Pure Gold lands US$90M for Madsen
Six months after delivering a positive feasibility study for its Madsen gold project in Red Lake, Ont., Pure Gold Mining has landed a US$90-million financing to bring it into production….
2019
Semafo revises 2019 guidance after Mana pit-wall failure
Semafo (TSX: SMF) has cut 2019 production guidance for its Mana mine in Burkina Faso by 40,000 to 50,000 oz. gold, following a pit-wall failure in the northern part of…
Heap leaching an option at Integra’s DeLamar project
Metallurgical test work at Integra Resources’ (TSXV: ITR; US-OTC: IRRZF) DeLamar project in southwestern Idaho shows heap leaching is a viable option for a large percentage of the resource, the…
Americas Silver plans to pour gold by year-end at Relief Canyon
Americas Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-AM: USAS) expects to produce gold before year-end at its fully funded Relief Canyon project in Nevada, 153 km northeast of Reno. The mine will produce…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 146: Natural and synthetic diamond markets can coexist, ft Lucara Diamond CEO Eira Thomas
This episode features an interview with Lucara Diamond president and CEO Eira Thomas on the company’s response to challenges in the diamond industry, including competition with synthetic diamonds, as well…
US court rules against Hudbay’s Rosemont
Shares of Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) plunged 21.4% on Aug. 1 after a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona halted construction at the…
Local blockade halts OceanaGold’s Didipio mine in the Philippines
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) has suspended underground mining at its Didipio gold-copper mine on the island of Luzon in the Philippines due to restraints imposed by the provincial government…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Rocks can talk
Rock is remarkable stuff. It lets you know when it’s not happy, and like the best of us, it gets stressed from time to time. When it gets very wound…
Turquoise Hill faces trouble at Mongolian mine
Shares of Canada’s Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) sunk to historic lows in August on news that production from the vast Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold-silver mine in Mongolia could…
Geology Corner: Deposits that host the world’s base metals
The earth has many unique ways of stripping base metals from its crust and concentrating them into deposits. Over the course of civilization, humans have uncovered seven main types: sediment-hosted…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 145: Miners should adapt to reality, ft Iamgold CEO Steve Letwin
This episode features a speech on the difficulties of raising capital by Iamgold president and CEO Steve Letwin at The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium, which took place at Canada House…
Metals Commentary: Zinc sentiment staring into the bear pit
Where are zinc prices headed? It’s a question that brings distinctly different opinions and forecasts from the bullish and bearish camps. While zinc’s macro-fundamentals could arguably support more robust prices,…