The discovery of new gold belts and deposit types has led to a modern-day gold rush in parts of the Yukon, Alaska and British Columbia, according to government geologists who track such activity in their jurisdictions.
When Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) acquired Éléonore in March 2006 from what is now Virginia Mines (VGG-T) in a US$425-million deal, the project had no reserve or resource estimate, just a lot of speculation on how big it was going to get…
Colombia continues to excite mining investors and exploration geologists alike. With over 41 million oz. of gold identified so far, 2011 promises to be a landmark year for this country’s reemergence as a serious gold destination, as various…
Toronto-based Detour Gold (DGC-T) will resist takeover attempts as the junior focuses on increasing and developing its resources at the Detour Lake project in northern Ontario, already the largest pure gold play in North America, says president…
With so many gold juniors vying for investor’s attention, it can be an ever more daunting task separating out the projects that will outshine the rest.
Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) wants to take advantage of robust copper prices and expand capacity at its 75%-owned Gibraltar copper mine in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, near Williams Lake.
After a false start in 2008, Baja Mining (BAJ-T) now has funding fully secured and is moving ahead with building its 70%-owned Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc project in Mexico’s Baja California Sur state.
With 56% of juniors listed on the TSX Venture Exchange focused on precious metals, it’s no surprise that gold and copper-gold projects dominated Mineral Exploration Roundup held here in late January. But some unconventional projects were…
Three years, millions of dollars, and thousands of pages of impact studies later, there is still no guarantee that Strateco Resources (RSC-T) will be allowed to explore underground on its Matoush uranium project in northern Quebec’s Otish…
In six years, Cyprus-based EMED Mining (EMD-T, EMED-L) has grown from being little more than a concept to a company with very real plans to restart copper production this year from the historic Rio Tinto open-pit copper mine in southwestern…
A little ways off a quiet highway in eastern Nevada, freshly re-branded American Vanadium (AVC-V) is working to bring a vanadium heap-leach operation to life.
Resolute Mining (RSG-X) – the second-largest gold producer listed on the Australian Stock Exchange – may be preparing to wind down its Golden Pride mine in Tanzania in East Africa over the next 24 months after twelve very successful years and…
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