Inside the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Western Shoshone Defense Project Executive Director Fermina Stevens had a clear message for the country’s companies seeking to mine lithium in Nevada.
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Elko’s big annual mining event has more booths than ever and some new activities throughout the two days.
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Integra Resources CEO George Salamis said the work they have done with the Shoshone-Paiute tribes regarding the DeLamar mining project in Idaho has helped shape a project that is “better understood, more predictable and better positioned to earn support locally and across the region by all s…
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AngloGold Ashanti says the North Bullfrog open pit mine it is planning to construct north of Beatty would create over 300 jobs during operations.
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First Majestic Silver CEO Keith Neumeyer said “I think the community of Elko is very excited” about the restart of the Jerritt Canyon Mine in northern Elko County which is planned for next year.
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As Orla Mining works toward the start of construction at the South Railroad Project in Elko County, the company has announced plans to merge with Equinox Gold in a deal Equinox CEO Darren Hall says will create “a senior North American gold producer with increased scale, high-quality long-lif…
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During Orla Mining’s first quarter earnings call, CEO Jason Simpson said, “We are marching toward field mobilization at South Railroad” in Elko County, “with our team growing fast.”
Barrick’s high earnings in the first quarter of 2026 were boosted by strong performance at Nevada Gold Mines, where production was up 10% from the first quarter of 2025.
McEwen Inc. Chairman and Chief Owner Rob McEwen said “our vision is clear and ambitious” as the company works toward multiplying production company-wide and at the Gold Bar Complex in Nevada near Eureka.
Coeur Mining CEO Mitchell Krebs said “Coeur delivered a strong start to what is expected to be a record year,” with every mine, including the Rochester Mine in Nevada, “contributing to record first quarter results.”
Hecla Mining Senior Vice President for Exploration Kurt Allen said “I am very excited about our Nevada growth projects,” which include the Midas Mine in Elko County and the Aurora property in Mineral County.
SSR Mining, owner of the Marigold Mine northwest of Battle Mountain, is seeing strong earnings as it repositions itself as a focused Americas-based gold and silver producer.
Federal mine investigators concluded that a switch had been wrongly labeled, contributing to the death of miner Brian Hanson.
The largest contractor at Barrick Mining's Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex in Mali is closing operations in the country and laying off more than 600 employees, according to sources.
Argentina expects to export $12.1 billion worth of lithium and $20.6 billion worth.
The latest donation from Nevada Gold Mines to a PAC affiliated with Gov. Joe Lombardo has raised questions because it came after the firing of the state water engineer, but NGM frequently makes large donations to incumbent governors.
McEwen Inc. has said the acquisition of Golden Lake sites near some of its properties near Eureka will support plans to transform the Gold Bar Complex into a long-life operation with increasing production and will help the company double its total production by 2030.
Minera Alamos CEO Darren Koningen said the fourth quarter of 2025 solidified “our transformation into a growing, U.S.-focused gold producer.”
Hycroft Mining CEO Diane Garrett said the first quarter of this year was “highlighted by continued strong safety performance, a robust balance sheet with $189 million in cash and no debt, and a 55% increase in measured and indicated gold and silver resources.”
Integra Resource CEO George Salamis says cash flow from the Florida Canyon Mine southwest of Winnemucca is enabling the company to internally fund advancement across its broader portfolio, including “permitting and technical progress at both the DeLamar Project and Nevada North, reinforcing our strategy of building a scalable, multi-asset gold platform in the U.S.”
LONDON — Major fund managers are heralding a sustained rally in mining and metals as money floods into the sector at the fastest pace in years, driven by robust AI infrastructure, rising defense spending and a shift away from expensive tech stocks.
The Nevada Mining Association's Reverse Expo - a great speed networking opportunity for people in the mining industry - came to Elko this past week.
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Kinross Gold CEO Paul Rollinson said in the company’s first quarter earnings call that “our culture of technical excellence and financial discipline combined with the recent gold prices resulted in strong operating margins that again outpaced the gold increase in the quarter.”
Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling said the low all-injury rate in mining in 2025 shows that “we are ensuring that as we increase domestic mineral production, we are also achieving the highest possible safety standards to keep American workers safe on the job.”
Barrick CEO Mark Hill said the spinoff of Nevada Gold Mines and Fourmile into a separate company will accelerate the momentum in North America “by giving North American Barrick its own dedicated management team and highlighting the attractiveness of these gold assets in one of the premier gold districts in the world.”
For a nearly century, the American Smelting and Refining Company operated the smelter in Hayden, Arizona, providing jobs to over 600 people in its heyday. Now, it could be getting a chance at resurrection.
The U.S. and the EU deepened their coordination on critical minerals as part of a broader push by Western allies to loosen China's grip on materials crucial to advanced manufacturing.
Orla Mining CEO Jason Simpson says that as the company advances the South Railroad Project in Elko County and achieves milestones at its mines n Canada and Mexico, “We are proud of our team in all three nations who contributed to all these successes, giving us real confidence for the remainder of 2026.”
Minera Alamos acquired the Pan Mine southeast of Eureka last October as its first producing mine, but CEO Darren Koningen says the company expects to have “ample funds to advance our growth portfolio of low capital intensity projects,” including the Gold Rock Project near Pan.
During Newmont’s first quarter earnings call, Newmont Executive Vice President Peter Wexler said that hopefully Newmont and Barrick can come to a meeting of the minds on Nevada Gold Mines, because that will be part of “getting NGM back on track.”