Trek extends mineralization at Aurizona
Shallow step-out holes drilled at Trek Mining’s (TSXV: TREK) wholly owned Aurizona gold project in Brazil have extended gold mineralization west of the past-producing Piaba open-pit mine. Drill results from…
Volume 103 Number 12 June 12 – 25, 2017
New Gold eyes first production at Rainy River in September
New Gold (TSX: NGD; NYSE-MKT: NGD) is set to bring its large Rainy River gold mine online in northwestern Ontario this September, with first commercial production expected in November. “After spending…
Copper the ‘commodity of choice,’ Lukas Lundin says
Lukas Lundin, chairman of the Lundin Group of Companies, was one of the distinguished speakers at The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium in London in early May. In a fireside…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Global silver mine production drops for first time in 14 years
The following is an edited release by the Silver Institute upon publication of the World Silver Survey 2017, produced on its behalf by the GFMS team at Thomson Reuters. Global…
Agnico takes top honours at PwC’s Art of Mining photo competition
A spellbinding photo of a drill on ice at Agnico Eagle Mines’ (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) Amaruq gold project in Nunavut took first place in PwC’s second annual Art of…
How to encourage women to work in mining
VANCOUVER — Accounting and management consulting firm EY has joined forces with Women in Mining (WIM) UK to produce a report entitled “Has mining discovered its next great resource?” The report delves…