Silver Wheaton thrives during tough times
After pretty much inventing the precious-metal-stream business back in 2004, Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has noticed the landscape getting more crowded.
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Tech sector is key to Graphite One’s plan
VANCOUVER — North America needs lots of it, but doesn’t produce any. It is integral to a raft of important new technologies, from lithium-ion batteries to pebble-bed nuclear reactors. It is also the raw ingredient behind graphene,…
Timis’ African Minerals moves fast in Sierra Leone
African Minerals (LSE: AMI) has accomplished a lot in four years, moving its flagship Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone from exploration to production, and achieving its target export run rate of 20 million tonnes per year during the…
Pretium moves forward despite Strathcona’s exit
Shares of Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) plunged 30.5% on Oct. 9 after Strathcona Mineral Services withdrew from the high-grade Brucejack gold-silver project in northwestern B.C.
When is the right time for a PEA of an exploration project?
For today’s risk-averse mining investor, there is a level of comfort that comes from a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) that affects an exploration project’s success or failure. As a technical document, it is a tool for…
Northcliff secures Kiwi partner for Sisson in NB
Northcliff Resources (TSX: NCF; US-OTC: NCFFF) is enjoying a boost in its share price after securing a financial partner to help advance its $579-million Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in central New Brunswick, 100 km northwest of…
Platinum Group Metals hits milestone
After discovering the Waterberg deposit in South Africa in 2011, Platinum Group Metals (TSX: PTM; NYSE-MKT: PLG) has expanded the project’s inferred resource three times in just one year: from 6.2 million oz. platinum, palladium and gold…
Boart Longyear weathers downturn
When Richard O’Brien left his post as CEO of Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NMC) in December 2012, after five years in the job and seven at the company, he wasn’t ready to “hang up his pick” just yet.
Western Pacific bets on the Deer Trail mine
MARYSVALE, UTAH — Vancouver-based exploration company Western Pacific Resources (TSXV: WRP) is adding a new project to its portfolio with the acquisition of the Deer Trail mine, a polymetallic project with silver, gold, zinc, lead and…
PwC gold study charts new ground
A study on the direct economic impact of gold — commissioned by the World Gold Council — gathers, for the first time, all the evidence of the precious metal’s economic and fiscal contribution, author PricewaterhouseCoopers…
Castle Mountain in Cali: Old mine, new story
The Castle Mountain heap leach gold mine in San Bernardino County in southern California produced 1.24 million ounces of gold between 1991 and 2001, when mining was suspended due to low gold prices. Now a management team and board…
Positive PEA for Colonial Coal’s Huguenot
VANCOUVER — The Huguenot project in northeastern B.C. could become a metallurgical coal operation, according to a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) from project owner Colonial Coal International (TSXV: CAD).