Silver and PGMs offer investors hope
Gold grabs most of the mining headlines, especially since its recent comeback, but other precious metals such as silver and palladium are also performing well in today’s market, giving miners…
Volume 105 Number 21 October 14 – 27, 2019
Inaugural golf tournament raises funds for YMP scholarships
Mining CEOs teamed up with young mining professionals in groups of four to raise money for university scholarships at the inaugural Young Mining Professionals golf tournament in Richmond Hill, Ontario. …
Hochschild diversifies into rare earths with Chile acquisition
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) has mined precious metal epithermal vein deposits in South America for nearly 50 years, and operates three underground mines: two in southern Peru, and one in…
OceanaGold expands exploration target at Martha in New Zealand
Since picking up the Waihi property in New Zealand from Newmont for US$100 million four years ago, OceanaGold (TSX: OGC) has extended the mine life of its Correnso underground gold…
Wesdome hits high grades at Kiena in Quebec
Drill results from Wesdome Gold Mines’ (TSX: WDO) Kiena complex in Quebec have confirmed high-grade gold mineralization in the Kiena Deep A zone. The 65 sq. km Kiena complex, 10…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Surviving Soviet-style exploration
After the collapse of the Iron Curtain, Eastern Europe was a rich hunting ground for mineral exploration companies. In the mid-1990s, I was part of a small, enthusiastic team assembled…