Fresh on the heels of its 2015 Thayer Lindsley award win for discovering the Kamoa copper deposit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has reeled in Zijin Mining as a strategic investor.
Each year in Toronto, at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada mining convention, chief executive Mark Bristow holds court at an early morning breakfast meeting for some of the industry’s top bankers, analysts and…
Peter Leon is head of mining regulation at South African law firm Webber Wentzel and is a partner in the firm’s mining practice. The Northern Miner caught up with him a day before the Prospectors &Developers Association of Canada…
Canada’s main stock index climbed as mining stocks rose on the back of higher commodity prices ahead of the annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto. The four-day event started on March 1 and should…
VANCOUVER — It’s early days for junior Pinecrest Resources (TSXV: PCR) at its Enchi gold asset in southwestern Ghana, West Africa, but the company is off to a promising start. Pinecrest has just released a preliminary economic…
VANCOUVER — It’s pretty evident to industry observers that producer Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE-MKT: NSU) is sitting on a veritable cash generator at its Bisha copper-gold operation, 150 km west of Asmara, Eritrea. The company…
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has put its US$1.6-billion Tasiast mill expansion project on hold to keep its balance sheet intact in the current low gold price environment, with at least one analyst thinking the firm is considering other…
VANCOUVER — Streaming and royalty outfit Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE-MKT: SAND) has been on a bit of a dealmaking tear to start the year. The company locked down 10 new royalty agreements in West Africa and Nevada, and on Feb. 18 it…
VANCOUVER — For the second time in just over a decade, Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) is taking home the Thayer Lindsley Award, presented by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada at their conference in Toronto in…
Anglo Pacific Group (TSX: APY; LSE: APF) is forking over US$60 million in cash and US$5 million in shares for a royalty on Whitehaven Coal’s (US-OTC: WHITF; ASX: WHC) Narrabri thermal coal mine in Australia at a time when the price of…
Violent protests in Burkina Faso that forced strongman Blaise Compaoré to resign his presidency of that country in November after ruling for 27 years was just one of the uncertainties Roxgold (TSXV: ROG; US-OTC: ROGFF) faced in advancing…
VANCOUVER — Gold producer Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; US-OTC: EDVMF) should be happy with its results over the past year. The company has dropped its all-in sustaining costs, brought a new project online and hit a gold production record.
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