Tahoe Resources (THO-T, TAHO-N) is voluntarily hiking its net smelter return royalty to 5% from the state-mandated 1%, as escalating protests and violence involving its Escobal silver project culminated in Guatemalan authorities imposing a…
VANCOUVER — News of a 26% capital-cost increase and six-month delay in start-up at the Legacy potash mine in Saskatchewan drove owner K+S AG’s share price to a five-month low, but the German fertilizer giant remains confident that…
Is it possible to build a potash mine right beside Arizona’s treasured Petrified Forest National Park? Vancouver-based Passport Potash (PPI-V) believes so, and has in hand a new preliminary economic assessment that’s giving it the…
UEX (UEX-T) has bumped up resources at its 49%-held Shea Creek uranium project in the Athabasca basin of northern Saskatchewan. The project boasts the largest undeveloped uranium resource in the much-coveted basin, and third largest…
VANCOUVER — Canadian base metal producer Hudbay Minerals (HBM-T, HBM-N) laid a foundation for success on the Flin Flon greenstone belt in northern Manitoba roughly 85 years ago. During that time the company has developed 26 mines in the…
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VANCOUVER — Most of the world’s mining majors are selling non-core assets so that they can optimize key operations, shore up earnings and cut back capital outlays. The shift follows a few years of overspending spurred by commodity…
Falco Pacific Resource Group (FPC-V) secured the jewel of Canada’s mining history just as markets tightened. But rather than let the conditions get it down, the company wound up proving that necessity is indeed the mother of invention…
The downturn in the gold market may be making investors anxious, but the head of one of Canada’s most prominent gold miners, Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N), is staying as cool as a spring breeze in Nunavut.
VANCOUVER — With a new name, a revamped management team and now a feasibility study for its flagship Lindero gold project in Argentina, Goldrock Mines (GRM-V) is striding towards its goal of becoming a gold producer.
The HD Mining case, which is currently before the Federal Court of Canada, has a high media profile these days. It’s a story that weaves together two hot-button legal issues for the labour movement: immigration and occupational health and…
VANCOUVER — According to president and CEO Glen Kuntz and his team at Mega Precious Metals (MGP-V), a strong asset can carry a junior through turbulent times in the stock market. And they believe the company’s wholly owned Monument…
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