October 29, 2020

BMO emerges as top mining M&A advisor for Q1–Q3

The firm advised on a total of 12 deals worth $4 billion for the first three quarters of the year.

October 29, 2020

Lundin lowers guidance on mine troubles

Labour and technical disruptions forced Lundin to review production targets for three of its four operating mines.

October 29, 2020

VanadiumCorp’s Lac Doré project among world’s largest

Mineral resource estimate shows the asset is one of the world’s most significant sources of the metal.

October 28, 2020

Barrick’s Mark Bristow on building a license to operate

Bristow said the main driver behind having a strong license to operate is that mining companies are “stewards of national assets.”

October 28, 2020

Champion Iron reports record production in Q3

Bloom Lake produced 2.2 million tonnes of high-grade iron ore concentrate during the three months to September.

October 28, 2020

Probe uncovers new, near-surface gold zones at Pascalis in Quebec

Drill highlights from the zone in the southeast include 26.4 metres of 1.4 g/t gold from 26.6 metres; 0.6 metre of 94.1 g/t gold starting at 18.3 metres; and 11…

October 27, 2020

Trump lifts tariffs on Canadian aluminum, warns he may resume them

Trump first granted the exclusion to Canada in 2019, but a surge in imports of Canadian non-alloyed, unwrought aluminum prompted him to slap the tariffs back on in August, inflaming…

October 27, 2020

RANKED: Top 20 mining companies – capital raised in 2020

Gold miners dominate the list, but metallurgical coal and phosphate rock companies rank number two and five, respectively.

October 27, 2020

New Found Gold steps out Keats, shares up

Drilling around last year’s discovery hole at the Keats zone within New Found Gold’s wholly owned Queensway gold project in Ontario has returned long intervals of high-grade gold.

October 27, 2020

Former First Mexican Gold exec faced with securities charges

The BCSC alleges the company hired a qualified mining engineer in 2014 to produce “a quick, non-compliant overview” of the potential mineral resources on its Hilda 30 concession in Sonora…