Get noticed on the leading provider of news and commentary for the mining and exploration sector.
Contact sales@mining.com for a media kit
Learn more about our usage statistics and our reader demographics.
We also have advertising opportunities in our Spanish language news digests.
We have several unique advertising services to meet your needs:
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A 728×90 pixel ad at the top of the site with 20% rotation.
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A 200×90 pixel fixed banner ad at the top of the site.
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A text ad that can be accompanied with an image.
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A 300×250 pixel banner ad with 20% rotation appearing down the right-hand column.
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A 300×250 pixel banner ad appearing down the right-hand column in positions two through six.
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Advertising run on MINING.com's background.
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A very visible ad
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Advertising run on MINING.com's iPhone and Android mobile apps.
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A great opportunity to reach out to a large pool of talented professionals.
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Specifications for banner ads, sponsor posts, mobile, interstitial and job board.
Top Banner on Left
- A 728×90 pixel banner at the top and bottom of MINING.com.
- This is a rotating ad. Five spots are available.
- Duration one month.
- Contact sales@mining.com for more information
Top Banner on the Right
- A 200×90 pixel banner at the top of MINING.com.
- A fixed ad.
- Duration one month.
- Contact sales@mining.com for more information
Sponsor Post
- Suitable for press releases and other long text announcements.
- Contact sales@mining.com for more information
Top Right-Column Banner
- A 300×250 pixel banner at the top of the right-hand column of MINING.com.
- This is a rotating ad. Five spots are available.
- Duration one month.
- Contact sales@mining.com for more information
Remaining Right-Column Banners
- The remaining right column banner spots.
- 300×250 pixel banner.
- Banners are fixed.
- Duration one month.
- Contact sales@mining.com for more information
Backgrounder
- Runs on all pages.
- Due to the high impact of the advertising, runs are limited to seven days each month.
- Contact sales@mining.com for more information
Interstitial Ad
An interstitial Ad is a splash page that is typically displayed for around 10-15 seconds before visitors reach a desired content page. Contact sales@mining.com for more information.
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Mobile Advertising
Advertise using our mobile app. Display your banner at the bottom of the screen or place an ad on our loading page. Contact sales@mining.com for more information.
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Advertise on our "Who's Hiring" job board
- Let our readers know that you are hiring.
- A great opportunity to reach out to a large pool of talented professionals.
- Contact sales@mining.com for more information.
Specifications
Backgrounder and Banner Ad Specifications
- Animated ads can run only 15 seconds in total. Backgrounder ads cannot be animated.
- Third-party click tracking is available.
- File format accepted is .gif or .jpg
- File size for static media is 70K. File size for rich media is 200K with preloader.
Sponsor Post Specifications
- Sponsor post is fixed. It does not rotate.
- The client can run all text or an image and some text, but the total length of the post is limited to 10 centimetres deep. As a rough guideline, keep your post to 270 characters, including spaces, and use an image that is no more than 240 pixels wide and 141 pixels high. A post that is just all text can use 600 characters including spaces.
- The title or the hyperlinks in the post can link through to a client's website.
- Runs for one week starting Monday and ending a week later at Sunday.
- Appears on all pages.
Interstitial Specifications
- Size: 625W x 440H
- Max file size: 80KB
- Max Video/Animation Frame Rate: 24 fps
- Max Animation Length: 10 Seconds
- Max Video Length: 30 Seconds
- Duration of Display: 10 seconds max
Mobile Specifications
- 300W x 50H/ 300W x 48H banner
- Images may be JPEG, PNG, animated GIF
- Recommended file size of less than 50KB for optimal loading times
Job Board Specifications
- Advertiser may post company name, brief description and a logo.
- Total text must be less than 89 characters with spaces.
- Image is a thumbnail, no greater than 50 pixels wide and 20 pixels in height.
- Your ad will appear on home pages and post pages.


