Ramp surges on Sprott backing for Sask. project
Ramp Metals (TSXV: RAMP) shares gained more than a quarter of their value on Wednesday after gold bug Eric Sprott invested in the Saskatchewan explorer. Sprott is the lead investor in…
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Heliostar gains on Mexican mines buy
Heliostar Metals (TSXV: HSTR; US-OTC: HSTXF) is again buying assets from the former Argonaut Gold to expand in Mexico. Its shares rose. Vancouver-based Heliostar is negotiating with lenders for a…
Video: Seabridge Gold seeks BC OK to keep KSM permits
Seabridge Gold expects to receive the “substantial start’ designation under British Columbia laws for permits allowing KSM, the world’s largest undeveloped gold project, CEO Rudi Fronk said in an interview….
Montage Gold raises $180M from Zijin, Lundin for Koné project in West Africa
China’s Zijin Mining Group and the Lundin family are part of a $180 million capital raising to increase their stakes in Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) and advance its…
Eldorado funds Brixton Metals’ BC gold quest
Mid-tier producer Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD) is pledging nearly $6.5 million to advance Brixton Metals‘ (TSXV: BBB; US-OTC: BBBXF) search for the source of river gold that once produced a…
Agnico expands First Nordic stake to 13%
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), Canada’s largest miner by market value, is investing $8.2 million to advance First Nordic Metals‘s (TSX-V: FNM) Oijärvi gold project that Agnico used…
Video: LSE-listed uranium junior Power Metals lands in North America
Power Metals Resources (LSE: POW; US-OTC: POWMF) CEO Sean Wade says there are plenty of catalysts for the London-listed prospect generator which just listed on the OTC. The company, which…
Leaked document: Victoria Gold to move workers off-site amid Eagle cleanup
Victoria Gold (TSXV: VGCX) plans to temporarily relocate workers from its Eagle mine in Yukon as it continues cleanup after the heap leach pad accident on June 24, the company…
Ontario First Nation seeks mining claims ban for now, and more consultation
A northern Ontario First Nations community, which opposes development of the Ring of Fire area and has fought pulp and paper mercury poisoning for decades, is taking the province to…
SolGold signs US$750M gold stream deal for Ecuador project
Franco-Nevada (TSX: FNV NYSE: FNV) and Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR, NYSE: OR) have agreed to provide US$750 million in funding to SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) for its Cascabel…
Exclusive: Victoria Gold worker caught in landslide claims company has history of unsafe practices
A heavy equipment operator who was caught in the heap leach pad accident at Victoria Gold’s (TSXV: VGCX) Eagle mine in Yukon says he fears the company may try to…
Friedland warns of copper ‘crisis’ as mine costs soar
Boca Raton, Fla. – Miners and analysts gathered this week in a sweaty beach city in southeast Florida to ponder why the industry gets the cold shoulder from most investors. Copper…