In the early 1990s Andy DeFrancesco was working as an equity trader at C.M. Oliver – Canada’s oldest brokerage house until it was bought out later that decade by Canaccord Capital.
Montreal-based Semafo (SMF-T) says operations at its flagship Mana gold mine in Burkina Faso have not suffered any disruptions as a result of recent military unrest across the country. Over the past few days, packs of soldiers in several small…
Gold Fields (GFI-N, GFI-J) wants as much control over its key mining assets as it can get, and with an eye towards that end the company is buying out Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) from a project in Ghana. Gold Fields announced it has a deal in place…
Nicknamed “geozoology,” or “termite geochemistry,” mineral exploration companies in Mali are still turning to termites as an important tool in the search for gold deposits. By sampling termite mounds, which often tower more than two metres high…
France is hardly considered a hotbed of mining potential, but Columbus Gold (CGT-V) sees the part of the country tucked away in the South American jungle as just that.
The 2011 PDAC awards gala was held during the organization’s annual convention, on the evening of March 7 at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York hotel. The winners were selected by the PDAC’s board of directors, based on recommendations from the…
As industrial metal prices continue to rise from their 2008 lows, Vancouver-based Reunion Gold (RGD-V) has refocused its exploration efforts away from precious metals and on to past-producing manganese mines in Guyana.
Vancouver – France is hardly considered a hotbed of mining potential, but Columbus Gold (cgt-v) sees the part of the country tucked away in the South American jungle as just that.
Before he stepped down a year ago as president and chief executive of Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N), Joseph Conway successfully transformed the company from a $50-million joint-venture player to a $6-billion leading intermediate gold producer. Now the…
MDN (MDN-T) may be best known for its 30% interest in the producing Tulawaka gold mine in Tanzania operated by Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) and a portfolio of exploration projects in the surrounding Lake Victoria gold district. But some…
Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) former chief executive, Joe Conway, has a new focus with Primero Mining (P-T). While …
Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) first greenfield project in Africa — the Essakane gold mine in northeastern Bur…
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