Using a metal detector, the man who has not been identified, found a piece of gold worth $68,760. It was about 18 inches below ground.Read full newsRead More
Barrick Gold's subsidiary Acacia Mining (LON:ACA) condemned its parent company on Wednesday for keeping it out of discussions with the government of Tanzania about a long-running row over outstanding tax claims.Acacia's comments come on the heels of the Canadian gold giant's bid to take full control of the company, which is Tanzania's No. 1 gold miner.Toronto-based Barrick has proposed to buy the...Read More
A number of TSX Index giants have pulled back in recent weeks, and investors who missed out on the big rally to start 2019 are wondering if this might be a good opportunity to make a few contrarian bets for their portfolios.Let’s take a look at Nutrien (TSX:NTR)(NYSE:NTR) and Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS)(NYSE:BNS) to see if they deserve to be on your buy list today.Nutrien Nutrien was forme...Read More
Paying attention can pay big bucks. If you’re invested in gold stocks, you’ll want to know what industry leaders are doing and why.Earlier this month, the executives of $28 billion miner Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) held a public conference call to discuss the company’s first-quarter results.While the conversation mostly covered Barrick-specific news, there were plenty of c...Read More
Most North American and European market indices were set for upbeat starts today and Australia's S&P/ASX200 was up at the time of writing.Copper miners gained yesterday, with Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) up about 1.5% in New York and Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) rising more than 2% in London.Base metal futures were mixed in Asian trade and the gold price remains about US$1,274 an ounce.Alumunium pr...Read More
We'll find few issues out there that transcend the chaos and fighting that takes place daily on Capitol Hill.Take a second and close your eyes, then try to think of a single topic that both the far left and far right can agree on.Don't worry, I'll wait.Still need help?Here's a hint: Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers releases a report that shows us - Republican, Democrat, an...Read More
Element 25 Limited (ASX: E25) owns 100% of the Butcherbird Project that hosts Australia's largest onshore manganese resource. The project is located in a low-risk mining jurisdiction in Western Australia, near excellent infrastructure. It contains over 260 Mt of manganese ore, with exceedingly simple geology. We learned from Justin Brown, Executive Director of Element 25, that the Company's core s...Read More
Frontier Lithium Inc. (TSX.V: FL) is focused on becoming a low-cost, fully integrated lithium producer, through development of the world-class PAK lithium deposit in Ontario, Canada. At PDAC 2019, we learned from Trevor Walker, President and CEO of Frontier Lithium, that they have invested nearly $10 million into the project since 2013, and turned it into the highest-grade lithium deposit in North...Read More
"Dr. Juan Lucena leads Humanitarian Engineering (HE) at Colorado School of Mines. The program brings together engineering and social science professors to transform the ways engineers are taught to think, define and solve problems with communities. ...'We don't presume that we know more than countries we want to serve,' said Lucena. That intellectual humility sets apart the Mines program from othe...Read More
From Forbes: "Dr. Juan Lucena leads Humanitarian Engineering (HE) at Colorado School of Mines. The program brings together engineering and social science professors to transform the ways engineers are taught to think, define and solve problems with communities. ...'We don't presume that we know more than countries we want to serve,' said Lucena. That intellectual humility sets apart the Mines prog...Read More
I have been writing to you for a few weeks now about the uranium bull market that is materializing...Especially here in North America, where the United States operates the world's largest nuclear fleet with 99 reactors... but only produces enough uranium to supply one of them.Which has left one of every five light bulbs dependent on a foreign source of uranium to light our way.I've covered many of...Read More
Acting METS Ignited CEO Ian Dover said at the conference a new AlphaBeta report due out soon on the likely total economic impact of automation and robotics on the Australian resources sector would suggest the "size of the prize" was massive indeed and would include more than $52 billion of added value in mining by 2030 and wider supply-chain (METS) and economic value creation.It follows a March 20...Read More
Moderator: Trish Saywell, Senior Staff Writer, The Northern MinerPanelists: Steve Letwin, President and CEO, IAMGOLD, and Peter Marrone, Executive Chairman, Yamana GoldRead More
Peter Marrone, Yamana Gold Chairman, addresses delegates The Northern Miner's 2019 Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London, U.K.Read More
Peter Corcoran, VP of Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology Canada, delivers a presentation at The Northern Miner's 2019 Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London, U.K.Read More
Mark Bristow, Barrick Gold President and CEO, has a fireside chat with Northern Miner Senior Writer Trish Saywell at the 2019 Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London, U.K.Read More
David Harquail, CEO, Franco-Nevada Corporation, and Chair, World Gold Council, delivers a keynote speech and sits for an interview at The Northern Miner's 2019 Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London, U.K.Read More
Steve Letwin, IAMGOLD President and CEO, addresses delegates The Northern Miner's 2019 Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London, U.K.Read More
Moderator: Patrice Merrin, Director, GlencorePanelists: Frederick Bell, Managing Director, Elemental Royalties; Dean Braunsteiner, National Mining Leader, PwC Canada; Olivia Markham, Director and Portfolio Manager, BlackRock; Shaun Usmar, CEO, Triple Flag Mining FinanceRead More
Opening Remarks: Anthony Vaccaro, Group Publisher, The Northern Miner GroupModerator: Andrew Cheatle, Senior VP, Africa, Forbes & Manhattan Resources Panelists: Honourable Sandy Silver, Premier of Yukon, Member of the Legislative Assembly - Klondike; Graham Downs, President and CEO, ATAC Resources; Brandon Macdonald, President and CEO, Fireweed Zinc; John McConnell, President and CEO, Victoria Gol...Read More