November 15, 2016

Canada’s Yukon Chamber of Mines slammed over Trump-related tweet

“Yukon produces the best wall building materials,” said the organization in a tweet right after Trump won the US election.

November 15, 2016

Seabridge Gold drilling supports expansion of deep Kerr Mine plan

Seabridge Gold today announced that results from the final three core holes drilled this year at Deep Kerr successfully filled in the gaps required to support a southern extension of…

November 15, 2016

Barrick and NOVAGOLD announce the appointment of Andy Cole as General Manager of the Donlin Gold Project in Alaska

Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick) and NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC. (NOVAGOLD), the owners of Donlin Gold LLC, are pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Cole as General Manager of the Donlin…

November 14, 2016

Canada’s Kirkland Lake soars after Gold Fields confirms $1.4bn rejected offer

Offer came on the heels of Kirkland Lake's move to buy fellow bullion miner Newmarket Gold (TSX:NMI) in an all-stock deal worth about Cdn$1 billion ($764 million).

November 14, 2016

SilverCrest reports new discovery at Las Chispas property in Mexico

Exploration has been expanded to include a new, recently discovered target at the historic Varela Mine.

November 14, 2016

Could President Trump pull the US out of NAFTA?

Under current law and absent the passage of new legislation, the president does have legal authority to take the requisite steps to withdraw the U.S. from NAFTA and raise tariffs…

November 9, 2016

First Majestic hits fresh silver production record, revenue jumps 78 pct

Output of the precious metal in the three months to Sep. 30 increased 20% to 3.1 million ounces — a new quarterly record.

November 9, 2016

Former Canadian Mint employee guilty of smuggling $165K of gold

Leston Lawrence, 35, stole 22 gold pucks by carrying them in his rectum to evade metal detectors.

November 8, 2016

Major Aussie miners BHP, Hancock to mine in Ecuador — report

Ecuador began last month granting licences for new exploration areas, with over 300 of them to be awarded by the year-end.

November 8, 2016

Dominion moves headquarters to Calgary in cost-cutting effort

The move comes on the heels of a similar decision by De Beers Canada, which moved its headquarters from Toronto to Calgary in July.