Beaty bets US$20M on three-way merger to form Equinox Gold
VANCOUVER — Mining magnate Ross Beaty is leading a merger between gold juniors Trek Mining (TSXV: TREK), NewCastle Gold (TSX: NCA) and Anfield Gold (TSXV: ANF; US-OTC: ANCKF). Beaty will…
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Iamgold CEO Letwin’s passionate keynote on cost control, innovation and gold’s bright future
The following is a transcript of the keynote speech by Stephen Letwin, president and CEO of Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) at the inaugural Progressive Mine Forum presented by The…
Stornoway’s Matt Manson speaks on the struggle to build Renard at PMF
The following is a transcript of the remarks made by Stornoway Diamond president and CEO Matt Manson at the Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto on Oct. 23, where he was…
Barrick, Acacia struggle to find common ground in Tanzania
VANCOUVER — Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) has proposed a framework to resolve a three-month dispute with the government of Tanzania. It appears that management at Acacia Mining (LON: ACA),…
Editorial: Iamgold’s Letwin tells of hard lessons learned in keynote at PMF
A careful implementation of innovative technology and management techniques is key to thriving in the mining industry in the decades to come. That was the message from many speakers, panelists…
TSX Venture Exchange slips, Oct. 16-20
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 7.93 points to 789.51 — a 0.99% drop. Shares of Millennial Lithium jumped 51¢ to $2.34 on no news, prompting the junior to issue…
TSX posts marginal gain, Oct. 16-20
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.32% to finish the trading week at 15,857.22. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index moved in the opposite direction, falling…
US markets falter, Oct. 16-20
Gold closed at US$1,280 per oz., down US$23.30 per ounce. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index dropped 2.61% to 85.01, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed strong, rising 2%…
Video: Progressive Mine Forum 2017
A replay of The Northern Miner‘s Progressive Mine Forum that took place on Oct. 23, 2017, in Toronto. Video 1: Video 2:
Pretium ramps up
VANCOUVER — Pretium Resources’ (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) new 8.7 million oz. Brucejack gold mine in northwestern B.C.’s Golden Triangle district is “well on its way” to becoming a 500,000…
SEC charges Rio Tinto with fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LON: RIO) and two of its former executives with fraud for inflating the value of coal assets…
Successful juniors communicate well, AME panel says
VANCOUVER — A panel of mining executives speaking at the Association for Mineral Exploration’s latest Speaker Series event before a crowd of more than 100 in downtown Vancouver in early…