Treasury Metals to acquire Goldeye
Treasury Metals (TSX: TML) and Goldeye Explorations (TSXV: GGY) are planning to combine forces in an all-share deal that would give Treasury another significant gold project in northern Ontario. Treasury…
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Anaconda touts high-grade upside at Pine Cove
Anaconda Mining (TSX: ANX) counts itself as the only pure-play gold producer in Atlantic Canada, and has increased its property control in the region about eighteenfold since 2012. Its Pine…
Miner Moments #2: Interview with Minister Scott Kent of the Yukon government
Western Editor Matthew Keevil is joined by the Hon. Scott Kent, who serves as Minister of Energy, Mines, Resources, Highways and Public Works in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Topics include…
Letter to the Editor: We have Young Mining Professionals in Montreal, too
I had the pleasure of reading your recent article, “Young Mining Professionals Toronto Branch Grows,” (T.N.M., July 18–24/16). This is a great initiative that should be celebrated, as our industry…
The Northern Miner podcast – Episode 22: At the Bar ft. Mickey Fulp, Gwen Preston and Joe Mazumdar
At the Bar in Dawson City ft. Mickey Fulp, Gwen Preston, and Joe Mazumdar Matt and Lesley have been on the road so in place of our weekly podcast we’re…
Site visit: Goldcorp VP Bergeron talks future of Coffee project
DAWSON CITY, YUKON — It’s an exciting time in Canada’s Yukon Territory. On July 20, Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) completed its acquisition of explorer Kaminak Gold and its multimillion-ounce…
Site visit: Klondike Gold’s quest for the motherlode in the Yukon
DAWSON CITY, YUKON — Klondike Gold’s (TSXV: KG) president and CEO Peter Tallman reckons his company may have found the motherlode just 20 km south of the prolific Klondike goldfields,…
Miner Moments #1: Podcast interview with Joe Mazumdar of Exploration Insights
Recorded live in Dawson City, Yukon, western editor Matthew Keevil is joined by economic geologist Joe Mazumdar from Exploration Insights. Topics include Newmont Mining’s (NYSE: NEM) recent US$1.3-billion sale of its…
Editorial: OSC creates whistle-blower program
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has just launched a paid whistle-blower program — the first of its kind by a securities regulator in Canada. A whistle-blower under this program is…
Stornoway’s first diamonds
It’s not easy to over deliver, let alone deliver according to plan. But it’s what Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY) has a knack for doing. In mid-July, the company started processing…
Peregrine eyes first production at Chidliak by 2021
VANCOUVER — Peregrine Diamonds (TSX: PGD; US-OTC: PGDIF) hopes to have its Chidliak discovery producing within five years, and it outlined the path forward on July 7 with a preliminary economic…
TSX rises, July 11-15
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.6% to 14,482.42, despite lower gold and oil prices. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 3.2% to 266.68, as the gold price retreated 2% to…