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Obituary: Scintrex founder Harry Seigel a giant of geophysics
Canadian mining has its “Greatest Generation” too, and lost one of its foremost members with the passing of geophysicist extraordinaire Harold O. Seigel on July 13 at North York General Hospital in Toronto.
Commentary: What you need to know about changes to NI 43-101
Canada is home to the majority of the world’s public mining companies and the majority of mining company financings are completed in Canada. As a result, Canada has one of the most developed regulatory systems for mining companies, and its…
Editorial: Hello, US$1,800 gold
August 5 was a day for the history books, as Standard and Poor’s lowered its rating on America’s long-term sovereign credit to “AA+” from “AAA” with a “negative outlook.” This is the first-ever downgrade of the U.S. debt by a major bond-rating…
Cashed-up Century Iron exploring Quebec, Labrador
Backed by deep-pocketed investors, Century Iron Mines (FER-V) has launched as a new iron play in Quebec and the Labrador Trough.
Market shrugs for NovaGold’s Galore Creek PFS
NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) has released a new prefeasibility study (PFS) for its 50%-owned Galore Creek copper-gold project in northern B.C. nearly six years after completing it the first time around.
PNG’s Whittington looks to repeat Farallon success
Having dealt himself out of a job earlier this year, Dick Whittington now has his eyes firmly set on developing an advanced-stage underground gold project in Papua New Guinea.
What’s not to like about Hathor?
Mike Gunning likes the fact that he can get from his desk in downtown Vancouver to within just a few kilometres of Hathor Exploration’s (HAT-T) flagship Roughrider uranium deposit in northern Saskatchewan by booking a commercial flight…
Avion gets busy in West Africa
Avion Gold (AVR-T) had a busy second quarter expanding its West-African projects, increasing its ownership in its Burkina Faso asset, and preparing a maiden reserve estimate for its Tabakoto gold project in Mali.
Midlands gets the cash for Sian
With its latest round of financing complete Midlands Minerals (MEX-V) is set to get aggressive on its drill program in Ghana. The company closed a fully subscribed financing deal that raised $7.5 million for its coffers – a sum that will bring…
Encouraging signs for Rio Novo
Exploration at Rio Novo Gold’s (RN-T) Vira-Saia target on its Almas gold project in Brazil is yielding shallow, low-grade mineralization likely amenable to bulk mining methods, analysts say.
Positive PEA for Pan American and Orko’s La Preciosa
Better late than never, joint venture partners Pan American Silver (PAA-T) and Orko Silver (OK-V) have released a long-awaited preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for their La Preciosa epithermal silver-gold project in Durango, Mexico.