Detour set to make Canadian gold mining history
The landscape around this town is prototypical of northeastern Ontario: a flat horizon dense with coniferous trees, broken here and there by a still, black lake.
Osisko Mining Corporation
Detour Gold taking the direct route towards production
The landscape around Cochrane Ontario is prototypical of the land in northeastern Ontario: a flat horizon dense with coniferous trees, broken only intermittently by a still black lake.
Kinross leads majors for investments in junior gold plays
After betting US$7.1 billion last year on the expansion potential of Red Back Mining’s Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania, Kinross Gold’s (K-T, KGC-N) chief executive Tye Burt has said his company’s buying spree has come to an end for a…
Osisko, Clifton Star part ways at Duparquet
Four days after Osisko Mining (OSK-T) and Clifton Star Resources (CFO-V) released a resource estimate for the Beattie deposit – part of their larger Duparquet project – Clifton Star reported that Osisko is withdrawing from the project.
Osisko’s Malartic tale of guts and glory (June 13, 2011)
When pressed about some of the many challenges he faced developing the Malartic gold deposit in Quebec into a commercial mine during one of the toughest economic times this century, Sean Roosen admits sleep deprivation was one of them.
Osisko’s Malartic tale of guts and glory (June 07, 2011)
When pressed about some of the many challenges he faced developing the Malartic gold deposit in Quebec into a commercial mine during one of the toughest economic times this century, Sean Roosen admits sleep deprivation was one of them.
Osisko warms to Threegold prospects
Two of Threegold Resources’ (THG-V) gold prospects in Quebec’s Abitibi region have showed up on Osisko Mining’s (OSK-T) radar this year.
Delavaco Capital spawns Dalradian Resources, Tolima Gold (April 25, 2011)
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.
Royal Nickel to build ‘monster’ nickel project
On paper, Royal Nickel (RNX-T) looks like a winning combination: A management and advisory team stacked with former Inco guys and seven billion pounds of nickel in the ground in Quebec’s Abitibi region, one of the friendliest mining…
Northern Gold drills for Ontario’s next big thing
With so many gold juniors vying for investor’s attention, it can be an ever more daunting task separating out the projects that will outshine the rest. Since assessing exploration projects has always been a relative game, projects that meet…
High-grade hits sweeten low-grade resource at Osisko’s Hammond Reef (September 22, 2010)
VANCOUVER – Since acquiring 100% of the Hammond Reef gold project through a recently completed $372-million ta…
Osisko keeps up the pace
SITE VISIT Malartic, Que. — Heading west out of Val d’Or, Que., on the way to Osisko Mining’s (OSK-T) Canadian Malartic gold project, a headframe comes into view on the…