Eastmain confident in Eau Claire
Drilling over the last two years and more conservative parameters used in an updated resource estimate have increased grade and deleted marginal ounces at Eastmain Resources’ (TSX: ER; US-OTC: EANRF)…
2017
Facts ‘n’ figures: ICSG says copper production declining
World mine production has declined 3% in the first five months of 2017, with concentrate production declining 2.5% and solvent extraction-electrowinning (SX-EW) declining 4.5%. The decline in world mine production…
Great Bear strikes gold at Dixie Lake
Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR) is off to a strong start at its Dixie Lake gold project in western Ontario’s 28 million oz. gold Red Lake district. After revising the…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 73: Risk & reward part II ft. Joe Mazumdar
Matt sits down with Exploration Insights analyst Joe Mazumdar to talk about development risk and investor strategy. The discussion includes a round-up of recent development projects that have experienced some…
Ontario Snapshot: Six juniors advancing gold, copper and lithium projects
Ontario’s long and prosperous mining history has allowed more than a few juniors to hit the filing cabinets to dust off old mining projects and try to revive them. Here’s…
Editorial: Gold, copper reach new highs
The sustained strength in most precious and base metals this year reached breakout levels in September, as a weakening U.S. dollar and renewed optimism over Chinese metal demand pushed metal…
TSX slips, Sept. 5-8
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 206.28 points to 14,985.32, as the Canadian dollar surged from US71¢ to US81.54¢ on news of an interest rate hike from the Bank of Canada….
TSX Venture follows commodities lower, Sept. 5-8
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index shed 6.46 points to a 771.99-point close on declining commodity prices. Spot gold prices fell US$21.36 to US$1,345.59 per oz., and Comex copper prices lost…
Coeur to acquire JDS’ Silvertip mine
VANCOUVER — Chicago-based Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) is coming to British Columbia pending a US$200-million cash-and-share deal for JDS Silver and the fledgling Silvertip silver-zinc-lead mine, 16 km south of the Yukon border. Coeur plans…
Hurricane Irma cools US markets, Sept. 5-8
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9% to 21,797.8 points and the S&P 500 Index dropped 0.6% to 2,461.43 points, as investors braced for Hurricane Irma’s potential impact on U.S….
Alamos bids US$770M for Richmont Mines
VANCOUVER — Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) is set to expand its Canadian production footprint via a US$770-million, all-share deal for Richmont Mines (TSX: RIC; NYSE: RIC). On Sept. 11,…
Eldorado threatens to suspend investments in Greece
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) will suspend all investment at its operating mines, development projects and exploration assets in Greece due to chronic delays in permits and licences that…