BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — Argentina’s new centrist, business-oriented government has appointed Daniel Meilan as its new Secretary of Mining. The geologist and former Secretary of Mines during the 1990s met…
Canada’s benchmark index slipped 0.1% to close at 12,797.79, despite higher crude oil prices. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index, however, gained 0.7% to close at 352.81. The…
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — In the two months since taking the helm of Argentina, President Mauricio Macri has moved quickly to reverse the interventionist course that previous Argentine governments had…
Lesley Stokes and Matt Keevil kick off their inaugural recording session from our studio in Vancouver. Topics include the recent spike in gold prices, the lithium boom in Nevada’s Clayton…
The recent dramatic — nearly an order of magnitude — resource downgrade of a high-profile deposit has sparked lively discussions amongst geology professionals. Many geologists are discussing the technicalities of…
It’s a transformative year for Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE-MKT: NSU), as the company and its 40% joint-venture partner, Eritrean National Mining, remain on schedule and under budget to complete…
Mineral exploration in Canada has attracted widespread interest over the past few decades and is today considered by most as a sector in its own right. This has been made…
VANCOUVER — Goldcorp’s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) first conference call of the year marked a changing of the guard, as well-known executive Chuck Jeannes retired and made way for new…
A feasibility study on Continental Gold’s (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) Buritica gold-silver project in Antioquia, Colombia, shows a 10% improvement in total costs and stronger economics for a high-grade underground mine….
VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) is in the midst of a proxy battle with upstart activist shareholder group Raging River Capital, which has led to a flurry of…
Since announcing a gutsy move to acquire the past-producing Jericho diamond mine in Nunavut last year, Shear Diamonds (SRM-V) has been doing the hard work necessary to determine if there’s…
As the human toll of Japan’s devastating triple disaster becomes clearer, the world is beginning to take stock of the potential economic impacts of the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear…
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