GoGold drill results show ‘significant potential’ at Los Ricos
GoGold Resources (TSX: GGD; US-OTC: GLGDF) has reported assay results from 12 drill holes at its Los Ricos South project in the Mexican state of Jalisco, 100 km northwest of…
2020
Silver investment demand jumped 12% in 2019: report
Despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic in forecasting silver market conditions over the rest of the year, extended physical demand could drive the metal’s price higher in 2020,…
Emissions to drop 6% this year due to pandemic: WMO
Greenhouse emissions are expected to fall by 6% this year due to a global slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said, but that would not…
Kirkland Lake drill results suggest high-grade corridor
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) has released the results of 19 drill holes, as well as assays for 15 historical unreported and reinterpreted holes from the Macassa mine…
Canada Nickel’s Mark Selby sees Dumont-style deposit at Crawford
Mark Selby led a team that raised over $100 million and advanced the Dumont nickel-cobalt project in Quebec from an initial resource to a fully permitted, construction-ready project for RNC…
BofA forecasts US$3,000 gold in 18 months
Bank of America says gold could hit US$3,000 per oz. in 18 months, up from a previous forecast of US$2,000 per oz. “As economic output contracts sharply, fiscal outlays surge,…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 183: PDAC, biogeochemistry, AI and space mining, ft Carl A. Williams
This week’s episode features an interview with Northern Miner senior reporter Carl A. Williams, who discusses all things mining and science, including biogeochemical prospecting, artificial intelligence and space mining. He…
Editorial: The good, the bad and the absurd
First the good news: Quebec’s decision last week to add mining to the list of priority activities and services permitted during the pandemic elicited quiet cheers from investors and lifted…
Gold Resource reports Q1 production from Nevada, Mexico
Gold Resource (NYSE-AM: GORO) has released preliminary first-quarter production results for its mining operations in the U.S. and Mexico. In Nevada, its Isabella Pearl open-pit heap leach mine, the company’s…
Troilus Gold reports positive assays at Southwest zone
Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG) has reported assay results from two holes completed at the Southwest zone, 3.5 km northeast of the existing deposit within the 160-sq.-km Troilus project. The drill…
Quebec Precious Metals discovers new zone at Sakami
Drill results from Quebec Precious Metals’ (TSXV: CJC; US-OTC: CJCFF) wholly owned 140-sq.-km Sakami project, 570 km north of Val d’Or, suggest a new mineralized zone, the La Pointe Extension…
South America divided on coronavirus measures
South American countries have taken varying approaches to containing the spread of COVID-19, ranging from leaving it to states and cities to handle the virus to implementing aggressive lockdowns and…