Sizing up BC’s next copper kings
With capital costs escalating all around the industry and mine financing not getting any easier, good infrastructure looks to be as crucial as ever to building a successful, major copper mine in B.C.
2012
Entre Gold adds to copper assets in Nevada, Mongolia
Entrée Gold (ETG-T, EGI-X) has amassed an impressive collection of copper resources and reserves in Nevada and Mongolia, but getting any of it out of the ground is at least a few years away.
Ian Ball: Taking an unconventional route to the top
In the eight years since graduating from Ryerson University in Toronto with a bachelor of commerce degree, Ian Ball has made a major silver discovery in Mexico, claimed the title of senior vice-president at McEwen Mining (MAQ-T, MUX-N) and…
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Canadian Platinum Group scores South African mine permit
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based Platinum Group Metals (PTM-T, PLG-X) is looking to fill a gap in mid-term platinum group metals (PGM) supply. With a mine permit now in hand for its Western Bushveld joint-venture-platinum project, the company…
Centerra revises Kumtor’s gold production
Centerra Gold (CG-T) recently saw its shares plunge 15% after cutting its production forecast for the Kumtor gold mine due to ice movement in the southeast section of the pit that will impede access to the high-grade SB zone.
Wallbridge continues to entice larger producers to pay for play
Wallbridge Mining (WM-T) continues to lock-up deals with bigger platinum players in a bid to prove up projects while minimizing shareholder dilution.
Rio Novo Gold moves Almas forward
Rio Novo Gold (RN-T) expects to complete a definitive feasibility study on its 100%-owned Almas gold project in Brazil’s Tocantins state during the third quarter of this year and if all goes according to plan initial production could…
The Yukon gold rush matures
VANCOUVER — The Yukon gold exploration season is ramping up for another year, looking a little more restrained for 2012 but still full of potential.
Miner dies at Lake Shore’s Timmins mine
Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T, LSG-X) share price continues to slide following the death of a miner at its newly producing Timmins West gold mine on April 2.
Prospecting finds new targets at Cuiu Cuiu
The heyday at northern Brazil’s Cuiú Cuiú gold district spanned 1972-1992 when 5,000-10,000 garimpeiros collected in this corner of Para state to work the rich alluvial deposits draining into the Tapajós River.