With gold prices hitting record highs over the past year, the question becomes whether the world can produce enough of the precious metal to keep pace with its rising demand. To give a better picture of the size and potential…
Two years ago The Northern Miner named Nick Mather, president and CEO of Australian junior SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG), as its Mining Man of the Year for his role as the driving force behind the world-class Alpala gold-copper deposit…
Following its acquisition of a 70% stake in the Red Chris copper-gold mine in British Columbia last year, Australia’s largest listed gold miner, Newcrest Mining, will begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Oct. 13. In a release, Newcrest…
Ecuador’s highest court has ruled that communities have the right to hold referendums on whether or not proposed large and medium-scale mines can move forward, but said the public can only vote on mining rights not yet granted and not…
SolGold has started drilling at its Porvenir copper-gold project in southern Ecuador after receiving all scout drilling regulatory approvals. The project is located about 100 km north of the Peruvian border in Zamora Chinchipe province, and is situated within the Jurassic…
Ecuador-focused miner SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) said today that it had received $100 million from streaming company Franco-Nevada (TSX: FNV; NYSE: FNV), which it will use to progress its Alpala copper-gold project through to final feasibility and a development decision. The funding is…
Management moves announced this week: Graeme Currie is now an advisor to Adamera Minerals. Andrey Shamis has been appointed interim CEO of Angus Ventures, succeeding Patrick Langlois in this role. Shamis joined the company’s board in 2017. Miloje Vicentijevic has resigned from…
Cornerstone Capital Resources (TSXV: CGP) plans to call a meeting of SolGold’s (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) shareholders to replace the company’s entire board, the investor said today. The move by the Ontario-based junior, which has an 8% interest in SolGold, comes after…
ECUADOR – BHP Billiton is spending US$22 million to boost its stake in Australian junior SolGold to 14.7% from 11.1%, making it one of the two largest shareholders in the Ecuador-focused company. Newcrest Mining owns about 14.8%. BHP is acquiring 77 million shares…
ECUADOR – Australian miner SolGold has discovered a new copper-gold-silver-molybdenum porphyry system at its wholly owned Cisne Loja project in southern Ecuador. The company says it found mineralized outcrops that indicate the presence of a new polymetallic porphyry system with…
LONDON, U.K. – The following is a transcript of SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG) CEO Nicholas Mather’s remarks at The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London, U.K., as he accepted in person his Northern Miner “Mining Person of the Year” Award for…
Nicholas Mather, president and CEO of Australian junior SolGold, is The Northern Miner’s Mining Person of the Year for 2018 in recognition of his role as the driving force behind the wildly successful grassroots team that has drilled off the world-class…