US markets down, March 4-8: Yamana, Goldcorp, Alamos, Kinross
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.21% to finish the week at 25,450.24, and the S&P 500 Index lost 2.20% to end the week at 2,743.07. Spot gold rose US$4.80…
South America
TSX slips, March 4-8: Serabi, Euro Sun and North American Palladium
Canada’s benchmark index fell 0.44% to 15,996.21 to start March 2019 after a strong February. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 0.43% to 73.60, and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index…
Gran Colombia Gold works with artisanal miners
With several underground mines and two processing plants at its Segovia and Marmato operations in Colombia, Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM; US-OTC: TPRFF) is the South American country’s largest underground…
Advantage Lithium doubles resource at Cauchari in Argentina
After completing its phase two and three drill programs at its flagship Cauchari lithium project in Jujuy, Argentina, Advantage Lithium (TSXV: AAL; US-OTC: AVLIF) has more than doubled the project’s…
Newmont rejects Barrick takeover, suggests Nevada JV
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) is attempting to “bite off substantially more than it can chew,” and has “a poor M&A track record,” Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) CEO Gary…
Ecuador mineral development hits a few snags
SANTIAGO, CHILE — From barely featuring on the global mining map at the start of this century, Ecuador has moved rapidly to become one of the most dynamic jurisdictions in…
SolGold’s Nick Mather our Mining Person of the Year for 2018
Nicholas Mather, president and CEO of Australian junior SolGold, is The Northern Miner’s Mining Person of the Year for 2018 in recognition of his role as the driving force behind…
Bristow seeks to build the world’s most valuable gold company
In a one hour and forty-five minute conference call on Feb. 13, barely seven weeks after the merger of Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and Randgold Resources became effective…
Bolivia’s door creaks open to foreign mining investment
SANTIAGO, CHILE — A first-of-its kind deal between Bolivia’s state mining company Comibol and Vancouver-based explorer New Pacific Metals (TSXV: NUAG; US-OTC: NUPMF) promises to usher in a new period of…
Continental Gold expands resource at Buritica
Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) has tabled an increased resource estimate for its Buritica gold development project in northwestern Colombia that also reinterprets the way the company sees its…
Editorial: Iron ore prices surge higher on Vale disaster
All of those supply and demand, and price forecasts carefully assembled in late 2018 for iron ore have become obsolete in the wake of Vale’s devastating Corrego do Feijao tailings…
TSX Venture dips, Feb 4-8: Max Resources, Bonterra Resources, Redzone Resources
The TSX/S&P Venture Composite Index slipped 1.7% to end the trading week at 611.94. Shares of Max Resource rose 111% to 38¢. The company recently expanded the zone through surface…