Shawn Ryan turns attention to Labrador gold
VANCOUVER — Prodigious Yukon prospector Shawn Ryan is on the move again, but this time his sights are on Labrador. In June, Ryan staked 1,696 sq. km of claims over…
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A quarterly financial review of Canada’s largest gold producers
VANCOUVER — The Northern Miner presents a roundup of second-quarter results from Canada’s three largest gold producers by market capitalization: Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX); Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM;…
GT Gold surges on greenfield discovery
VANCOUVER — GT Gold (TSXV: GTT; US-OTC: GTGDF) has unearthed the first noteworthy greenfield gold discovery of the current exploration wave in northwestern B.C.’s historic Golden Triangle region. On July 25, the…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 68: The politics of BC mining ft. MABC’s Bryan Cox
In this episode, we talk B.C. politics and the provincial mining industry with Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC) president and CEO Bryan Cox. Matt sits down to chat with…
Atlantic Gold builds critical mass
VANCOUVER — Atlantic Gold (TSXV: AGB) is on the fast track to first production at its Moose River Consolidated gold project in Nova Scotia. Its district-scale vision, however, extends beyond the mine…
Anaconda Mining branches out in Atlantic Canada
Since Dustin Angelo joined junior gold producer Anaconda Mining (TSX: ANX) as president and CEO in September 2010, he and his management team have grown the company’s footprint on the…
Puma beats staking rush in NB
Puma Exploration (TSXV: PUM) has been active in northern New Brunswick’s Bathurst mining camp for more than a decade, but stepped up its involvement last year with agreements to acquire…
Sabina back on track at Back River after NIRB approval
VANCOUVER — Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB; US-OTC: SGSVF) hopes to start construction at its multimillion-ounce Back River gold project in mid-2018 after having received a positive recommendation from…
Top 10 Canadian-based gold developers
Gold exploration and development is enjoying a boom again, and Canadian juniors are leading project advancement at home and abroad. The following are the top-10, Canadian-headquartered gold companies that are…
Top 10 Canadian base metal explorers and developers
The Northern Miner used the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine to determine the top-10 largest base metal companies headquartered in Canada that have non-producing assets. The list is…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 67: On location in Dawson City ft. Shawn Ryan & Ranj Pillai
The Northern Miner presents our annual podcast from Dawson City, Yukon. Matt and Lesley report on-site from the Yukon Mining Investment Conference to dig into all the emerging stories in…
Washington Companies bids US$1.2B for Dominion Diamond
A privately held group with no experience in diamond mining owned by American industrialist and entrepreneur Dennis R. Washington — who got his start building roads in Alaska — is…