Canada’s top-10 precious metal juniors
The Northern Miner has pulled together the top-10 precious metal juniors (with no production and excluding royalty companies) that are headquartered in Canada, arranged by market capitalization as of the…
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Banyan arranges nearly $1M financing
Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN; US-OTC: BYAGF) has arranged a $931,000 private placement with insiders participating for $112,000, or 12%. It closed the private placement’s first tranche, worth half a million…
Interview: Agnico’s Sean Boyd says Meliadine to produce in Q2 2019
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) hosted a site visit in late June to its advanced-stage Meliadine gold project in Nunavut, which is expected to start production in the…
CIBC analysts ponder Detour Gold suitors
Shares of Detour Gold (TSX: DGC) jumped nearly 12% yesterday on disclosure from one of the company’s largest institutional shareholders, Paulson & Co., that a potential acquirer is interested in…
K2 exploring for gold at Wels in Yukon
DESTRUCTION BAY, YUKON — K2 Gold (TSXV: KTO; US-OTC: KTGDF) has begun a $350,000 exploration program at its 72 sq. km Wels gold property in west-central Yukon, 45 km east…
De Beers bids $107M for Peregrine
De Beers has tabled a friendly bid for Peregrine Diamonds (TSX: PGD; US-OTC: PGDIF) of 24¢ in cash per share that values the Canadian diamond exploration company at $107 million….
Moneta extends mineralization at Golden Highway near Timmins
Moneta Porcupine Mines (TSX: ME; US-OTC: MPUCF) has identified a new mineralized shoot and two new veins at the South West deposit of its Golden Highway gold project, 110 km…
The Northern Miner Podcast – Miner Moment #12: Eira Thomas explains Lucara’s plans to ‘completely disrupt’ global diamond sales
This Miner Moment features an excerpt from TNM Podcast #112 of Lucara Diamond president and CEO Eira Thomas telling about her company’s plans to “completely disrupt how we sell diamonds”…
Editorial: Gren and Eira Thomas share secrets to success
Canadian diamond mining icons Grenville Thomas — co-discoverer of the Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories — and his daughter Eira Thomas were featured guests at The Northern Miner’s inaugural…
TSX rises while gold falls, July 9-13
Canada’s benchmark index rose 1.15% to 16,561.12 on a down trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 1.6% to 73.19 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 2.76% to…
Kintavar bets on Mitchi in Quebec
Noranda was poking around 300 km north of Montreal, Que., in the 1970s when it drilled into what it believed was a skarn deposit grading around 0.5% copper, and walked…
Dow Jones down, S&P 500 up, July 9-13
Rising discord between the U.S. and its major trading partners Canada, Europe and China put pressure on some stocks, while the rising U.S. dollar put pressure on gold. The Dow…