Gold

A drill rig at the Kucukdag target at Pilot Gold's TV Tower gold project in Turkey. Source: Pilot Gold

Fronteer grads look to duplicate success with Pilot

With its coffers overflowing, Pilot Gold (PLG-T) is in the enviable position amongst juniors of being able to drive heavy exploration programs at two projects, while helping develop a third into a mine.It’s a story that has gained…


An outcrop at Temex Resources' Juby gold project in northern Ontario. Sources: Temex Resources

Temex buys blue sky at Juby

Mergers and acquisitions are heating up in the mining-friendly province of Ontario, with Iamgold’s (IMG-T) acquisition in June of Trelawney Mining and Exploration and the proposed friendly takeover of Queenston Mining (QMI-T) by Osisko…


A worker handles core at Yellowhead Mining's Harper Creek copper-gold-silver project in B.C. Source: Yellowhead Mining

Taseko hedges its bets with Yellowhead shares

In mid-September, Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) made a second attempt at permitting its US$1.1-billion New Prosperity copper-gold project in B.C., submitting a revamped environmental impact statement with a US$300-million plan to salvage…


Slater talks early-mover status in Kazakhstan

VANCOUVER — Business partners Ian Slater and Robert Bell have had their sights set on potential mining plays in Kazakhstan since the country declared independence from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Roughly twenty years later, it…


Bad timing for Banro

Unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo couldn’t have come at a worse time for Banro Corp. (BAA-T), whose Twangiza gold mine started commercial production there in September.


El Nino sees progress at Murray Brook

VANCOUVER — It has been a busy year for Vancouver-based El Nino Ventures (ELN-V). The company released results from a US$3-million, 18,500-metre drill program on its Murray Brook pollymetallic massive sulphide project 60 km outside of…


Copper Mountain Mining gains traction

Mid-cap Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) and its majority-owned copper-gold-silver open-pit mine near Princeton in southern British Columbia, is a potential takeover target, says Orest Wowkodaw of Canaccord Genuity.


Auriga has new vision for Puffy Lake

Auriga Gold (AIA-V) wants to bring the Puffy Mine in western Manitoba back to life — only this time as a more modest and efficient operation.




Pretium works to conquer the Valley of the Kings

VANCOUVER — In a drive to complete a feasibility study on its wholly-owned Brucejack gold-silver project 65 kilometers north of Stewart, B.C., Vancouver-based Pretium Resources (PVG-T, PVG-N) released an updated resource estimate on its…


MAG Silver faces activists in Mexico

Local media reports that landholders from the local community of Ejido have voted to expel MAG Silver (MAG-T) from its Cinco de Mayo property in Mexico and ban mining in the area for 100 years have sent shares in the mining company down by…


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