QMC confirms spodumene in first holes at Irgon
QMC Quantum Minerals (TSXV: QMC; US-OTC: QMCQF) has visually identified spodumene in the first diamond holes it has drilled into its Irgon lithium project in the Cat Lake-Winnipeg River rare-element…
Canada
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Lassonde praises Meikle, takes final bow as CMHF MC
During the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony held in Toronto in January, master of ceremonies and Franco-Nevada chairman Pierre Lassonde shared a story of a fateful encounter he…
Pure Gold completes PEA on satellite deposits at Madsen
Mining three satellite deposits that outcrop within one to three kilometres of the Madsen mill at its Madsen project in Red Lake, Ont., would add roughly $51 million in after-tax…
Anaconda initiates feasibility at Goldboro near Halifax
Anaconda Mining (TSX: ANX; US-OTC: ANXGF) is working on a feasibility study for its Goldboro gold project in Nova Scotia, 175 km northeast of Halifax. The company started the study…
Interview: NWT Minister Schumann on new minerals act, road building
Although the Northwest Territories is deep in the grip of winter, there have been several major mining-related developments in the last two months in the areas of new mining legislation…
Kirkland Lake Gold boosts production forecast 2019–2021
A jump in the reserve grade and tonnage at Fosterville in Australia — already one of the highest grade and most profitable gold mines in the world — will help…
Nighthawk finds more high-grade gold showings in NWT
Regional exploration last year on its Indin Lake gold property, 200 km north of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, turned up high-grade gold in grab samples from three areas, including…
Bristow seeks to build the world’s most valuable gold company
In a one hour and forty-five minute conference call on Feb. 13, barely seven weeks after the merger of Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and Randgold Resources became effective…
Harte Gold completes resource update for Sugar
Harte Gold’s (TSX: HRT; US-OTC: HRTFF) Sugar Zone gold mine in northern Ontario reached commercial production on Jan. 1, and permitting is underway to increase throughput to 800 tonnes per…
Commentary: Partnerships with First Nations key to Canada’s mining resurgence
If you are reading this on a cell phone or a computer, you have fueled the demand for the dozens of minerals that go into those devices. Copper, nickel, zinc,…
The Northern Miner Podcast – Miner Moment #20: Is Barrick still Canadian and does it matter? Ft Lassonde, Bristow
This mini-podcast features a clash of visions between Franco-Nevada chairman Pierre Lassonde and new Barrick Gold president and CEO Mark Bristow on the value of keeping Barrick’s Canadian identity and…
First Mining hits higher gold recoveries at Springpole
First Mining Gold (TSX: FF; US-OTC: FFMGF) says positive interim metallurgical test results for its Springpole gold project, located 110 km northeast of Red Lake, Ont., could increase the project’s…