North American Palladium acquires 51% of Sunday Lake
On the back of record quarterly revenues from its wholly owned Lac des Îles mine, 100 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont., pure-play palladium producer North American Palladium (TSX: PDL;…
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Sprott Asset Management invests $2M in Kootenay Silver
Kootenay Silver (TSXV: KTN; US-OTC: KOOYF) has announced a $2-million investment from Sprott Asset Management through a non-brokered private placement of 7.7 million units at 26¢ per unit. Each unit consists…
Top-10 silver companies by market cap
The Northern Miner presents the top-10, silver-focused companies by market capitalization. 1. Fresnillo Market cap: $8 billion With 61.8 million oz. silver production in 2018, Mexico City-headquartered Fresnillo (LSE: FRES)…
Rhodium punches above its weight with strong prices
Rhodium is an irreplaceable material for complying with carbon emission standards in gasoline-powered vehicles, which consume almost all of its annual production. But while global auto sales declined in late…
Waterberg study pegs 45-year mine life for Platinum Group Metals
Platinum Group Metals (TSX: PTM) tabled its definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project in South Africa’s Bushveld Complex outlining a boost in palladium, platinum,…
Silver and PGMs offer investors hope
Gold grabs most of the mining headlines, especially since its recent comeback, but other precious metals such as silver and palladium are also performing well in today’s market, giving miners…
Premier and Centerra expand Hardrock deposit in Ontario
Greenstone Gold Mines, a 50-50 partnership between Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PGM) and Centerra Gold (TSX: CG), reports that its Hardrock gold deposit in northwestern Ontario has grown in grade…
Inaugural golf tournament raises funds for YMP scholarships
Mining CEOs teamed up with young mining professionals in groups of four to raise money for university scholarships at the inaugural Young Mining Professionals golf tournament in Richmond Hill, Ontario. …
Hochschild diversifies into rare earths with Chile acquisition
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) has mined precious metal epithermal vein deposits in South America for nearly 50 years, and operates three underground mines: two in southern Peru, and one in…
Lithium Americas feasibility boosts production capacity at Caucharí-Olaroz
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) has released an updated feasibility study that boosted the production capacity of Caucharí-Olaroz lithium project in Argentina’s Jujuy province to 40,000 tonnes per annum from 25,000…
Iamgold makes discovery at Karita project in Guinea
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has confirmed a new grassroots exploration discovery at its Karita gold project in northeastern Guinea. The project sits along a portion of West Africa’s Senegal-Mali…
Kinross denies Reuters report ‘putting future deals in Russia on hold’
A Reuters news report stating Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is “putting future deals in Russia on hold” after recently acquiring a development project in the country is “an…