Perseverance landing site — ancient riverbed or lava flow?
NASA’s landing of the Perseverance rover right on target in the Jezero impact crater last month is both a remarkable achievement and a welcome diversion from the Covid-19 pandemic. The…
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The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 230: Young Mining Professionals 2021 award winners ft. Global YMP chair Stephen Stewart
This week’s episode features Stephen Stewart, chair of Global YMP and YMP Scholarships, who discusses this year’s Young Mining Professionals award winners, Maggie Layman of Osisko Development and Matthew Fenton…
Troilus steps out Southwest zone in Quebec
Ahead of an updated resource estimate and prefeasibility study due out in the second half of the year for its namesake project in north-central Quebec, Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG) has…
Great Bear hits gold in untested section of LP fault
Drilling targeting a mostly untested, 250-metre northwest section of the LP fault at Great Bear Resources’ (TSXV: GBR) Dixie project in Red Lake returned both high-grade gold and lower-grade intervals…
The View from England: Copper has been a stand-out price performer during the pandemic, as has cardboard
As tempting as it is to opine about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and the Oprah Winfrey soap opera, there are rather more important things going on than the…
Lithium prices up 88% in 2021
Lithium prices continue to rise exponentially in China on the back of heavy demand for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, the first ever mid-month assessment by battery supply chain research…
Kirkland Lake drills wide gold intervals outside Detour Lake resources
Drilling targeting underexplored areas around the Detour Lake pits at Kirkland Lake Gold’s (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) Detour Lake property returned wide and high-grade gold intervals. The miner is completing…
Gran Colombia offers $315M in friendly, all-share offer for Gold X
Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM) is acquiring Gold X Mining (TSXV: GLDX) in an all-share deal valued at $315 million, after a three-way merger proposal that included Guyana Goldfields was…
Evolution to acquire Battle North in $343M all-cash deal
Australia-based producer Evolution Mining (ASX: EVN) is acquiring Red Lake-focused gold developer Battle North Gold (TSX: BNAU) in a $343-million, $2.65 a share, all-cash deal. The two companies have entered…
Mick Davis launches US$300 million battery metals SPAC
Former Xstrata boss Mick Davis’ newly founded battery metals investment firm Vision Blue Resources is stepping up efforts to reach the goal of becoming a battery metals giant by launching…
Marathon infills Berry zone ahead of resource estimate
With a resource estimate for the Berry zone at Marathon Gold’s (TSX: MOZ) Valentine gold project underway, the company recently released assay results from its 2021 drilling for seven holes…
Sudan to reopen gold mines once linked to warlord’s family
The North Darfur mines were handed over to the government in May 2020.