Newcrest to buy 70% of Red Chris for US$807M
Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) says there is potential to transform Imperial Metals’ (TSX: III) Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwestern British Columbia into a tier-one operation, and is spending US$806.5…
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Seabridge updates resource for Iron Cap in BC
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) has tabled an updated resource estimate for its Iron Cap gold-copper porphyry project in British Columbia that increases the project’s indicated resource by 460,000…
Hudbay receives final permit for Rosemont construction
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) has received the last key permit it needs to start building its Rosemont mine in Arizona. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a…
Barrick and Newmont forge ‘historic’ joint venture in Nevada
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has abandoned its hostile takeover bid for Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM), after the companies struck a joint-venture deal on their Nevada assets. Barrick will…
TSX Venture falls, March 4-8: Maverix Metals, Aurania, Novo
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.13% to 618.08 in the first week of March, after a strong close to February. Shares of Maverix Metals rose 36¢ to $2.69. The…
Aurania Resources finds more copper at Lost Cities–Cutucu
Gold-oriented Aurania Resources (TSXV: ARU) is finding as much copper as gold in the early innings of exploration at its Lost Cities–Cutucu project in southeastern Ecuador. In January the junior…
US markets down, March 4-8: Yamana, Goldcorp, Alamos, Kinross
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.21% to finish the week at 25,450.24, and the S&P 500 Index lost 2.20% to end the week at 2,743.07. Spot gold rose US$4.80…
TSX slips, March 4-8: Serabi, Euro Sun and North American Palladium
Canada’s benchmark index fell 0.44% to 15,996.21 to start March 2019 after a strong February. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 0.43% to 73.60, and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index…
Revival Gold builds scale at Beartrack and Arnett in Idaho
Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) has reported the last four holes from its 2018 drill program at its contiguous Arnett and Beartrack gold projects in Lemhi County, Idaho, 17…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 133: China slowdown, tariffs & other risks for miners ft White & Case’s Campbell and Tivey
Expert mining lawyers Rebecca Campbell and John Tivey of international law firm White & Case join the podcast for a discussion of the major risks that lie ahead for the…
Gran Colombia Gold works with artisanal miners
With several underground mines and two processing plants at its Segovia and Marmato operations in Colombia, Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM; US-OTC: TPRFF) is the South American country’s largest underground…
First Vanadium improves vanadium resource at Carlin
First Vanadium (TSXV: FVAN; US-OTC: FVANF) has calculated a new and improved resource estimate for its 4.6 sq. km Carlin vanadium project, 10 km south of Elko, Nevada. The project…