Gold juniors reap investment windfall from majors
Direct investment in TSX-listed shares of junior gold companies is the highest it’s been in the last 10 years, CIBC World Markets says in a report. The bank’s research analysts…
Canada
Editorial: BC falls to NDP-Green coalition
British Columbia is famous in Canada for politics that are seemingly forever polarized between a freewheeling pro-business crowd and a coalition of left-leaning labour and environmental groups. And B.C. politics…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 66: A Canadian mining discussion ft. Barrick & Goldcorp
We have some amazing content from our Canadian Mining Symposium in London to carry us through this week’s episode, which features a discussion between Goldcorp‘s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) David Garofalo…
TSX Venture falls, June 26-30
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.4%, or 10.51 points, to a 766.74-point close, as spot gold prices hit eight-week lows, falling US$15.10 to US$1,241.61 per oz., . More demand…
TSX loses ground, June 26-30
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.9%, or 137.37 points, to a 15,182.19-point close. Spot gold prices ventured near eight-week lows, falling US$15.10 to US$1,241.61 per oz., whereas Comex copper prices…
Nemaska Lithium’s Whabouchi could produce for 26 years
Since Nemaska Lithium (TSX: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) completed an updated feasibility study in April last year on its Whabouchi hard-rock lithium deposit in Quebec and the chemical plant it will…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 65: The uber technology metals special (!) ft. cobalt & lithium
Welcome to the “technology special”, where we discuss emergence of electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and renewable energies from a hard-rock mining perspective! Our senior staff writer Trish Saywell joins the…
First Cobalt to merge with Cobalt One, CobalTech
Trent Mell of First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) is making good on his promise to build a diversified portfolio of cobalt assets to capitalize on growing demand for the…
Desert Star eyes BC copper through $28.8M Capstone deal
VANCOUVER — Desert Star Resources (TSXV: DSR; US-OTC: IAXFF) is working to develop the copper-rich Kutcho volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project, 100 km east of Dease Lake, British Columbia. The Vancouver-based…
Probe Metals intersects more gold south of its New Beliveau deposit
In its drill campaign at the project, 25 km east of the city of Val-d’Or, Probe has found two shallow gold discoveries. The first, 1,200 metres south of the former…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 64: The world according to Robert Friedland ft. tsunamis
We’re tackling technological advances, earthquakes and surficial geology in this week’s Northern Miner podcast. Lesley sits down with David Huntley from the Geological Survey of Canada to talk about the…
Harte Gold’s Sugar Zone just ‘the tip of the iceberg’
Harte Gold’s (TSX: HRT) Sugar Zone deposit in northern Ontario will be in commercial production in the second quarter of 2018, chairman and CEO Stephen Roman told The Northern Miner’s…