Video: Hecla Mining targets productivity growth
Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL), the largest silver producer in the United States, wants to improve productivity after a fire and safety breaches last year. The company is rebounding from a mile-deep…
Canada
Vizsla Copper expands BC portfolio with Universal Copper takeover
Vizsla Copper (TSXV: VCU; US-OTC: VCUFF) is set to expand its British Columbia-focused exploration portfolio after striking a deal to acquire Universal Copper (TSXV: UNV) and its flagship Poplar project….
Centerra deal with Royal Gold adds two years to Mount Milligan mine life
Centerra expects to complete a PEA in the first half of 2025 to evaluate a mine life extension beyond 2035.
Canada’s ambitious EV targets can’t be met without more support for mine supply
The Canadian government continues to forge ahead with new regulations for curbing and eventually ending sales of gas-powered vehicles. Canada’s Electric Vehicle Availability Standard published in mid-December calls for 100%…
Video: Nunavut Chamber of Mines on devolution – ‘the landlord has changed’
The historic devolution of land and mineral rights control from federal to Nunavut marks a new era of self-determination for the territory, says Tom Hoefer, executive director of the Northwest…
Video: Fireweed Metals prepares Macmillan Pass resource update
Fireweed Metals (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) is planning a resource update by June on its Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in the Yukon, chief geologist Jack Milton says. The company, backed the Lundin family and Teck…
Precious metals snapshot: Eight companies in pursuit of gold and silver
Gold and silver have played an important economic and social role in human civilization for thousands of years. Coveted for their rarity and high value, gold and silver are also…
TNM Drill Down: Nevada King delivers week’s best gold assay at Atlanta
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from the Feb. 2-9 period. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by data company…
Video: AME’s Keerit Jutla unpacks key B.C. mining issues
The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia’s President, Keerit Jutla, recently spoke with The Northern Miner at their video booth during the Roundup event in Vancouver. He discussed the provincial…
Dolly Varden Silver discovers new, high-grade gold zone at Homestake Ridge
Dolly Varden Silver (TSXV: DV; USOTC: DOLLF) has discovered a new, gold-rich zone to the northwest of its Homestake Silver deposit, part of its Kitsault Valley project in British Columbia….
Alaska Energy boosts contained nickel at Nikolai project to 8 billion lb
Alaska Energy Metals (TSXV: AEMC; US-OTC: AKEMF) said on Monday that its Eureka deposit, part of its flagship Nikolai polymetallic project in Alaska, now contains one of the biggest known…
Perseus Mining confident of winning ok for OreCorp takeover
Perseus Mining (TSX: PRU; ASX: PRU) is far from giving up on its intended acquisition of OreCorp (ASX: ORR), saying on Monday it was confident of receiving unconditional approval from…