North Arrow advances Naujaat
North Arrow Minerals (TSXV: NAR) completed a $3.2-million exploration program this summer at its Naujaat project, in Nunavut, focused on advancing it towards a preliminary economic assessment. The work at…
Canada
Gahcho Kué makes the grade
After reaching commercial production on March 1, De Beers’ and Mountain Province Diamonds’ (TSX: MPVD; NASDAQ: MPVD) Gahcho Kué mine pushed into high gear with full production in mid-year. On…
Dominion Diamond’s new chapter
One of the biggest deals to hit the diamond world recently is the sale and privatization of Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC), Canada’s premier diamond miner and the world’s…
Diamonds in Canada editorial: Dominion’s latest transformation
In recent decades, Dominion Diamond has been one of the more interesting companies to watch — not just in the diamond space but in mining, period. As Aber Diamond, it…
Editorial: Cameco suspends 40% of production in face of oversupply
Every mining subsector has its unofficial leader. It’s that company — usually with the largest market capitalization — that has arguably the best combination of top mineral deposits, superb operations,…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 81: Lessons learned ft. Rio Tinto & Iamgold
This week’s show is packed with exclusive content recorded at The Northern Miner’s Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto. First up, we listen in on Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) president and…
Shore finds potential partner in Rio Tinto
As recently as 2012, mining giant Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) had been publicly considering exiting the diamond space. But the company, which operates and owns 60% of the…
Stornoway looks to spectral sorting at Renard
It didn’t take long for Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY) to realize that it had a problem with diamond breakage at its newly built Renard mine, 360 km north of Chibougamau,…
US markets slip slightly, Nov. 13-17
Gold closed Friday at US$1,293.40 per oz., up US$18.50 per ounce. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 0.35% to 80.88 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.27% to…
Argonaut pushes forward in Mexico and Ontario
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) has had a strong November, expanding its Mexican portfolio by acquiring the Cerro del Gallo (CDG) project from Primero Mining (TSX: P), and tabling a positive…
Copper Mountain bids US$70M for Altona Mining
VANCOUVER — Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC; US-OTC: CPPMF) has tabled a US$70-million, all-share bid for Australia-based Altona Mining (ASX: AOH) and its district-scale Cloncurry copper-gold property, 95 km northeast of…
Kennady delivers Faraday resource
A maiden resource for Kennady Diamond’s (TSXV: KDI) Faraday kimberlites has added 5 million carats to the diamond resource at the company’s Kennady North project in the Northwest Territories. The…