Barrick sells half of Veladero for $960M
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is selling half of its Veladero gold mine in Argentina to Shandong Gold Group for US$960 million, as part of a strategic cooperation agreement…
South America
Tinka surges on zinc discovery in Peru
VANCOUVER — Explorer Tinka Resources (TSXV: TK) has made a high-grade discovery at its Ayawilca zinc-silver property, 300 km east of Lima, Peru, in what it calls the “best adjacent mineralized…
Copper needs more investment, analyst says
AllianceBernstein, a global investment management firm with an independent sell-side research arm, is calling for greater investment in copper to build enough capacity to meet demand. “At a conservative estimate,…
Goldcorp partners with Barrick in Northern Chile
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is teaming up with Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) to develop gold-copper deposits in Northern Chile’s Atacama region — similar to what Goldcorp did…
Trevali to buy Glencore’s Rosh Pinah, Perkoa mines
VANCOUVER — Trevali Mining (TSX: TV) is set to become a larger player in the zinc business with a $400-million deal to buy two zinc mines and several development assets…
PDAC 2017: Lukas Lundin on patience and his early successes
Mining tycoon Lukas Lundin, chairman of the Lundin Group, spoke with The Northern Miner at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in March about his early successes in Argentina…
Keith Barron back on the hunt for riches of Ecuador’s Lost Cities
The remarkable story of Aurelian Resources and its discovery of Fruta del Norte — a blind gold deposit the company’s geologists found in the Cordillera del Condor in southeastern Ecuador…
Financier Stephen Dattels banks on lithium
Many people in the industry will remember Stephen Dattels as the founder of UraMin, a company he set up in 2005 to develop uranium properties in Africa, and which he…
PDAC 2017: Ecuador joins IGF, lays out welcome mat for miners
Ecuador’s government expressed its commitment to mining by joining the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) at the recent Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)…
Saskatchewan the best place to invest, Fraser Institute says
Saskatchewan takes the crown as the most attractive jurisdiction for investment in the Fraser Institute’s annual Survey of Mining Companies 2016, moving up from second place in 2015, and dethroning Western…
Advantage Lithium cashes up before closing Orocobre deal
Advantage Lithium (TSXV: AAL) is turning its focus to Argentina in a race to produce lithium, as lithium demand and prices steadily rise. The junior — which has five lithium…
Exclusive interview: Lukas Lundin on the state of the mining industry
VANCOUVER — Lukas Lundin, chairman of the Lundin Group of Companies, sat down with The Northern Miner via Skype from Switzerland for an in-depth discussion on the current state of…