Wesdome’s biggest-ever exploration campaign pays off
Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO) is spending more money on exploration this year than at any other time in its 29-year history. “This has been an aggressive exploration program for…
2016
Advantage Lithium to acquire up to 75% of Orocobre’s Cauchari
Lithium producer Orocobre (TSX: ORL) plans to partner with junior Advantage Lithium (TSXV: AAL) on its Cauchari lithium project in northwestern Argentina’s Jujuy province. Cauchari is 15 km south of…
Stornoway CEO ‘happy’ with Renard’s first diamond sale
Stornoway Diamond’s (TSX: SWY) CEO Matt Manson says he’s “perfectly satisfied” with the results of the company’s first-ever diamond sale from its new Renard mine in northern Quebec, despite selling…
Site visit: Alexco hopes Bermingham will drive Keno Hill revival
KENO CITY, YUKON — Rolling into Alexco Resource’s (TSX: AXR; NYSE-MKT: AXU) Keno Hill silver camp outside of the long-standing — though now sparsely populated — mining hamlet of Keno…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Silver market to record fourth straight deficit in 2016
The following are highlights from The Silver Institute’s 2016 Interim Silver Market Review. For more information, please visit www.silverinstitute.org. The silver market is expected to be in an annual physical…
Randgold, Newcrest to team up in Côte d’Ivoire
Randgold Resources (NASDAQ: GOLD) and Newcrest Mining, two of the world’s leading gold mining companies, have signed a heads of agreement to negotiate a formal joint venture to explore areas…
Aura Minerals sketches positive economics at EPP
Aura Minerals (TSX: ORA) has tabled a positive feasibility study on its recently acquired Ernesto/Pau-a-Pique (EPP) gold project in Brazil’s western Mato Grosso state, not too far from its producing…
Editorial: Welcome back, copper
Metal price prognosticators came out almost as badly as the pollsters in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, with most metal analysts predicting a post-election rise in gold prices,…
Site visit: Fission poised for growth at Patterson Lake South
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN — Handling drill core caked with uraninite — a radioactive, uranium-rich ore mineral — isn’t exactly for the faint of heart, but with grades north of 25% U3O8,…
G4G Capital’s stock surges with option on Shawn Ryan’s claims
Renowned Klondike prospector Shawn Ryan and his wife and business partner Cathy Wood require little introduction. The Yukon-based couple made it big finding two large gold deposits near Dawson City,…
TSX Venture rises, Nov. 14-18
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index recovered 18.76 points, or 2.6%, to a 746.67-point close during the trading period. The spot gold price dropped US$19.78 to five-month lows at US$1,207.89 per…
TSX gains, Nov. 14-18
Canada’s S&P/TSX Composite jumped 2.1% to 14,864.03, after gains in the energy sector and belief that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump would help boost the American economy. The S&P/TSX Global Mining…