Western Uranium to restart Sunday mine complex
Easing Covid-19 risks and improved uranium fundamentals have prompted Western Uranium & Vanadium (CSE: WUC; US-OTC: WSTRF) to pull the trigger on a restart of uranium exploration development and mining…
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The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 246: Why mid-tiers offer the best returns to shareholders, ft Evolution Mining’s Jake Klein
This week’s episode features Evolution Mining executive chairman Jake Klein in discussion with Northern Miner editor-in-chief Trish Saywell at the Global Mining Symposium. Jake explains the benefits of remaining a…
AngloGold names ex-BHP executive Calderon as new CEO
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) has appointed former BHP executive Alberto Calderón as its new CEO, ending almost a year without a top boss, after Kelvin Dushnisky’s sudden departure last July. Calderón, a…
The View from England: New research identifies gold for fools
Colossal pandemic spending by governments worldwide over the past 18 months has meant inflation is back in the news, as is gold contained in pyrite following publication of academic research…
Orano reports mining and nuclear services contract growth
French-based uranium miner and nuclear fuels services provider Orano says it has bagged several new uranium mining and front-end services contracts worth more than US$450 million (€380 million). The company…
Seabridge and Eskay Mining ink road cost-sharing accord
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA) and junior explorer Eskay Mining (TSXV: ESK) have agreed to share the $12 million construction bill of the first stage of an access road to the…
Glencore names Kalidas Madhavpeddi as new chairman
Miner and commodity trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has chosen non-executive director Kalidas Madhavpeddi to replace Tony Hayward as the company’s new chairman, completing a leadership overhaul at the company. Madhavpeddi, a U.S….
Glencore paid $5.8B to governments in 2020
Swiss-based multinational miner Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has disclosed US$5.7 billion in taxes, royalties and other government payments in 2020. The diversified mining house says the Covid-19 pandemic caused major production…
Banyan Gold sees district potential as AurMac drilling heats up, says CEO Tara Christie
Explorer Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN) is on track to deliver a second resource estimate early in 2022 for its flagship AurMac property in the Yukon, president and CEO Tara Christie…
BloombergNEF ups battery demand forecast
Battery metals prices have seen a strong recovery in the first half of 2021, and in its H1 Battery Metals Outlook report, which forecasts demand to 2030, BloombergNEF projects markets…
Callinex reports wide intersections of copper at Rainbow
Drilling at Callinex Mines’ (TSXV: CNX; US-OTC: CCLXF) Rainbow deposit in Manitoba has returned wide intersections of high-grade copper. Drill hole PBM-129-W2 hit a broad interval of 67 metres grading…
New Found Gold discovers new high-grade gold zone at Queensway
New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; US-OTC; NFGFF) has found a new high-grade zone at its 100%-owned Queensway gold project in Newfoundland, 15 km west of Gander. The discovery hole, NFGC-21-241, intersected…