Blair McBride

Canada, Toronto

Production and Copy-Editor at The Northern Miner

Production/copy-editor @northernminer. Past: @NNSLonline @BurnsLakeNews @EFEnoticias @BangkokPostNews. Into running&cycling.

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Articles

Receiver to sell disaster-hit Eagle mine

3 days ago | northernminer.com | Blair McBride

One year after the Eagle mine in Yukon suffered a catastrophic landslide, the company overseeing Victoria Gold’s former site is looking to sell the mine as the cleanup effort proceeds. PricewaterhouseCoopers, which became the receiver for the company and mine last August, announced in mid-June it was preparing to sell the mine and its related assets.
New study gives Ivanhoe Electric’s Santa Cruz copper project $1.4B value

5 days ago | northernminer.com | Blair McBride

A new preliminary feasibility study (PFS) for Ivanhoe Electric’s (TSX, NYSE: IE) Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona gives the proposed mine an after-tax net present value (NPV) of $1.4 billion (C$1.9 billion) at initial costs of $1.24 billion. Shares rose. The underground mine could produce 72,000-tonnes of copper cathode annually during the first 15 years of a 23-year life and has an internal rate of return (IRR) of 20% at a base case of $4.25 per lb. copper, Ivanhoe said Monday.
Two Ring of Fire First Nations oppose Ontario law

1 week ago | northernminer.com | Blair McBride

Two northern Ontario First Nations who have infrastructure agreements with the province related to the Ring of Fire have come out against the government’s new law that seeks to ease mine development across the province. The Aroland and Marten Falls First Nations said this month they’re not aligned with law, widely known as Bill 5, which passed on June 5.
Alberta coal mines gravely threaten fish, study shows

2 weeks ago | northernminer.com | Blair McBride

Leachings from historic coal mines in southwest Alberta could poison and even kill off downstream fish populations, according to a new scientific study released as a Calgary-based explorer seeks to drill for coal in the region. The Alberta government scientific study, published on May 27, points to the element selenium, which is released from weathered rock discarded from mountaintop coal mines and can be poisonous when it accumulates in fish.
Sitka hits gold ‘almost 1 km deep’ at RC project in Yukon

2 weeks ago | northernminer.com | Blair McBride

Summer drilling by Sitka Gold (TSXV: SIG; US-OTC: SITKF) cut a highlight result of 65 metres grading 2 grams gold per tonne at its RC project in west-central Yukon. Shares rose. That result, in hole DDRCCC-25-076 of the Blackjack deposit from 806 metres depth, included 27 metres at 2.67 grams gold, 13.9 metres grading 3.31 grams gold and 8 metres at 4.8 grams gold, Sitka reported Wednesday.
Site visit: Pasco aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings

2 weeks ago | northernminer.com | Blair McBride

CERRO DE PASCO, PERU — Standing on a hilltop over central Peru’s Cerro De Paso at 4,300 metres above sea level, two sites are visible that show the mining city’s past and potential future. On the left is a gaping open pit where silver, gold and zinc have been mined since the 17th century and around which the town grew.
Cascadia to gain Carmacks project in Granite Creek deal

2 weeks ago | northernminer.com | Blair McBride

Cascadia Minerals (TSXV: CAM) agreed to acquire Granite Creek Copper (TSXV: GCX) and its Carmacks project in western Yukon in an all-share deal worth about $11.5 million. Granite Creek shareholders would receive 0.25 Cascadia share for the 272 million of each common share held, representing per-share compensation of about 4¢, the companies announced Monday.
Interview: Snowline CEO steers major league project

2 weeks ago | northernminer.com | Blair McBride

Snowline Gold’s (TSX-V: SGD; US-OTC: SNWGF) Valley project in eastern Yukon has emerged as king of the Tombstone gold belt despite infrastructure headwinds and concerns about responsible development. Its resource update on May 15 lifted it above Banyan Gold’s (TSXV: BYN; US-OTC: BYAGF) AurMac project, giving Valley 3.15 million contained ounces grading 1.41 grams gold per tonne in the measured category.
Equinox-Calibre tie up lifts miner to Canada’s fourth largest

3 weeks ago | northernminer.com | Blair McBride

The combination of Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) and Calibre Mining (TSX: CXB) should move the new company up to the fourth largest gold producer in Canada even as it looks to trim its portfolio of non-core assets. The $2.56 billion (US$1.83-billion) all-stock deal, set to close this month will bring to nine the number of producing mines under Equinox from the current seven, as well as Calibre’s Valentine project in Newfoundland that’s currently under construction.
Orla shares surge on initial resource at Camino Rojo

3 weeks ago | northernminer.com | Blair McBride

Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) shares soared to an all-time high after the company released an initial resource for its Camino Rojo deposit in central Mexico that outlines 3.9 million contained gold oz. grading 2.45 grams gold per tonne. The underground deposit hosts 50.1 million measured and indicated tonnes at 10.6 grams silver and 0.25% zinc for 17.05 million oz. silver and 278 million lb. zinc, Orla said Thursday.