La Caisse enters Aus renewables with $1.1B deal
La Caisse, Canada’s largest provincial pension fund, is acquiring Australian renewables developer Edify Energy for $1.1 billion (US$725 million), securing a foothold in a market it has long sought to…
Canada
White Gold to raise $20M for exploration
White Gold (TSXV: WGO; US-OTC: WHGOF) is set to raise $20 million in a brokered private placement to fund its exploration activities in Yukon Territory. Clarus Securities, as lead agent…
Seabed miners face squeeze under oceans law
A newly ratified treaty to safeguard life at sea is expected to intensify opposition to deep-sea mining at a United Nations climate summit this week in New York, running alongside…
Mining Forum Americas: Former Barrick CEO elevates Fourmile in Nevada plan
Colorado Springs, Colo. – Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) says its new Fourmile project in Nevada can be developed without new processing plants and fits within the company’s capital-returns…
Video: Gold hunt draws thousands as Yukon clue drops
More than 55,000 Canadians have joined The Northern Miner’s national treasure hunt, chasing around $1.3 million (US$940,000) in gold as the first regional prize lands in Dawson City, Yukon. Six…
Newmont sells entire Orla stake for $439M
Newmont (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NGT) has sold its 13% stake in Orla Mining (TSX: OLA) for $439 million (C$605 million), marking another step in its broader divestiture program aimed at…
JV video: ColdBlock Technologies aims to sharply cut assay wait times
Exploration and mining companies are used to waiting weeks, even months for their drill results to return from the assay laboratory, but ColdBlock Technologies might help reduce those wait times…
Atico secures $158M protection for Ecuador project
Atico Mining (TSXV: ATY, US-OTC: ATCMF) has inked an investment protection agreement (IPA) with the government of Ecuador for its La Plata mining project as it enters the final stages…
Mining Forum Americas: Gold Fields CEO preps Canadian giant Windfall for output
Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) is approaching the production start of its Windfall underground mine in Quebec, the core of the South African miner’s strategy to focus on tier one…
Mining Forum Americas: Gold majors vow discipline
Colorado Springs , Colo. – A year of record bullion prices has the gold sector talking less about buying ounces in takeovers and more about finding them in their midst….
The Northern Miner Treasure Hunt: Dawson City — gold dust, bust and revival on the Yukon frontier
After The Northern Miner launched the hunt for $1 million in gold last month, the response has been overwhelming – more than 430,000 website views, forums buzzing with theories, and adventurers plotting routes…
Mining Forum Americas: B2Gold open to M&A in 2026
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) is open to mergers and acquisitions but may hold off until next year, when management expects the market to assign greater value to its fully…