This week marks the 200th episode of The Northern Miner Podcast with a double-header extravaganza featuring Canadian Mining Journal news editor Magda Gardner and B2Gold president and CEO Clive Johnson. Magda discusses the surprising intricacies of compiling a list of Canada's top 40 mining companies, while in our Thought Leadership segment, Clive describes how he helped take B2Gold from an idea to...Read More
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP), the world's largest miner, will decide whether to go ahead with its long-delayed multi-billion dollar Jansen potash project in Canada by mid-2021, about a decade after completing a feasibility study on the operation.The company had planned to make an investment decision in February 2021, but delays relating to the completion of shafts have pushed out the date by a few mo...Read More
Last year, when Australia-based major Newcrest Mining announced it would buy a 70% interest in Imperial Metals' Red Chris mine, CEO Sandeep Biswas called BC a tier-one jurisdiction.Read More
The company, which was on track to beat its FY19 record sales in the first nine months of FY20, took a hit from the slowdown in major mining regions in the fourth (June) quarter. Its full-year revenue came in 2.5% lower at A$237.7 million, while FY20 net profit after tax was down 21% at $21.76 million despite EBITDA margins improving from 21.5% to 24.4% in the latest year.Six weeks into fiscal 202...Read More
Warren Buffett has perhaps the worst diet of anyone I've ever seen...He's almost monk-like in his dedication to cheeseburgers, ice cream, and candy, while washing it down with enough Coke to kill a small rodent. The Oracle of Omaha isn't shy about it: he's been quoted that he eats like a child."I checked the actuarial tables, and the lowest death rate is among 6-year-olds, so I decided to eat like...Read More
Helium has a peculiar and very interesting fact attached to it: it is the only element discovered out of Earth before it was discovered on...Read full newsRead More
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Oklahoma shale driller Chaparral Energy Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, the latest U.S. energy sector casualty in recent months as COVID-19 crushes oil demand.Read full newsRead More
China's diesel demand is likely to hit a record this year powered by trucking activity, as Beijing's aggressive stimulus fuels a construction and delivery boom and a speedy recovery in heavy machinery sales, analysts say.Read full newsRead More
Montr?(C)al, Qu?(C)bec - August 17, 2020 - Siyata Mobile Inc. (the "Company" or "Siyata") (TSX-V:SIM / OTCQX:SYATF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicholas Yaeger as VP of Sales for the Company's Verizon Account, effective immediately.Mr. Yaeger is an experienced individual who has worked at Verizon in various roles and departments for more than 15 years. His extensive background in the...Read More
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The U.S. government on Friday released a draft environmental report on the potential effects of three open-pit gold mines in salmon habitat in central Idaho proposed by a Canadian company. The U.S. Forest Service will take comments for 60 days on the documents involving British Columbia-based Midas Gold's plan that includes restoration work in the already heavily mined area. Mi...Read More
Gold miners remained one of the biggest coronavirus beneficiaries.Read full newsRead More
The outstanding success of gold stocks during the pandemic continues this week, as Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) soars +10%. The rocketing share price can be attributed to investment guru Warren Buffett and his famous holding company Berkshire Hathaway. But is Barrick stock a good buy for the general investor? And what might this latest development signal for low-risk portfolio holders? L...Read More
News on Friday was that legendary investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s investment portfolio has, for the first time, opened a new position in a gold stock. The news has raised media speculation that the Oracle of Omaha might have changed his value investment philosophy. The man historically discouraged investing in the precious metal. Has Mr. Buffett changed his stance on gol...Read More
The legendary investor Warren Buffett once again surprised the global investing community with his trades recently. Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A)(NYSE:BRKB) was pretty active during the second quarter of 2020, which saw one of the best recoveries after an epic crash in March.Warren Buffett in Q2Institutional investors disclose their stock holdings through 13F filings after 45 days of...Read More
Warren Buffett has never been the biggest fan of gold. Having stressed its “lack of utility” in many public statements, he has mostly avoided investing in it. Buffett generally prefers investing in more productive assets and considers gold to be a “bet on fear.”Recently, however, the Oracle of Omaha seems to have changed course. In the second quarter, he made a major bet on...Read More
A lot of people were surprised that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought shares of gold miner Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) in the second quarter.Generally, Buffett isn’t a believer in gold as an investment, because the asset doesn’t produce anything. He notes that people buy gold hoping that someone will pay more for it later.In 2011, there was a bubble in gold. It was...Read More
The project is now ready for development, pending finance. Earlier this month, Orion was granted the water use licence.Read More
Chrysos' Photon Assay is a quantitative chemistry-free replacement for fire assay on site and in the laboratory.Read More