Hecla to acquire Klondex for US$462M
Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) is acquiring Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX) and its Fire Creek, Midas and Hollister mines in Nevada — three of the highest-grade gold mines in the U.S.,…
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PDAC 2018: NWT Minister Schumann appeals for federal infrastructure investment
The Northwest Territories’ Minister of Industry, Tourism, Investment and Infrastructure, Wally Schumann, came to the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto with a message for the…
Antioquia Gold seeks cash for Cisneros
Antioquia Gold (TSXV: AGD; US-OTC: AGDFX) recently published a positive National Instrument 43-101 compliant preliminary economic assessment (PEA) and a revised resource estimate for its high-grade Cisneros gold project in…
Superior Gold expands Plutonic
In its first year as a public company and gold producer, Superior Gold (TSXV: SGI) churned out 82,019 oz. of the precious metal from its Plutonic mine in Western Australia,…
Finland takes top spot for investment attractiveness: Fraser Institute
The following is an edited release by the Fraser Institute on the publication of its 2017 Annual Survey of Mining and Exploration Companies by Ashley Stedman and Kenneth P. Green….
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Global exploration spending on the rebound, study finds
The following is an edited excerpt from the World Exploration Trends report, released by S&P Global Market Intelligence. To see the full report, visit www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence. Things are looking up for…
First Cobalt to acquire US Cobalt and its Iron Creek project in Idaho
The proposed acquisition of a junior explorer with a cobalt project in Idaho will give Canada-focused First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) a footprint in the U.S. and burnish its…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 95: Back to the mothership ft YMP Toronto’s Stephen Stewart
The Northern Miner podcast takes a turn this week as it relocates to our Toronto head office with a new cast of regular hosts including editor-in-chief John Cumming, senior staff…
Four Canadian mining giants honoured at CMHF soirée
Canada’s mining and mineral exploration community gathered at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in January for the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame (CMHF)’s 30th annual induction ceremony. With Franco-Nevada chairman…
Snapshot: Juniors in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
For mineral explorers and developers, the northern Andean countries of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are a potent combination of richly endowed metal mineralization and under-explored terrain, all hosted in relatively…
Editorial: New DRC tax rates chasten foreign miners
In the mining world there’s no better epitome of a high-reward, high-risk jurisdiction than the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with its array of superb mineral deposits, but a…
TSX Venture Exchange inches higher, March 5-9
After rising as many as 24 points midway through the trading week, the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index levelled off at 828.9 — a 0.35% gain over the previous week. Shares…