Site visit: Continental stays on track at Buritica
BURITICA, COLOMBIA — It has been one year since The Northern Miner last toured the Buritica gold project, and the interim has been a critical period for Continental Gold (TSX:…
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Margaux releases maiden resource for Taurus deposit in BC
Margaux Resources (TSXV: MRL; US:OTC: MARFF) released a maiden resource estimate for the Taurus deposit on its Cassiar gold project in British Columbia. Taurus contains inferred resources of 21.8 million…
Ontario to work with First Nations to unlock Ring of Fire
Ontario is one step closer to making the Ring of Fire a reality. Rick Gregford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, and Minister of Indigenous Affairs, announced in August…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 151: Balancing economic development and the environment in BC, ft. Day, Burleton, Nikolejsin, Coles Jr and Els
This episode features the provincial mining panel discussion from The Northern Miner’s annual Canadian Mining Symposium held at Canada House in London, U.K., earlier this year. The panel consisted of…
TSX advances, Sept. 3-6: Nickel Creek Platinum, Stornoway Diamond, Freegold Ventures
The S&P/TSX Composite Index advanced 0.84% to close the holiday-shortened trading week at 16,519.85. Spot gold finished at US$1506.50 per oz., down US$13.10 per oz., after hitting a mid-week high…
Editorial: Indonesia to ban nickel ore exports in 2020
Indonesia has confirmed it will ban exports of nickel ore from January 2020 — two years earlier than expected. The Southeast Asian nation is the world’s largest nickel ore producer,…
US markets rise, Sept. 3-6: Teck, Seabridge, Newmont Goldcorp
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.49% to 26,797.46, and the S&P 500 Index gained 1.79% to 2,978.71. Spot gold fell US$13.10 per oz. to finish at US$1,506.50 per oz….
Treasury’s Goliath project gets environmental approval
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has given Treasury Metals (TSX: TML; US-OTC: TSRMF) the green light to develop its wholly owned Goliath gold project, 20 km east of Dryden in…
TSX Venture down, Sept. 2-6: Probe Metals, Chesapeake Gold, GT Gold
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 0.14% to 588.51 during the trading week. Probe Metals rose 9.8%, or 13¢, to $1.46 per share in the wake of an updated resource…
McEwen Mining bulks up Black Fox complex
Two years ago, McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) purchased the Black Fox mine complex in northeastern Ontario for US$35 million. The complex — 70 km from Timmins and 9…
Metals Commentary: Economic uncertainty drives gold prices higher
The gold industry feels optimistic for the first time in years, as the price of the precious metal steadily rises amid fears of a global economic downturn. Gold miners, in…
Ontario Snapshot: Eight companies with Ontario mines and exploration projects
Ontario is the largest mineral-producing province by value in Canada. Last year the province produced $10.1 billion in minerals, or 21.4% of Canada’s $47-billion worth of mineral production. It also…