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Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

Record precious metal prices are driving global exploration for gold and silver. Here’s a list of four companies to keep an eye on. Another four companies under the global […]

Northern Miner Staff | March 9, 2026 | 9:30 am

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC), Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) and MP Materials (NYSE: MP)…

Blair McBride | February 3, 2026 | 10:00 am

Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling

Founders Metals, (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) one of the most advanced gold…

Blair McBride | January 9, 2026 | 11:59 am

Veolia sets new standard for large-scale water reuse in Brazil

Veolia’s innovative technologies are establishing a benchmark for water reuse…

Joseph Quesnel | July 29, 2025 | 6:23 pm

Site visit: Pasco aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings

CERRO DE PASCO, PERU — Standing on a hilltop over…

Blair McBride | June 10, 2025 | 5:52 pm

TriStar Gold closes $5M financing with Auramet

TriStar Gold (TSXV: TSG; OTC: TSGZF) has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement with Auramet Capital Partners, which purchased 25 million […]

Jackson Chen | April 18, 2022 | 11:24 am

Lundin’s Fruta del Norte sets Q1 record at 121,665 oz. gold

Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) kicked off 2022 with its best ever quarter of production, producing 121,665 oz. of gold from its Fruta del […]

Jackson Chen | April 12, 2022 | 11:27 am

Sigma Lithium updates Grota do Cirilo feasibility, creates US$1.6B after-tax NPV

Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ: SGML, TSXV: SGML) has provided an updated Phase 1 feasibility study for its wholly owned Grota do Cirilo project […]

Jackson Chen | April 11, 2022 | 11:40 am

Bolivian senator, Indigenous representatives attacked by illegal miners

Bolivian senator Cecilia Requena, members of the Senate’s Land and Territory Committee and representatives from Amazonian Indigenous organizations were attacked over the […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 3, 2022 | 12:14 pm

How plants support remediation efforts in areas affected by Fundão dam disaster

Brazilian researchers found that Southern cattail is effective in mitigating the environmental impact of iron ore tailings and trace elements such as nickel, chrome, copper and lead.

Staff Writer | April 3, 2022 | 7:44 am

Equinox pours first gold from resin-in-leach circuit at Santa Luz mine in Brazil

Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE: EQX) is well on its way to restarting production at the Santa Luz mine in Bahia state, Brazil, after […]

Jackson Chen | March 31, 2022 | 10:40 am

‘New’ frog species discovered near mining sites in Ecuador

Two new species of endangered glass frogs, the Mashpi glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium mashpi) and the Nouns’ glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium nouns) were identified […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2022 | 6:06 am

Cerrado signs US$20M stream deal with Sprott on Monte do Carmo gold project

Cerrado Gold (TSXV: CERT) has inked a US$20 million stream agreement with Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. for its Monte do […]

Jackson Chen | March 14, 2022 | 11:54 am

Kinross pours first gold bar at La Coipa mine in Chile

Toronto’s Kinross Gold (TSX:K; NYSE: KGC) has poured its first gold bar since the restart of mining at La Coipa 1,000 km […]

Marilyn Scales | March 9, 2022 | 7:44 am

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Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling

Veolia sets new standard for large-scale water reuse in Brazil

Site visit: Pasco aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings

TriStar Gold closes $5M financing with Auramet

Lundin’s Fruta del Norte sets Q1 record at 121,665 oz. gold

Sigma Lithium updates Grota do Cirilo feasibility, creates US$1.6B after-tax NPV

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