PDAC awards top mining talent
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) honoured its 2016 award winners at a gala evening ceremony during its annual convention in Toronto in last month. The association gave…
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Trevali nears commercial production at Caribou
Pure-play zinc producer Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) expects to reach commercial production at its second zinc mine before July. The company is commissioning its 3,000-tonne-per-day Caribou underground operation…
Editorial: Former Quebec cabmin Normandeau facing corruption charges
Former high-ranking Quebec politician Nathalie Normandeau was arrested by the province’s anti-corruption squad in mid-March — the first former natural resources minister in Canada to face arrest in recent memory….
Denison tables promising PEA for Wheeler River
Denison Mines’ (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its flagship Wheeler River uranium project in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin has left a good first impression on analysts….
Netolitzky returns to first big score at Snip with Skeena
VANCOUVER — When Delaware Resources’ Ron Netolitzky cracked open a rock high in the Skeena Mountains of northwestern B.C. in 1986, the sound of his hammer echoed through the valley. What…
Commentary: Gold in a world of negative interest rates
The following is an excerpt from the World Gold Council’s latest update “Gold in a world of negative interest rates.” For the full text including footnotes and charts, please visit…
TSX gains slightly, March 28–April 1
The S&P/TSX Composite Index ended in positive territory, adding 0.62% to close at 13,440.44. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index, however, slipped 0.2% to 437.39, while the S&P/TSX…
US markets finish higher, March 28-April 1
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s remarks last week that the central bank should take a “cautious” approach to raising interest rates, buoyed markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 6: Optionality and airships
Lesley Stokes and Matt Keevil tackle precious metal fundamentals, Kinross Gold’s (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) plan to revitalize the Tasiast gold mine in West Africa, the new-look Barkerville Gold’s (TSXV:…
Timmins Gold CEO works to right the financial ship
VANCOUVER — Mark Backens may not have anticipated finding himself in the driver’s seat at Timmins Gold (TSX: TMM; NYSE-MKT: TGD) when he joined the board of directors 10 months ago, but…
Stornoway adds to mine life at Renard
A new mine plan that incorporates revisions to mineral resource estimates completed in 2013 and 2015 adds three additional years of production to Stornoway Diamond Corp.’s (TSX: SWY) Renard project, which will become…
Pershing Gold’s Relief Canyon nears production
Pershing Gold (NASDAQ: PGLC) is closer to turning the past-producing Relief Canyon heap-leach gold mine in Nevada into one of the newest producers in the Silver state. “This is not an…