In the world of mine development and its outsized scales of size, time and money, there’s always this thought in the back of the mind while listening to any promoter’s pitch: “Well, it may never happen.”This was the case…
VANCOUVER — Police in South Africa opened fire on striking workers at Lonmin’s (LMI-L) Marikana platinum mine Thursday, killing 34 and injuring at least 78.
VANCOUVER — During a period when junior explorers are feeling a cash crunch and limiting expenditures, Vancouver-based Riverside Resources (RRI-V) is notably busy in its capacity as a project generator and early-stage explorer. With a…
Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) new CEO Jamie Sokalsky has gotten straight down to business to help lift the company’s stagnating share price through a possible sale of its African unit.
Shares of Molycorp (MCP-N) plunged 7.5% to close at US$11.16 per share — a 52-week low — after the U.S.-based rare earths company said it would be raising US$450 million in convertible senior notes and common equity.
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based producer Timmins Gold (TMM-T, TGD-X) is moving into the second year of commercial operations at its 100%-owned San Francisco open-pit gold mine in Sonora State, Mexico, and continues to demonstrate production…
VANCOUVER — Revolution Resources (RV-T) has hit high-grade mineralization below the historic Cinco Estrellas mine at its Universo project and discovered new prospects at its La Bufa property.
Argonaut Gold (AR-T) has a lot going for it in Mexico, where it operates the El Castillo and the new La Colorada gold mines and is pushing ahead its San Antonio project.
MAG Silver Corp. (MAG-T, MVG-N, MVG-X) has approved a US$25 million budget for mine permitting and underground development work at its Juanicipio project in Mexico’s Zacatecas state, a joint-venture with Fresnillo PLC (FNLPF-O, FRES-L).
If one word were chosen to describe Scorpio Mining’s (SPM-T) fortunes over the first half of the year it would have to be ‘change’.
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has halted trading in Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM-V) because a much-anticipated technical report on its Cow Mountain gold deposit is not up to standard.
VANCOUVER — When it comes to early-stage mines, operational reliability can be an elusive target for junior producers, but that has not been the case for Vancouver-based SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V) and its Santa Elena silver-gold operation…
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