AuRico Gold Inc

Leach-pad construction at Marlin Gold Mining's Trinidad gold project in Sinaloa, Mexico. Source: Marlin Gold

Production is right around the corner for Marlin Gold

It’s not every day that you come across a junior that is on the brink of production and generating cash within four to six months, whose largest shareholder is a hedge fund with an 80% ownership stake, whose management team is headed by…


From left: Imperial Metals' VP of corporate affairs Steve Robertson, VP of corporate development Gordon Keevil and construction manager Bryan Alexander near the tailings facility under construction at the Red Chris copper-gold project in northwestern B.C. Photo: Gwen Preston

The majestic rise of Imperial’s Red Chris

DEASE LAKE, B.C. — Buying used equipment. Building the small mine envisioned by previous project owners because it was already permitted. Funding the $500-million capital cost from cash flow, supplemented by a loan from a single…


AuRico’s Q2 hits the mark

AuRico Gold (TSX: AUQ; NYSE: AUQ) has met second-quarter earnings expectations after adjusting for US$105 million in non-cash charges, mostly related to its El Chanate gold mine in Mexico.


Rapier Gold identifies VMS target at Pen Gold

Since listing on the TSX Venture Exchange in March, Rapier Gold (TSXV: RPR) has completed thirteen drill holes on its Pen gold project and believes it has identified a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) exploration target on the property about…




An aerial view of AuRico Gold's El Chanate gold mine in Sonora, Mexico. Source: AuRico Gold

El Chanate writedown surprises AuRico shareholders

Despite a $127-million writedown of the El Chanate mine in Sonora, Mexico, Canaccord Genuity analyst Rahul Paul says he isn’t changing his investment thesis on AuRico Gold (AUQ-T, AUQ-N) and is maintaining his US$11 price target on the…


At Rapier Gold's Pen gold project, 75 km southwest of Timmins, Ontario, from left: project manager Mary Stalker, president Roger Walsh and consulting geologists Pat Pope, David Gliddon (crouching) and Gary Wong. Source: Rapier Gold

One man’s talc is another man’s treasure

With large companies shedding assets to trim costs and juniors struggling to pay the bills — not to mention raise money — it’s probably safe to say that listing a new exploration company these days is not for the faint of…


An aerial shot of AuRico's El Chanate mine in Sonora, Mexico. Source: AuRico Gold

El Chanate write-down surprises AuRico shareholders

Despite a $127 million write-down of the El Chanate mine in Sonora, Mexico, Canaccord Genuity analyst Rahul Paul says he isn’t changing his investment thesis on AuRico Gold (AUQ-T, AUQ-N) and is maintaining his US$11 price target on the stock….


Open-pit operations at at AuRico Gold's Young-Davidson gold mine in Ontario. Photo by Nancy Duquet-Harvey

Cash-rich AuRico to buy back shares

AuRico Gold (AUQ-T, AUQ-N) is flush with US$750 million in cash after selling Minera Frisco (MSNFY-O) its Ocampo mine and adjacent exploration projects, Venus and Los Jarros, in Mexico’s Chihuahua state, as well as its 50% interest in…


Geologists at the Malku Khota concession in Bolivia. Source: South American Silver Corp.

South American Silver invests closer to home

After taking a bruising in Bolivia earlier this year when the government revoked its Malku Khota concession, South American Silver (SAC-T, SOHAF-O) is sticking a little closer to home.


Cerro Resources and Goldcorp's Cerro del Gallo gold-silver project in Mexico, 270 km northwest of Mexico City. Source: Cerro Resources

Primero snapping up Cerro del Gallo

Toronto-based gold producer Primero Mining (P-T, PPP-N) has waded into merger-and-acquisition waters with a friendly offer to buy Australian gold explorer Cerro Resources (CJO-V, CJO-A) in an all-stock deal worth US$120 million.


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