Financing uptrend continues, PDAC report says
The following is an edited summary from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada report, State of Mineral Finance 2018: Gaining Momentum. For more information and to read the full…
Volume 104 Number 15 July 23 – August 5, 2018
Canada’s top-10 precious metal juniors
The Northern Miner has pulled together the top-10 precious metal juniors (with no production and excluding royalty companies) that are headquartered in Canada, arranged by market capitalization as of the…
Suppliers Snapshot: Ten companies that keep Canada’s mineral projects moving
Canadian mining companies don’t do everything on their own. They rely on the diverse and dynamic companies that deliver the products and services needed to move mineral projects forward. The…
Editorial: Gren and Eira Thomas share secrets to success
Canadian diamond mining icons Grenville Thomas — co-discoverer of the Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories — and his daughter Eira Thomas were featured guests at The Northern Miner’s inaugural…
TSX Venture drops, July 9–13
Shares of Argentum Silver rose 10¢ to 25¢ after the company struck an option to acquire 80% of Lithium Energy Products’ Vanadium Ridge property for $150,000 and 1,250,000 Argentum shares….
TSX rises while gold falls, July 9-13
Canada’s benchmark index rose 1.15% to 16,561.12 on a down trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 1.6% to 73.19 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 2.76% to…
Dow Jones down, S&P 500 up, July 9-13
Rising discord between the U.S. and its major trading partners Canada, Europe and China put pressure on some stocks, while the rising U.S. dollar put pressure on gold. The Dow…
Anaconda withdraws takeover bid for Maritime
Anaconda Mining (TSX: ANX; US-OTC: ANXGF) has withdrawn its hostile takeover bid for Maritime Resources (TSXV: MAE; US-OTC: MRTMF) after Maritime’s recently completed, $1.5-million private placement. It ends Anaconda’s five-month-long…
Top 10 Canadian-based diamond companies
Canada is the world’s third-largest diamond producer in terms of volume in carats and value, according to production estimates of New York-based diamond analyst Paul Zimnisky. The Northern Miner has…
Top 10 Canadian royalty, streaming companies by market cap
The Northern Miner presents the top 10 Canadian-headquartered royalty and streaming companies by market capitalization, as of early July 2018. 1. FRANCO-NEVADA Market cap: $17.7 billion Franco-Nevada’s (TSX: FNV; NYSE:…
Lumina encouraged by results at Cangrejos in Ecuador
Lumina Gold (TSXV: LUM; US-OTC: LUMAF) has tabled a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 63 sq. km Cangrejos gold project in Ecuador’s El Oro province, 30 km southeast of…
Bluestone’s Cerro Blanco takes shape in Guatemala
When John Robins, founder and chairman of Kaminak Gold, sold the junior to Goldcorp (TSX: GG; NYSE: GG) for $560 million in 2016, the exploration geologist and entrepreneur let it…