YMP launches $61.5K scholarship fund, including new lottery scholarship
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) has announced the 2020 launch of its YMP Scholarship Fund, with a total of $61,500 available for the 2020-21 academic…
Articles by Carl A. Williams
BofA forecasts metal price recovery post-COVID-19
Bank of America forecasts global copper consumption could contract by 18% year-over-year in 2020 should global GDP drop by an estimated 4.2% due to economic…
Wesdome Gold plans low-cost mine at Kiena
Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its wholly owned Kiena mine complex, 15 km northwest of Val-d’Or and…
Lundin Gold to raise $50M in bought deal financing
BMO Capital Markets will buy 4.15 million common shares of Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) at $12.05 per share in a bought deal financing that will…
Talon Metals closes private placement to advance Tamarack project in Minnesota
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; US-OTC: TLOFF ) has raised $4 million in a non-brokered private placement of more than 40 million common shares at a…
AngloGold Ashanti confirms 196 COVID-19 cases at Mponeng in South Africa
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) has temporarily closed its Mponeng mine in South Africa after 196 workers tested positive for COVID-19. The company has conducted 651…
Kirkland Lake Gold invests in Melkior Resources
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) has struck a strategic partnership with Melkior Resources (TSXV: MKR), which is advancing its flagship Carscallen gold project…
Canada Nickel discovers PGM zones at Crawford
Canada Nickel Company (TSXV: CNC) has discovered two new palladium-platinum zones and extended nickel mineralization at its wholly owned Crawford nickel-cobalt project located in the…
Melkior drills Carscallen gold project in Ontario
Melkior Resources (TSXV: MKR; US-OTC: MKRIF) has released results from two drill holes at the company’s wholly-owned Carscallen gold project in the Abitibi Greenstone belt,…
Moneta Porcupine expands gold mineralization at Golden Highway
Moneta Porcupine Mines (TSX: ME; US-OTC: MPUCF) has released results from a winter drill program at its wholly owned Golden Highway project, 110 km east…
Bluestone Resources closes $92M financing deal
Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR; US-OTC: BBSRF) has raised $92 million in a bought deal financing to advance its flagship Cerro Blanco gold project in Guatemala. Under…
BofA forecasts higher silver prices
Silver prices have dropped sharply year-to-date and are currently down 13.2% year-on-year at US$15.29 per oz., but the Bank of America (BofA) says its supply…