Newmont and Agnico Eagle team up in Colombia
Newmont Mining (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM), the world’s largest gold producer, and Canada’s Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) have formed a 50-50 joint venture in Colombia to explore…
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Kinross to acquire 70% of Peak Gold project in Alaska for US$94M
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) says it plans to strengthen its medium-term production and cash flow profile with the US$93.7 million acquisition of the Peak Gold project in Alaska,…
Troilus outlines new gold zone in Quebec
Sample results from this summer’s regional exploration program at Troilus Gold’s (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) 1,073-sq.-km namesake property in Quebec suggest a new zone of mineralization, Beyan, 8 km southwest…
Raymond James hikes silver price forecast; Jeffrey Christian sees ‘extremely hostile’ environment
Raymond James has raised its average silver price forecasts for 2021 to US$25 per oz., up 37.9% from its previous estimate, and to US$22.50 per oz. in 2022, a 25%…
Top 10 mining property deals in the last five years
Large scale property acquisitions peaked in 2016–2017 led by China Molybdenum’s purchase of the Tenke Fungurume mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. China Molybdenum bought Freeport-McMoRan’s (NYSE: FCX)…
Platinum and palladium could boost performance of lithium-ion batteries
Lion Battery Technologies is pushing forward with plans to develop lithium-ion batteries that use platinum and palladium to enhance battery performance. The company was formed as a joint venture between Platinum…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 206: Deep-sea mining for the environment, ft DeepGreen Metals CEO Gerard Barron
This week’s episode features DeepGreen Metals chairman and CEO Gerard Barron, who discusses the merits of deep-sea mining as an environmentally-friendly method of resource extraction. Gerard talks about his previous…
Canadian Palladium reports broad, near-surface intercepts from East Bull
The most recent drill results from Canadian Palladium’s (CNSX: BULL; US-OTC: DCNNF) 9.9-sq.-km East Bull property, 90 km west of Sudbury, Ont., returned broad intercepts of near-surface palladium mineralization from…
Commentary: Lithium industry has been ‘musked’ by Battery Day
Tesla recharges the global battery industry but simplistic presentation causes chaos Battery-metal explorers and producers ought to coin a new (transitive) verb; “to Musk” is to confuse a science that…
GR Silver discovers polymetallic mineralization at Plomosas in Mexico
GR Silver Mining (TSXV: GRSL; US-OTC: GRSLF) has discovered high-grade polymetallic disseminated and massive sulphide-rich mineralization during initial underground channel sampling on the lower level of the historic Plomosas mine…
Australia’s Queensland state approves giant coal mine project
Authorities in Queensland have granted Pembroke Resources a mining lease for its A$1 billion (US$710 million) Olive Downs mine, which is poised to become the state’s third-largest coal operation. The…
Solaris reports long copper intercepts at Warintza porphyry system in Ecuador
Solaris Resources (TSXV: SLS) has reported assay results for the second and third drill holes completed as part of a 40,000-metre drill program at its Warinzta project in southeastern Ecuador….