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A driller battles the elements at Champion Iron Mines' Fire Lake North iron ore project in the Labrador Trough. Source: Champion Iron Mines

Positive study for Champion Iron in Labrador Trough

VANCOUVER — A preliminary feasibility study has concluded the East and West iron ore deposits at Champion Iron Mines’ (CHM-T) Consolidated Fire Lake North (CFLN) project could produce 9.3 million tonnes of concentrate grading 66%…


The office at Curis Resources' Florence copper project in Arizona. Source: Curis Resources

Florence prefeasibility lifts Curis

VANCOUVER — Curis Resources (CUV-T) bucked two of the mining sector’s most persistent problems — creeping capital costs and rising operating expenses — with a prefeasibility study for its Florence copper project in…


A trench at Energizer Resources' Green Giant graphite project in Madagascar. Photo by Matthew Keevil

Energizer outlines graphite economics

VANCOUVER — A busy 12 months for Toronto-based explorer Energizer Resources (EGZ-T) culminated on Feb. 26 with the release of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its Molo graphite deposit, 145 km southeast of the city of Toliara in…


A drill rig at Colt Resources' Boa F-Montemor gold project in Portugal. Photo by Salma Tarikh

Colt gets mining licences for its tungsten, gold projects

Montreal-based explorer Colt Resources (GTP-V) tumbled to a 52-week low after announcing it received two experimental mining licences that allowed it to advance its tungsten and gold exploration projects in Portugal. It likely wasn’t the…


Mining activity in the pit at Centerra Gold's Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, 60 km north of the Chinese border. Source: Centerra Gold

Centerra faces challenges at Kumtor

VANCOUVER — The past year has been marked by operational and jurisdictional challenges for Toronto-based producer Centerra Gold (CG-T) at its flagship Kumtor gold mine, 350 km southeast of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan.


Ore-processing facilities at Semafo's Mana gold mine in Burkina Faso. Source: Semafo

Semafo’s Siou does not disappoint

Semafo (SMF-T) discovered the Siou gold mineralized sector in the southern sector of its Mana property in Burkina Faso during the third quarter of 2012, and has lost little time carving out an initial inferred resource. If advanced to…


GoGold makes progress at Parral

VANCOUVER — Last year, GoGold Resources (GGD-T) issued millions of shares and worked for months to acquire Absolute Gold Holdings for its Parral project in Mexico, home to a huge heap of tailings left behind after 300 years of operations…



Energizer outlines graphite economics in Madagascar

VANCOUVER — A busy twelve months for Toronto-based explorer Energizer Resources (EGZ-T) culminated on Feb. 26 with the release of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its Molo graphite deposit 145 km southeast of the city of Toliara…


Thompson Creek looks challenges in the eye

First the good news: Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T) says it has enough cash to complete construction of its recently acquired Mt. Milligan copper-gold deposit near Prince George, British Columbia, and that the project remains on target for…




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