Eric Sprott invests $15M in Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM; US-OTC: TPRFF) has raised $15 million from the sale of 3.2 million units at $4.60 per unit to Eric Sprott in a non-brokered private placement….
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Canadian Prairies Snapshot: Eight companies to watch
Manitoba and Saskatchewan are among the world’s premier jurisdictions for mining and mineral exploration. Here’s a look at eight companies working in the provinces. ALX Uranium ALX Uranium (TSXV: AL)…
Pan American hits high-grade at La Colorada in Mexico
A 14,300-metre drill program completed during the third quarter at the La Colorada skarn discovery in Mexico has returned high-grade intercepts for Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NASDAQ: PAAS). Drill highlights…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 158: ‘Paradigm shift’ for mining industry as ESG takes centre stage, ft Singh Gill, Mueller, Pazuki, Werstiuk, Zisman
This episode features the ESG panel from The Northern Miner’s third annual Progressive Mine Forum, which took place on Oct. 16 at the MaRS Discovery District in downtown Toronto. Panellists…
Wealth Minerals and Rosatom sign MOU
Russia’s state nuclear group Rosatom and Canada’s Wealth Minerals (TSXV: WML) are working towards a partnership at the junior’s Atacama lithium project in northern Chile. The two companies signed a memorandum…
Premier and Nevada Gold Mines begin commercial production at El Nino
Commercial production at the El Nino gold mine in Nevada’s Carlin Trend started ahead of schedule and on budget, Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PGM; US-OTC: PIRGF) reports. Premier owns 40%…
Atlantic Nickel plans 2020 production at Santa Rita in Brazil
Atlantic Nickel has updated the resource estimate for its wholly owned Santa Rita nickel-copper-cobalt restart project in Bahia, Brazil. Based on a 30,785 meter infill drill program, updated open-pit measured…
SolGold discovers porphyry system in Ecuador
SolGold has discovered a new copper-gold-silver-molybdenum porphyry system at its wholly owned Cisne Loja project in southern Ecuador. The company says it found mineralized outcrops that indicate the presence of…
Horizonte releases PFS on Vermelho
Vermelho — one of the largest and highest-grade undeveloped laterite nickel-cobalt resources in the world — will generate US$7.3 billion in total cash flow over 38 years, Horizonte Minerals (TSX:…
Victoria Gold’s Eagle nears production
These are exciting days for Victoria Gold (TSXV: VIT), as the company transitions its flagship Eagle open-pit gold project in the Yukon from development into production. At the end of…
Orla secures financing for Camino Rojo in Mexico
Orla Mining (TSX: OLA) has reached an agreement with Trinity Capital Partners for a project finance facility of up to US$125 million to build its first mine — the Camino…
Miners face ‘tsunami’ on environmental, social, governance front
The next generation of mining leaders will arrive with a “tsunami” of environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns, says Claudia Mueller, associate director of the Global Mining Management program at…