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McEwen Mining senior vice-president Ian Ball (left) and CEO Rob McEwen at the El Gallo silver-gold project in Mexico's Sinaloa state. Photo by Trish Saywell

McEwen finds a sweet spot in Sinaloa

MOCORITO, SINALOA, MEXICO — The state of Sinaloa is a narrow strip of land hugging 650 km of coastline in northwestern Mexico that makes up 3% of the country’s land mass, 2% of its population and a hefty 30% of its food production.



Locals survey the past-producing Panguna copper-gold open pit mine in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Photo by Ian Bickis

The high-stakes world of Papua New Guinea mining

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA — Rising out of the sea at the collision of the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, Papua New Guinea is the stuff of legend for both its geological potential and punishing working environment.


All smiles at Panoro Minerals' Cotabambas copper project in Peru, from left: Yves Barsimantov, vice-president of operations; a local employee; David Huber, CFO; Luquman Shaheen, CEO; and Adriana Luque, community relations manager. Photo by Matthew Keevil

Panoro on track at Cotabambas

CUSCO, PERU — With a large copper-gold-silver resource in its pocket at the Cotabambas project in the Peruvian Andes, Vancouver-based explorer Panoro Minerals (PML-V) is viewing 2013 as a turning point that could see the company…


At the mid-January launch ceremony at the Bissa gold mine in Burkina Faso, from front left: Matthew Wilcox, Bissa Gold general director; Nikolai Zelensky, Nordgold CEO; and Philip Baum, Nordgold chairman. Source: Nordgold

Nordgold opens Bissa mine in Burkina Faso

BISSA, BURKINA FASO — Just 15 months after starting construction, Nordgold (NORD-L) has entered production at its Bissa open-pit gold mine in Burkina Faso, located in the rural commune of Sabce, 100 km north of the capital Ouagadougou.



Kelly Cluer, Altan Nevada's director of exploration, inspects a sample at the Radar gold-silver property in Nevada. Photo by Matthew Keevil.

Altan on the trail for Nevada’s next gold discovery

CARSON CITY, NEVADA — Driving along a broad stretch of freeway on the outskirts of Reno, it is obvious that Altan Nevada’s (ANE-V) director of exploration Kelly Cluer calls Nevada home. He spent the first 10 years of his career here…


Processing facilities at Atna Resources' Briggs gold mine in Inyo County, California. Source: Photo by Matthew Keevil.

Atna poised to capitalize on US gold portfolio

INYO COUNTY, CALIF. — If all goes according to plan, 2013 could be a banner year for junior gold producer Atna Resources (ATN-T) and its portfolio of advanced-stage gold assets in the southwestern U.S. With one gold mine cranking out cash…


Inside Quest's mini-pilot plant at Ortech.

Quest fires up mini-pilot plant for Strange Lake

Quest Rare Minerals (QRM-T, QRM-X), which owns the Strange Lake rare earth deposit in northern Quebec, recently held a tour of its mini-pilot plant at Process Research Ortech in Mississauga, Ont., where it’s testing the solvent…


The Fayalala pit at Nordgold's Lefa gold mine complex in Guinea. Photo by Alexandra Feytis.

Nordgold turns over a new Lefa

LERO, GUINEA — West Africa remains central in Russia-based Nordgold’s (NORD-L) plans to boost its global gold production.



The headframe and surface facilities at Metanor Resources' Bachelor Lake gold mine, 225 km northeast of Val-d'Or, Que. Photo by Anthony Vaccaro

Metanor finds the sweet spot

Make a wrong turn while driving along the streets of one of Canada’s great mining towns, and you may feel like you’ve gone through a portal into the past. 


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