Barrick boosts earnings as full-year gold and copper production falls
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) credits a rising gold price and a strong fourth quarter as it recorded adjusted net earnings of US$1.5 billion, up from US$1.3 billion in…
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OBITUARY: Whittle Consulting founder remembered as a mining software pioneer
Whittle Consulting founder, Jeff Whittle, died peacefully on Feb. 5 at the age of 93. Whittle initially trained as an experimental physicist at the University of Manchester, U.K., gaining a…
BHP partners with Chile miners to battle cybersecurity risks
BHP (ASX: BHP) has partnered with Anglo American (LSE: AAL), Antofagasta Minerals (LSE: ANTO), Codelco and Collahuasi to launch the Mining Cybersecurity Corp. in Chile to battle cyberthreat risks to…
Horizon, Greenstone merge to create new gold miner in Western Australia
Australian miners Horizon Minerals (ASX: HRZ) and Greenstone Resources (ASX: GSR) have agreed to merge in an all-stock deal to create a new emerging gold producer in Western Australia’s goldfields….
Video: Nunavut Chamber of Mines on devolution – ‘the landlord has changed’
The historic devolution of land and mineral rights control from federal to Nunavut marks a new era of self-determination for the territory, says Tom Hoefer, executive director of the Northwest…
Video: Fireweed Metals prepares Macmillan Pass resource update
Fireweed Metals (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) is planning a resource update by June on its Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in the Yukon, chief geologist Jack Milton says. The company, backed the Lundin family and Teck…
Podcast: Tax change will hurt Canada’s juniors, ft PearTree’s Ron Bernbaum on flow-through financing
This week’s episode features PearTree founder and CEO Ron Bernbaum in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on the potential adverse effects of proposed tax changes in Canada for the exploration…
SSR Mining stock sinks on Turkish gold mine disaster; nine missing
SSR Mining‘s (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM; ASX: SSR) share price was cut in half on Tuesday after a disaster at its Çöpler gold mine in Turkey forced it to suspend…
Precious metals snapshot: Eight companies in pursuit of gold and silver
Gold and silver have played an important economic and social role in human civilization for thousands of years. Coveted for their rarity and high value, gold and silver are also…
Hillgrove Resources starts producing copper in South Australia
Hillgrove Resources (ASX: HGO) has kicked off production at its Kanmantoo copper mine in South Australia, after successfully commissioning the processing facility. The company said the milestone positions it as…
Rio Tinto autonomous train derails in Western Australia
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) said on Tuesday that an unloaded autonomous train derailed on Sunday evening at about 120 km from Western Australia’s Dampier port. The world’s largest iron ore…
Perpetua Resources up for more Defense funding for Stibnite project in Idaho
Perpetua Resources (TSX: PPTA; NASDAQ: PPTA) announced Monday that it’s up for another US$34.6 million in additional funding from the U.S. Department of Defense, bringing total support to up to…