Stratabound hits gold in Golden Culvert’s first drilling
When Stratabound Minerals (TSXV: SB) CEO Kim Tyler told people he wanted to drill Golden Culvert as soon as possible after optioning the Yukon gold project in October 2017, many…
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Cobalt, palladium on Scotiabank’s ‘Naughty and Nice’ list of 2018
Weak production growth, steady-to-rising demand, supply deficits and falling inventories pushed prices of palladium up 19% in 2018, after a 51% jump in 2017, Scotiabank economist Rory Johnston concludes in…
Power Ore picks up historic Opemiska complex
Power Ore (TSXV: PORE) is buying the Opemiska copper mine complex in Quebec from Explorateurs-Innovateurs de Québec (Ex-In), a private company. Opemiska consists of two past-producing underground mines operated by…
Supreme Metals pinpoints large, near-surface anomaly
Junior explorer Supreme Metals (TSXV: ABJ) has found a large, magnetic anomaly on its Bloom Lake East property in Labrador, 2.5 km east of Champion Iron Mines’ (TSX: CIA) flagship…
Outlook Snapshot: Eight juniors with plans for a busy 2019
The junior exploration and development scene is still in high gear in North America, with many juniors planning for extensive work programs in 2019 at precious and base metal projects…
Wisconsin court rejects lawsuit over Aquila Resources wetlands permit
A Wisconsin district court has dismissed a lawsuit by the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin’s lawsuit against both the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…
Osisko Mining bulk sample ‘early Christmas gift’ for shareholders, CEO says
Preliminary results from a bulk sample taken at the Windfall Lake deposit in Quebec delivered an average head grade of 9.7 grams gold per tonne and 5.5 grams silver per…
Fruta del Norte, Cobre Panama lead wave of new 2019 mines
As a new year approaches, The Northern Miner runs down 15 of the most interesting new mines scheduled to begin production in 2019. Fruta del Norte (gold) Lundin Gold The Fruta…
Largo doubles strike length of NAN vanadium deposit in Brazil
Largo Resources (TSX: LGO; US-OTC: LGORF) drilled 24 holes totalling 4,223 metres during phase two drilling at its Novo Amparo Norte (NAN) vanadium deposit. The deposit lies 6.5 km north…
Interview: Jeffrey Christian sums up 2018 themes and looks to 2019
Jeffrey Christian is the managing partner of CPM Group, a commodities research and management consulting and financial advisory firm in New York. He founded the company in 1986, spinning off…
Interview: Stormcrow’s Jon Hykawy gives battery metal outlook for 2019
Jon Hykawy is the president and director of Stormcrow Capital. He is a research scientist and expert in lithium, the rare earths, fluorspar and tin. Originally training as a physicist,…
OSC slaps Katanga Mining, CEO, and former board members with $34.4M in penalties
The Ontario Securities Commission has fined Katanga Mining (TSX: KAT) along with former members of its board of directors, including Aristotelis Mistakidis, Glencore‘s (LON: GLEN)’s head of copper trading, for…