that might be influencing…
Premier pours first gold at El Nino mine in Nevada
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) has poured first gold at its El Nino underground mine in Nevada. The El Nino mine is part of the South Arturo mine project, which…
Palladium One reports 1M oz. resource at LK in Finland
Palladium One Mining (TSXV: PDM) has defined a global resource of more than 1 million oz. palladium-equivalent at its Lantinen Koillismaa (LK) project in northern Finland. The junior released a…
Semafo releases ‘attractive’ PEA for Nabanga in Burkina Faso
A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Semafo’s (TSX:SMF) Nabanga gold project in Burkina Faso envisions an open-pit and underground mining operation that can be developed with modest initial capital. The Nabanga gold…
Copler Saddle zone shows mine potential, Alacer says
Alacer Gold’s (TSX: ASR) Copler Saddle shear zone sits on the western periphery of the company’s Copler open-pit mine in eastern Turkey, 1,100 km southeast of Istanbul and 550 km…