MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota regulators on Thursday granted key permits to the long-planned PolyMet copper-mining project that's opposed by environmentalists who fear it could someday foul waters, including Lake Superior.The state Department of Natural Resources issued permits to PolyMet Mining Inc. for the company's proposed NorthMet project in northeastern Minnesota. The project still needs permits f...Read More
CALGARY - Suncor Energy Inc. is reporting third-quarter operating income of $1.56 billion, an 80 per cent increase over $867 million in the same period of 2017.The earnings amount to 96 cents per share, in line with analyst expectations of 95 cents according to Thomson Reuters Eikon, but well ahead of 52 cents in the third quarter of 2017.Suncor attributes the increase to higher crude oil prices a...Read More
CALGARY - Encana Corp. has signed a deal to acquire Newfield Exploration Co. in an all-stock offer it said was worth about US$5.5 billion.Under the deal announced Thursday, Newfield shareholders will receive 2.6719 Encana shares for each share of Newfield common stock.Encana will also assume US$2.2 billion of Newfield debt."This strategic combination advances our strategy and is immediately accre...Read More
We all knew it was going to happen.Well, at least those of us who paid attention.The huge run on Canadian cannabis stocks did, in fact, come to an end just as legalization kicked in.Of course, it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out.You know the drill...Buy the rumor, sell the news.And that's exactly what we did.The result?Members of my Green Chip Stocks community just bagged the...Read More
Premier Gold Mines Limited (TSX:PG) is a gold producer, with a high-quality pipeline of precious metal projects in proven, accessible and safe mining jurisdictions in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The goal is to evolve into a low-cost, mid-tier gold producer, through its two producing mines and the development of its Hardrock Project in Ontario (Greenstone Gold JV) and McCoy-Cove Property...Read More
This episode features Agnico Eagle Mines vice-chair and CEO Sean Boyd in a "fireside" chat with Northern Miner publisher Anthony Vaccaro. The in-depth interview was recorded live on-stage at The Northern Miner's Progressive Mine Forum held at the MaRS Discovery District in downtown Toronto in October 2018.Sean and Anthony cover a wide range of topics, including: innovation at Agnico's Goldex and L...Read More
Seven years ago EMX Royalty (TSXV: EMZ; NYSE-AM: EMX) identified privately held IG Copper and its Malmyzh copper-gold porphyry project in Russia as a strategic investment opportunity and poured US$13 million into the company.That investment has just paid off with IGC's sale of the project for US$200 million to Russian Copper Company, a large privately held copper producer in the Russian Federatio...Read More
DUBLIN, IRELAND - Ireland hosts two prospective horizons for zinc-lead mineralization: the Waulsortian limestone zone, and the deeper Pale Beds, also known as the Navan Beds.Group Eleven Resources (TSXV: ZNG) was sure to emphasize this point during a site visit to three of its zinc-lead projects in Ireland.The Navan Beds are named after the prolific Navan deposit, which feeds New Boliden's (STO: B...Read More
In 2010, Almaden Minerals (TSX: AMM; NYSE: AAU) drilled the discovery hole at its Ixtaca gold-silver project in Puebla State, Mexico. It was a brand new discovery, on claims company president and CEO Morgan Poliquin staked with his father, company chairman Duane Poliquin, in 2001.Today, Morgan Poliquin says the project is about a year away from a production decision; a decision that can be traced...Read More
Reconnaissance exploration at the Kirus and Jempe targets at Aurania Resources' (TSXV: ARU); US-OTC: AUIAF) Lost Cities - Cutucu project in Ecuador has returned grab samples of rock with copper grades of 4% to 7% and silver grades ranging from 20 to 79 grams per tonne.The discoveries are about 20 km apart and were made during exploration of the magnetic targets identified from a geophysical survey...Read More
Sprung Structures regional business development manager Tom Lloyd delivers a talk at the 2018 Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto, presented by The Northern Miner and Canadian Mining Journal.Read More
SilverCrest Metals (TSXV: SIL; US-OTC: SVCMF) is drilling its Las Chispas silver property in Sonora, Mexico, to both expand the current inferred resource and upgrade it to the measured and indicated categories. It plans to table an updated resource and a preliminary economic assessment in 2019's first quarter.The company has seven surface drills and one underground drill operating at Las Chispas....Read More
Abitibi Royalties Inc. (TSX-V: RZZ, OTC: ATBYF, Nasdaq: ATBYF) owns various royalty interests at the Canadian Malartic Mine near Val-d'Or Qu?(C)bec, including a 3% NSR on portions of Odyssey, East Malartic, Jeffrey, Barnat Extension, 2% NSR on portions of the Gouldie/Charlie zones, 1.5% NSR on the Midway Project and a 15% NPI on the Radium Property. In addition, the Company is building a portfolio...Read More
Hydrostor president and CEO Jon Norman presents on innovative energy solutions with attendees at the 2018 Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto, presented by The Northern Miner and Canadian Mining Journal.Read More
President Trump is sending thousands of troops to the U.S./Mexico border in an effort to deter a caravan of migrants seeking asylum in America.I could get political here, and tell you one of two things:1) This caravan of migrants is part of a humanitarian crisis and the president is savagely exploiting it to incite his conservative base ahead of Tuesday's midterm election.Or...2) This caravan is a...Read More
What does the glamour of motor racing, renewables and mining have in common? According to Antofagasta's Chief Executive Officer Ivan Arriagada, quite a bit."One of the things that has happened in Chile is that we've seen a significant transformation in the energy world towards renewables and in our case we've increased our percentage of power that comes from renewables."Today around 21 per cent o...Read More
The absence of an effective global mineral data exchange and cumbersome Government bureaucracies for managing tenement rights as two examples of how mining is still stuck in models that have their roots in the nineteenth century according to Grant Lenaarts, CEO of Mineral Assurance - an Australian start-up keen to bringing the power of blockchain to the global mining industry."While the world ha...Read More
The gold price has remained relatively stable at around US $1200 and $1400 an ounce since 2013, so why is the GDX Index, which measures the performance of the largest gold producers, currently down 70 per cent?Speaking at IMARC in Melbourne, Evolution Mining Executive Chair Jake Klein said the harsh truth for the industry is there hasn't been a sufficient return for investors."I started in the g...Read More
Northern Star Resources Executive Chairman Bill Beament has capped of a remarkable period of success for the company by being awarded the Mines and Money Legend in Mining at the International Mines and Resources Conference in Melbourne.Mr Beament joins industry luminaries such as Andrew Forrest, Robert Champion de Crespigny and Jake Klein in receiving the prestigious award, which recognises except...Read More
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