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Editorial: Greasing the wheel of life

Big Oil roared back into the headlines in Canada and across the world, once again showing how, compared to mining, the oil industry is in a league all its own when it comes to societal impacts.



Azumah works to grow planned pits at Wa gold project

VANCOUVER — Continued gold intercepts from drilling between various pits at the proposed Wa gold mine in Ghana suggest that owner Azumah Resources (AZR-V) could reveal a larger gold reserve in its pending feasibility study update.


Allana adds major potash tonnage at Danakil

VANCOUVER — Just four months after releasing a feasibility study on its wholly-owned Dallol potash asset in Ethiopia’s northeastern Danakil Depression, Toronto-based junior Allana Potash (AAA-T) has followed up with a new resource…


Lucara’s Karowe diamond mine keeps giving

Lucara Diamond (LUC-T) is one of the few junior diamond producers excelling in the turbulent markets, as it discovers more large stones at its 100%-owned Karowe diamond mine in Botswana, including a 239-carat stone, which recently sold for…


Drilling equipment at PMI Gold's Obatan gold project. Source: PMI Gold

PMI Gold finds new prospect at Obotan

PMI Gold’s (PMV-T, PVM-A) flagship Obotan gold project — which already includes four known deposits in Ghana’s Asankrangwan gold belt (Nkran, Adubiaso, Abore and Asudai) and could produce gold as early as the second half of…


Golden Star wraps up Prestea feasibility study

Golden Star Resources (GSC-T, GSS-N) is inching closer to reopening the past-producing Prestea underground mine in Ghana, with a feasibility study on its West Reef deposit showing encouraging results.


Ceasefire brings hope to Great Quest in Mali

For over a year, Great Quest Metals’ (GQ-V) Tilemsi phosphate project in Mali has been in limbo, waiting for peace to return to the remote northern corner of the troubled West African nation.


Pangolin finds more kimberlites in Botswana

In the last two months, Pangolin Diamonds (PAN-V) has discovered two of the seven new kimberlites found in Botswana over the last five years and added as a consultant Manfred Marx, a diamond geologist who led the field team that in…


Miners at Teranga Gold's Sabodala gold mine in Senegal, 650 km southeast of the capital Dakar. Source: Teranga Gold

Teranga aims to boost Sabodala with Oromin bid

VANCOUVER — Toronto-based producer Teranga Gold (TGZ-T, TGZ-A) is taking a second swing at Vancouver-based junior Oromin Explorations (OLE-T) with an all-share acquisition offer. Teranga’s target is Oromin’s 43.5% stake in the…



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