Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics and a commodity market specialist at Scotiabank, believes zinc “will be the next big base-metal play for investors.” She forecasts prices will average US94¢ per lb. in 2014 —…
VANCOUVER — Two companies with neighbouring uranium properties released stellar drill results on the same day, stoking further excitement that the long-overlooked southwest edge of the Athabasca basin hosts significant uranium at shallow…
CHIHUAHUA STATE, MEXICO — The green foothills an hour west of the city of Chihuahua are peaceful now. There is nothing in the gaze of a lingering llama that would tip a visitor off to the blood spilled here roughly a hundred years ago.
Rudi Fronk and Jim Anthony were called “garbage collectors” when they started buying up uneconomic projects from the majors 15 years ago at US$260 per oz. gold. But their faith in higher gold prices kept them going and one of the…
VANCOUVER — In the most significant curtailment of today’s uranium cycle, Paladin Energy (TSX: PDN) is suspending production its Kayelekera mine in Malawi until the uranium price recovers.
VANCOUVER — Producer Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; US-OTC: CAGDF) has been making headlines due to its negotiation with the Kyrgyzstan government over the ownership structure at its flagship Kumtor gold mine, 350 km southeast of the capital…
Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) saw its fourth-quarter earnings diminish after several of its exploration projects and operations took impairment charges partly due to the decline in metal prices.
Luquman Shaheen, the CEO of Panoro Minerals (TSXV: PML; US-OTC: POROF), remains upbeat and optimistic about the prospects of the company’s Cotabambas copper–gold–silver–molybdenum project and Antilla…
VANCOUVER — There is a lack of early stage copper deposits in B.C. boasting economic grades under prevailing metal prices, and the team at Prosper Gold (TSXV: PGX) is hoping its Sheslay property — located 105 km southwest of…
It took Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) just six months to move its Santander zinc–lead–silver mine in Peru from commissioning to commercial production, and now the Vancouver-based company says it’s ready to develop…
Mine operators are facing increasing challenges to obtain financing in today’s economic environment. Traditional sources of financing, such as the debt and equity markets, are becoming scarcer and many mining companies, particularly…
The latest results from Probe Mines (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF) Borden gold project continue to impress, as the company has been one of the best performing junior gold stocks since the new year.
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