TSX gains, April 3-7
Canada’s benchmark index touched a six-week high, as gold prices rose on the back of geopolitical developments. The S&P/TSX Composite Index edged up 0.7% to 15,667.13. The S&P/TSX Global Mining…
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Serengeti sees potential underground at Kwanika
VANCOUVER — Underground and open-pit mining at Serengeti Resources’ (TSXV: SIR) Kwanika copper-gold property, 250 km east of Smithers, B.C., could boost the project’s economics, according to the company’s new…
TSX Venture eases up, April 3-7
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 8.5 points to an 824.7-point close over the trading week, as spot gold prices gained US$6.10 to US$1,257.3 per oz., and Comex copper prices…
Barkerville sees long-term potential in Cariboo Gold
Barkerville Gold Mines (TSXV: BGM) is in for a busy year at its Cariboo Gold property outside the historic 3 million oz. Barkerville placer gold camp in south-central British Columbia….
TNM Data Miner: Canada’s Top 100 Exploration Projects in 2016
The Northern Miner has collaborated with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and IntelligenceMine to present an interactive data board of the top-100 Canadian exploration assets in 2016 based on project expenditures. NRCan contributed, geographically by province and territory,…
TNM Data Miner: Top-five global copper intercepts in March
Using the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine, The Northern Miner compiled five projects with the top copper intersections (grade multiplied by width) globally in March 2017, as reported publicly. XANADU MINES 1….
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 54: The base metal bonanza ft. copper and zinc
Matt is flying solo this week due to scheduling conflicts, but fear not, Lesley will return with rock talk from the Geology Corner next episode. Meanwhile, we get serious about base…
Interview: Stornoway’s Matt Manson on the long road to production at Renard
In this feature interview, Matt Manson, president and CEO of Stornoway Diamond (TSX-SWY), reflects on his decade-long journey leading the company that transformed Renard from a grassroots exploration project in…
Richmont makes high-grade discovery at Island Gold mine
Richmont Mines (TSX: RIC; NYSE: RIC) has found a high-grade gold zone at its Island Gold mine near Wawa, Ont., as part of its 2017 exploration and delineation drill program…
There’s more than meets the eye in NWT and Nunavut
VANCOUVER — Beneath the glacier-scoured lakes and barren tundra of the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) and Nunavut is a collection of disparate Archean- to Proterozoic-aged crust that were stitched together along…
Klondex adds high-grade ounces at Manitoba’s True North
During his presentation in February at the BMO Global Metals & Mining conference in Hollywood, Fla., Paul Huet promised that Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX) would deliver an updated resource estimate…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Canadian mining by the numbers
The flood of new data in the past month about Canadian mining and mineral exploration shows an industry getting back on its feet after five tough years, notwithstanding continued difficulties…