Central banks, ETFs drive Q1 gold demand
The following is an edited summary from the World Gold Council, based on its “Gold Demand Trends Full Year and Q4 2018” report. To access the report, visit www.gold.org. Global…
Volume 105 Number 11 May 27 – June 9, 2019
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Dodging drug smugglers in Western Pakistan
Western Pakistan is a fascinating place. It’s remote, arid, tribal, and these days, a Taliban stronghold — not the friendliest of spots for westerners planning on coming home still attached…
South America Snapshot: Eight companies advancing assets
With its vast mineral potential and pro-mining business environment, South America has long been a home away from home for North American-listed mineral explorers, developers and miners. Here is a…
Editorial: Proposed US mining legislation follows strict party lines
The increased polarity and hardening of political stances in the U.S. — combined with the flip last election to Democratic Party control of the U.S. House of Representatives, and its…
Site visit: New Pacific Metals blazes a trail at Silver Sand in Bolivia
BETANZOS, BOLIVIA — Vancouver-based junior New Pacific Metals (TSXV: NUAG; US-OTC: NUPMF) could be on the verge of a major silver discovery in south-central Bolivia, after clinching a pioneering deal…
Lumina Gold advances Cangrejos, Gran Bestia
Lumina Gold (TSXV: LUM) is on track to complete a first-ever resource estimate on its Gran Bestia gold-copper deposit and an updated resource on its Cangrejos gold-copper deposit before year-end….
Columbus Gold broadens footprint in French Guiana
Columbus Gold (TSX: CGT; US-OTC: CGTFF) wants to become a dominant player in the fledgling gold mining industry in French Guiana, an overseas department of France on the northeast coast…
St Barbara to acquire Atlantic Gold for $802M
Australian gold producer St Barbara (ASX: SBM) is acquiring 100% of Canadian gold producer Atlantic Gold (TSXV: AGB) in a deal valued at $802 million. St Barbara’s offer represents a…
Metallurgical results lift Marathon Gold’s shares
Test results from Marathon Gold’s (TSX: MOZ) Leprechaun and Marathon deposits at the company’s Valentine Lake gold camp in Newfoundland and Labrador show they are amenable to heap leaching. Selected…
Bolivian gov’t seeks a new deal with miners, says Minister Navarro
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — The Bolivian government is “building a new relation between business and the state,” Bolivia’s Mining and Metallurgy Minister Cesar Navarro tells The Northern Miner in a…
Orvana squeaks out $3M profit in Q2
Toronto-based junior miner Orvana Minerals (TSX: ORV) posted a relatively strong fiscal second quarter ended March 31, 2019, with good performance from its two operating mines: the Don Mario gold…
Equinox Gold pours first gold at Aurizona in Brazil
When Equinox Gold (TSXV: EQX; US-OTC: EQXFF) was formed in December 2017 as a three-way merger of Trek Mining, Newcastle Gold and Anfield Gold, it launched with a development asset…