2014

GoGold Resources' geological team in 2014 at the Santa Gertrudis project in Mexico. Credit: GoGold Resources.

Robust economics in GoGold’s PEA for Santa Gertrudis

After clinching a deal earlier this year to secure Animas Resources and its past-producing Santa Gertrudis gold mine in Mexico’s Sonora state, GoGold Resources (TSX: GGD) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) outlining the…


Vale's Totten nickel-copper-precious metals mine in Sudbury, Ontario. Credit: Vale

Vale’s Q2 nickel production plunges in Sudbury

Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) companywide nickel production in the second quarter of 2014 was 61,600 tonnes, an 8.6% drop from the first quarter and 5.3% fall from the year-ago period. Vale says the decline mainly reflects the impact of four weeks…




TSX drops, Sept. 8-12

Canada’s main stock index fell during the trading week. The S&P/TSX Composite Index dropped 38 points to 15,531.58. The spot price for gold plunged US$40 to US$1,228.30, while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index stayed relatively flat…




Analysts touring Santacruz Silver Mines' San Felipe silver-lead-zinc project in Sonora, Mexico. Credit: Santacruz Silver Mines

Santacruz hopes to get San Felipe in production by 2016

VANCOUVER — Producer Santacruz Silver Mining (TSXV: SCZ; US-OTC: SZSMF) is sizing up a major boost in silver-equivalent output over the next few years, and a big part of that plan is its San Felipe asset located 130 km northeast of…


Wall Street indexes slide, Sept. 8-12

After five straight weeks of gains, U.S. equity indexes dropped as President Barack Obama authorized air strikes against the terrorist group ISIS and imposed more sanctions against Russia. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.87% to…



Sudbury Platinum's Aer-Kidd nickel-copper-PGM project, 20 km southwest of Sudbury. Credit: Transition Metals

Sudbury Platinum advances Aer-Kidd

Privately held Sudbury Platinum, in which project-generator Transition Metals (TSXV: XTM; US-OTC: TNTMF) holds a 57% stake and Royal Nickel (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) a 23% interest, has acquired 100% ownership of the Aer-Kidd project, 20…


Almost all of Canada's mining, natural resources and energy ministers at Collge Boral in Sudbury, Ont., in August, from left: Scott Kent, Yukon; Dave Chomiak, Manitoba; Diana McQueen, Alberta; Zach Churchill, Nova Scotia; Andrew Younger, Nova Scotia; Michael Gravelle, Ontario; Bob Chiarelli, Ontario; Greg Rickford, Canada; Pierre Arcand, Quebec; Derrick Dalley, Newfoundland and Labrador; and David Ramsay, Northwest Territories. Credit: Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

Mines ministers talk transparency in Ontario

Sudbury played host to this year’s Energy and Mines Ministers’ Conference in late August. The annual gathering of federal and provincial mining and energy ministers is meant to foster discussion and collaboration to advance…


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