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PwC gold study charts new ground

A study on the direct economic impact of gold — commissioned by the World Gold Council — gathers, for the first time, all the evidence of the precious metal’s economic and fiscal contribution, author PricewaterhouseCoopers…


Boart Longyear CEO Richard O'Brien.

Boart Longyear weathers downturn

When Richard O’Brien left his post as CEO of Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NMC) in December 2012, after five years in the job and seven at the company, he wasn’t ready to “hang up his pick” just yet.


Bellhaven rolls out PEA results at La Mina

VANCOUVER — It has been a busy year for Colombia-focused junior Bellhaven Copper & Gold (TSXV: BHV; US-OTC: BHVCF) at its wholly controlled La Mina porphyry gold-copper project in the Middle Cauca volcanic-plutonic belt, 45 km…


The landscape of McEwen Mining's Los Azules copper porphyry project in San Juan, Argentina. Source: McEwen Mining

McEwen Mining improves Los Azules’ economics

VANCOUVER — It has been nearly three years since McEwen Mining’s (TSX: MUX, NYSE: MUX) wholly owned Los Azules copper porphyry project in the cordillera region of San Juan, Argentina, was put through the rigours of an economic…



Editorial: Brazilian peekaboo

Recent revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and Brazil-based Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald regarding widespread U.S. and allied cyberspying took a curious turn in early October, unexpectedly dragging…


Columbus Gold CEO Robert Giustra (second from right) and country manager Andre Adam (third from right) address visitors at a drill site at the Paul Isnard gold project in northwest French Guiana. Source:  Columbus Gold

Columbus Gold on the rise after Nordgold deal

VANCOUVER — It can be tough for junior companies to get market traction these days, but one angle that can still make shares pop is the age-old option agreement with a large-cap producer. And that’s the story for Columbus Gold…



Moroccan state-owned phosphate producer Office Chrifien des Phosphates' Merah-Lahrach washing plant near Khouribga, Morocco. Source: OCP

Western phosphate producers look east for growth

AGADIR, MOROCCO — Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) may be the largest producer of finished phosphate products in the world, with four phosphate-rock mines, three processing plants in Florida and a second plant in Louisiana, but permitting new mines or…


Rodinia Lithium's flagship Salar de Diablillos lithium project in Salta province, Argentina. Credit: Rodinia Lithium

Rodinia Lithium gives up costly Nevada claims

When the Nevada office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management raised its annual mining claim fees last year by 700%, from US$140 per claim to US$1,120 — at a time capital markets were even more challenging for miners — juniors like…


McEwen Mining president Ian Ball.

Ian Ball takes the reins at McEwen Mining

Outside the tech industry, there aren’t too many sectors of the economy where you can find 31-year-old presidents of major companies, and certainly not in the field of mining, where the demographics in management are often skewed in the…


Exeter's Caspiche gold-copper project in Chile's Maricunga gold belt. Source: Exeter Resource

Exeter downsizes Caspiche to cut costs

Exeter Resource (TSX: XRC) is considering building a smaller-scale operation at its Caspiche gold-copper project in Chile’s famed Maricunga gold belt to lower start-up costs compared to developing a super pit that was proposed in its…


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