Season’s first hole hits high grades for Sitka Gold
Sitka Gold’s (TSXV: SIG; US-OTC: SITKF) first completed hole of its summer drilling program cut highlight results as high as 73.2 metres grading 2.05 grams gold per tonne in the…
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PDAC JV Video: Namib Minerals preps to reopen gold mines in Zimbabwe
Namib Minerals is working to expand and restart three gold mines in Zimbabwe to help fund its critical mineral ambitions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), CEO Ibrahima Tall…
Receiver to sell disaster-hit Eagle mine
One year after the Eagle mine in Yukon suffered a catastrophic landslide, the company overseeing Victoria Gold’s former site is looking to sell the mine as the cleanup effort proceeds. …
New study gives Ivanhoe Electric’s Santa Cruz copper project $1.4B value
A new preliminary feasibility study (PFS) for Ivanhoe Electric’s (TSX, NYSE: IE) Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona gives the proposed mine an after-tax net present value (NPV) of $1.4…
Two Ring of Fire First Nations oppose Ontario law
Two northern Ontario First Nations who have infrastructure agreements with the province related to the Ring of Fire have come out against the government’s new law that seeks to ease…
Alberta coal mines gravely threaten fish, study shows
Leachings from historic coal mines in southwest Alberta could poison and even kill off downstream fish populations, according to a new scientific study released as a Calgary-based explorer seeks to…
Infographic: Rare earth extraction spheres of control
The second edition of our Rare Earths series breaks down global extraction at the mine level, country by country. It then regroups those nations into five geopolitical spheres of control: the American Sphere, Chinese Sphere, Russian…
Sitka hits gold ‘almost 1 km deep’ at RC project in Yukon
Summer drilling by Sitka Gold (TSXV: SIG; US-OTC: SITKF) cut a highlight result of 65 metres grading 2 grams gold per tonne at its RC project in west-central Yukon. Shares…
Site visit: Cerro de Pasco Resources aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings
CERRO DE PASCO, PERU — Standing on a hilltop over central Peru’s Cerro De Pasco at 4,300 metres above sea level, two sites are visible that show the mining city’s…
Interview: Snowline CEO steers major league project
Snowline Gold’s (TSX-V: SGD; US-OTC: SNWGF) Valley project in eastern Yukon has emerged as king of the Tombstone gold belt despite infrastructure headwinds and concerns about responsible development. Its resource…
Cascadia to gain Carmacks project in Granite Creek deal
Cascadia Minerals (TSXV: CAM) agreed to acquire Granite Creek Copper (TSXV: GCX) and its Carmacks project in western Yukon in an all-share deal worth about $11.5 million. Granite Creek shareholders…
M&A: Equinox’s Beaty talks cost cuts post-Calibre buy
The combination of Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) and Calibre Mining (TSX: CXB) should move the new company up to the fourth largest gold producer in Canada even as it…