The sudden removal of a popular president amidst the coronavirus pandemic plunged Peru into chaos last month.On Nov. 9, Peru's single-chamber Congress voted to impeach President Mart?-n Vizcarra amid allegations that, while a provincial governor, he had received a payment of 5 million Peruvian Sols (US$1.4 million) from a company awarded the contract to build a public hospital in the southern city...Read More
Developer Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM) has tabled an initial resource estimate for its wholly owned Bigstone deposit on the 161-sq.-km Bigstone property, 25 km to the west of its flagship McIlvenna Bay zinc-copper deposit in east-central Saskatchewan.The underground shape-constrained resource features 2 million indicated tonnes grading 1.88% copper, 0.92% zinc, 0.25 gram gold per tonne and 9.5 grams s...Read More
Northern Vertex Mining (TSXV: NEE; US-OTC: NHVCF) and Eclipse Gold Mining (TSXV: EGLD; US-OTC: EGLPF) have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement for an at-market merger to create a gold producer focused on the western United States. With Northern Vertex as the resulting company, the new entity would hold the Moss heap leach mine in Arizona (through Northern Vertex) as well as the Hercule...Read More
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) closed 32% higher on the Australian Stock Exchange on Dec. 7 after announcing that the Philippine government is moving forward to finalize a long-delayed renewal of an agreement governing the company's Didipio gold-copper underground mine.Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the nation's Department of Environment and Natural Resources to work with Oc...Read More
Shares in Australian nickel-gold miner IGO Ltd (ASX: IGO) came to a trading halt today following several reports that the company was in advanced talks to acquire part of Tianqi Lithium's 51% stake in Greenbushes, the world's biggest hard-rock lithium mine.IGO is planning to raise about $800 million to fund the A$2 billion-purchase (US$1.5 billion) of up to a 25% stake in the Western Australia li...Read More
As we near the end of 2020, the Northern Miner has compiled its list of the top ten most-clicked stories on our website. The stories are ranked in descending order and appeared between Jan. 1 and Dec. 1.1. Northern Dynasty's Pebble project approved after 15-year fightBy Cecilia Jamasmie of MINING.com (July 24, 2020)Northern Dynasty Minerals has cleared the last environmental hurdle for its propose...Read More
AWS, OpsGuru, Xerris - Thought Leadership Panel - GMS: November 12th, 2020 from The Northern Miner on Vimeo.Read More
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The earnings season has just been concluded and several companies continue to remain cautious about the near term. Investors were reminded of the potential troubles that can be expected in the first half of 2021. There is a good chance that stock markets might crash once gain given the high unemployment rates and falling GDP numbers.The second wave of coronavirus infections in North America and Eu...Read More
Gold and gold miners like Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) are great buys when prices are low, and everybody on Wall (or Bay) Street is happy and discounting the potential risks that lie ahead. Like insurance products, you should seek to gain gold exposure on the cheap before a disaster strikes. With the COVID-19 pandemic in full force, with a chance of a severe double-dip recession, gold has bee...Read More
What do you think the big global challenges of the 2020s will be?Extreme weather events brought on by climate change will be something nations have to deal with.Likewise, economic recovery following the pandemic is going to be a priority for pretty much every nation on the planet.Finally, many countries will continue to struggle with their changing cultural identities as political divides worsen a...Read More
Dec 08, 2020 Guest(s): Jim Rogers There's simply too much money injected into the monetary system by central banks to allow a sizeable bear market to take place soon, said Jim Rogers, investor and chairman of Rogers Holdings."Many stocks in the U.S. are down in 2020. There are a few stocks that are going through the roof every day. Some parts of the U.S. market are developing a beginning of a b...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday December 8 that are worth another look.There is no short-term fix for the container shortage that has sent freight cost to record highs, nor is there a need for regulatory authorities to put a lid on freight rates, Lars...Read More
The base metals complex on the London Metal Exchange showed mixed fortunes at the 5pm close on Tuesday December 8, with zinc, lead and nickel holding on to gains while aluminium fell below the $2,000 per tonne psychological mark.Lead showed the biggest increase of the day, rising by 0.98% to $2,099.50 per tonne by the close from Monday's price of $2,076 per tonne.Sister metal zinc also showed a sm...Read More