Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
New World's Antler points to high-return copper productionSPONSOREDnew world resources Nordic Nickel gears up for Pulju pushSPONSOREDnordic nickelSaudi builds foundation for world-leading mining sectorSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesAruma sprinting through lithium field raceSPONSOREDaruma resourcesThe low-profile return follows a troubled corporate history and embarras...Read More
New World's Antler points to high-return copper productionSPONSOREDnew world resources Nordic Nickel gears up for Pulju pushSPONSOREDnordic nickelSaudi builds foundation for world-leading mining sectorSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesAruma sprinting through lithium field raceSPONSOREDaruma resources"When you are trying to justify a new project you are trying to ascertai...Read More
New World's Antler points to high-return copper productionSPONSOREDnew world resources Nordic Nickel gears up for Pulju pushSPONSOREDnordic nickelSaudi builds foundation for world-leading mining sectorSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesAruma sprinting through lithium field raceSPONSOREDaruma resourcesThe brain drain occurring in the mining industry is happening for s...Read More
The past year has seen Anglesey completing the first drilling programme at Parys Mountain since 2012, while an internal review of the project's promising Northern Copper Zone, released in November, showed substantial upside to the existing inferred resource base.Jo Battershill, Anglesey's CEO, has been busy lining up service providers and consultants ahead of a pre-feasibility study planned for 20...Read More
Next report will be offered on Tuesday February 21st. Monday is a holiday (Family Day in Canada and Presidents Day in the U.S.)Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 17thU.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 27 points in pre-opening trade.Door Dash advanced $3.62 to $70.51 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter earnings. Moderna dropped $8...Read More
The United States Government Accountability Office is on the case...GAO is out to specify the amount of taxpayer monies lost to fraud at the federal level:Measuring and estimating the extent of fraud is part of broader efforts to improve agencies' actions to strategically manage fraud risk. The broader work includes putting those measures and estimates in context so that the federal government can...Read More
I left America in October 1999, never to return.Well, that wasn't the plan at the time, but that's what happened. The plan was to sprinkle my resum?(C) with international experience so I could get into a Top 25 business school.You see, I partied at Villanova more than I studied. And a 3.1 GPA - my freshman year was a complete write-off - wasn't good enough to get into a top business school.So when...Read More
Advances in technology to increase metal recovery could save billions of dollars and wipe out the 20% gap between copper supplies and demand as green energy accelerates, according to a new report by McKinsey & Co. Electrification is expected to increase global annual copper demand to 36.6 million tonnes by 2031 while current mines, probable projects and recycling may supply 30.1 million tonnes...Read More
When it comes to Japan-Canada trade, Canadian companies tend to sell mineral resources to the east Asian country rather than mine them there. But a small number of Canadian explorers are going against that grain in their search for Japan's best kept secret: its array of high-grade gold prospects accessible by top notch infrastructure and in a geopolitically stable environment. Vancouver-bas...Read More
Dan Symons, president and CEO of C3 Metals discusses drilling at a copper-gold prospect in Jamaica and plans for an initial resource this year at the Jasperoide project in Peru. Symons spoke with Northern Miner staff reporter Henry Lazenby at VRIC in January.Read More
Spiros Cacos, vice-president of investor relations with Century Lithium discusses extracting lithium from claystone at its Clayton Valley Lithium project in Nevada, where it plans a feasibility study this year. Cacos spoke with Northern Miner staff reporter Henry Lazenby at VRIC in January.Read More
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) delivered solid operating performance in a challenging cost and workforce environment during the fourth quarter and throughout 2022, with payable gold production of nearly 800,000 oz. and 3.1 million oz. in these periods respectively, the company reported on Friday.The full-year production figure represents the highest ever recorded in the Canadian gold min...Read More
David Watkinson, president and CEO of Emergent Metals, discusses the company's business model and current work being conducted by Rio Tinto at Emergent's New York Canyon project in Nevada. Watkinson spoke with Northern Miner staff reporter Henry Lazenby at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC) in January. Read More
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is facing a fresh lawsuit in the U.K. related to alleged losses to shareholders resulting from the mining and commodities trader's involvement in bribery. Legal & General Group filed claims against Glencore on Jan. 10 in London's High Court, adding to several lawsuits brought by investors since the company paid about US$1.5 billion to settle long-dragged probes in the U.S., B...Read More
Australia's Atlantic Lithium (LSE: ALL; ASX: A11) said on Friday that is engaged in talks with Ghana's state-owned Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) for funding of up to US$30 million.The exploration and development company is developing the Ewoyaa project in central Ghana, which would be the country's first lithium mine.Atlantic says the operation, which is expected to begin production in th...Read More
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A | TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), has confirmed it is considering spinning out to shareholders its metallurgical coal business, sending shares up more than 10% on Thursday.The company responded to a Bloomberg report citing unnamed sources claiming the potential US$8 billion spinoff could be announced as early as next week.Teck said Thursday it was investigating alternatives for th...Read More
Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM; US-OTCQX: FMCXF) has released initial drill results from the 2023 winter program at the Tesla copper-zinc-gold-silver discovery, about 300 metres north of its McIlvenna Bay deposit in Saskatchewan.Several intersections highlighted grades well above that contained in the McIlvenna Bay reserve estimate. McIlvenna Bay's reserve is 25.7 million tonnes grading 2.51% copper equi...Read More
Brad Rourke, CEO of Scottie Resources discusses drilling at the high-grade Blueberry Contact zone near its eponymous gold mine in British Columbia, and plans for the zone in 2023. Rourke spoke with Northern Miner staff reporter Henry Lazenby at VRIC in January.Read More
Natascha Kiernan, an M&A specialist, corporate finance lawyer and independent director, outlines what makes a good M&A target and discusses recent trends in mining deals. Kiernan spoke with Mining.com executive editor Frik Els at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC) in January. Read More
Harry Barr, CEO of New Age Metals discusses exploration at the River Valley Palladium project near Sudbury and its 11 lithium projects in Manitoba. Barr spoke with Northern Miner staff reporter Henry Lazenby at VRIC in January.Read More