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…
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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…
Opinion: Clearing Australia’s debt with unmined gold
According to the U.S. government’s financial statements, the country owns over 8,100 tonnes of gold, the highest amount of any nation. But while most countries revalue their gold reserves annually,…
Orla shares surge on initial resource at Camino Rojo
Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) shares soared to an all-time high after the company released an initial resource for its Camino Rojo deposit in central Mexico that outlines 3.9…
Nevada King update bumps Atlanta gold by 122%
A resource update for Nevada King Gold’s (TSXV: NKG; US-OTC: NKGFF) Atlanta project more than doubles contained gold in the measured and indicated categories to just over 1 million oz.,…
Infographic: Gold and silver producers vs reserves
The ranks of the world’s top precious metal producing countries are subject to change over time, one factor being economically mineable reserves. South Africa, for example, was the world’s top…
Ontario First Nations slam mining-focused Bill 5
Environmental groups and some First Nations oppose Ontario’s Bill 5 to boost mining despite changes by Premier Doug Ford who calls it an opportunity of a lifetime. The proposed law,…
Infographic: Rare earth spheres of control
MINING.COM and The Northern Miner mapped global rare earth production through a geopolitical lens, dividing the world into five “spheres of control”: Chinese, American, Russian, Coalition of the Willing, and Undrafted….
Omai Gold logs high grades as resource update looms
Recent drilling by Omai Gold Mines (TSXV: OMG; US-OTC: OMGGF) returned results as high as 27.5 metres grading 2.63 grams gold per tonne in the Wenot deposit at its Omai…