McEwen Mining buys Primero’s Black Fox
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) is expanding its footprint in the Timmins camp of Ontario with the purchase of Primero Mining’s (TSX: P; NYSE: PPP) Black Fox mine complex…
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Pala sets up new tech metals fund
Over the last decade, Pala Investments has invested across a range of metals, including cobalt, lithium, rare earths, tin, nickel and copper. More recent investments include the $200-million public offering…
Uncertainty in Guatemala drives Tahoe to suspend dividend and guidance
Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) is stopping dividend payments and company-wide guidance due to the suspension of its flagship Escobal silver mine in Guatemala. Ending the monthly 2¢-per-share dividend…
Novo Resources strikes gold at Purdy’s Reward in Australia
VANCOUVER — Shares of Novo Resources (TSXV: NVO; USOTC: NSRPF) have climbed since the company announced on July 12 it had found gold nuggets up to 4 cm long during…
Barrick’s Dushnisky on miner’s rebound, JVs
At the Canadian Mining Symposium hosted by The Northern Miner at Canada House in London, U.K., in May, session moderator Bill Whitelaw, executive vice-president of Northern Miner parent company Glacier…
Sprott Conference: Friedland pitches metals used in EVs
VANCOUVER — The electric vehicle revolution is accelerating, and it will inevitably change the orientation of the mining industry, Robert Friedland, executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines, argued during a presentation…
Trek sets stage for Aurizona restart in Brazil
VANCOUVER — Trek Mining (TSXV: TREK) is on track to revive its flagship Aurizona gold mine in northwestern Brazil. On July 31, the company unveiled a revised feasibility study of a…
Red Eagle grapples with ground conditions
VANCOUVER — Red Eagle Mining (TSX: R; US-OTC: RDEMF) announced first gold at its San Ramon underground gold mine in Colombia in late 2016, but ramp-up at the operation hasn’t gone…
Fjordland, Commander search for next Voisey’s Bay
VANCOUVER — Fjordland Exploration (TSXV: FEX) is raising funds to fuel an exploration program with 85% joint-venture partner Commander Resources (TSXV: CMD) at the South Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt project in northern Labrador….
East Coast Snapshot: Eight juniors on the hunt in Atlantic Canada
Although many of the mineral deposits in Atlantic Canada are on the smaller side, the region is nonetheless home to dozens of junior explorers and developers with active programs in…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 69: Strategies for miners with extra cash & XRF tech
This week we’re digging deep into capital allocation courtesy of our all-star panel discussion from the Canadian Mining Symposium in London, U.K., in May. Discussion ranges from mergers and acquisitions…
Commentary: One theory on the root of Acacia’s troubles in Tanzania
Long-simmering resource nationalism in Tanzania heated up this March with a sudden export ban on ore concentrates by Tanzanian President John Magufuli, who said that “based on the information that…