NewCastle punches above its weight class at Castle Mountain
Six months ago, NewCastle Gold (TSX: NCA) enticed Gerald Panneton to join the company as president and CEO to help put its past-producing Castle Mountain project in California back into…
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Editorial: Resource regulators under Trump
Amidst the flurry of executive orders signed by U.S. President Donald J. Trump — starting four hours after his inauguration on Jan. 20 — were several that benefited the resource…
TNM Data Miner: Top-five gold drill intercepts worldwide in December
Making use of the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine, The Northern Miner has compiled five projects recording the top gold intersections (grade multiplied by width) globally in December…
Best gold stocks on TSX in 2016
While the gold price erased most of the headway it made in early 2016, it still exited the year up 8.5% at US$1,150.90 per oz., snapping three years of consecutive…
TSX slips, Dec. 27–30
The S&P/TSX Composite Index slipped 0.3% to 15,287.59 during the last week of 2016. While Canada’s benchmark index exited the year on a soft note, it gained 17.5% since the…
Site visit: McEwen sees production at Gold Bar in 2018
ELKO, NEVADA — The only thing that McEwen Mining’s (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) Simon Quick, vice-president of projects, thinks could delay construction at the company’s Gold Bar project, 53 km…
TSX retreats, Dec. 12–16
Canada’s largest stock market weakened, after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its short-term interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to between 0.5% and 0.75%. The spot gold…
Arizona shares tumble on speculation
Arizona Mining (TSX: AZ) shares slightly recovered on promising assays from the Taylor zinc-lead sulphide deposit at its Hermosa property, following a sharp decline after a mining publication raised concerns…
Wall Street rises, Dec. 5–9
U.S. indexes finished strong, despite lower gold and oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 3% to close at 19,756.85. The S&P 500 Index also rose 3% to 2,259.53…
Sibanye to acquire Stillwater for US$2.2B
Sibanye Gold, the largest producer of gold from mines in South Africa and among the top-10 gold producers globally, will pay US$2.2 billion to acquire Stillwater Mining (NYSE: SWC), the…
GMV Minerals CEO discusses ‘unexpected’ target at Mexican Hat
VANCOUVER — GMV Minerals (TSXV: GMV; US-OTC: GMVMF) is shifting the narrative around its Mexican Hat gold property, 115 km east–southeast of Tucson, Arizona. Earlier this year the company was outlining…
Outlook 2017: Five companies getting busy in the new year
With some recovery in commodity prices in 2016, more than a few mining companies are stepping up work programs and striving to hit milestones in the coming year. The following…