The Yukon gold rush matures
VANCOUVER — The Yukon gold exploration season is ramping up for another year, looking a little more restrained for 2012 but still full of potential.
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Miner dies at Lake Shore’s Timmins mine
Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T, LSG-X) share price continues to slide following the death of a miner at its newly producing Timmins West gold mine on April 2.
Prospecting finds new targets at Cuiu Cuiu
The heyday at northern Brazil’s Cuiú Cuiú gold district spanned 1972-1992 when 5,000-10,000 garimpeiros collected in this corner of Para state to work the rich alluvial deposits draining into the Tapajós River.
Northland production on track for Q4
Before joining Northland Resources (NAU-T), an emerging iron ore concentrate producer in Europe, Karl-Axel Waplan served as president and chief executive of Lundin Mining (LUN-T) where he began as executive vice president of operations and was…
Pretium sees greater high-grade potential at Brucejack
VANCOUVER — Pretium Resources (PVG-T, PVG-N) has managed to add almost 9 million oz. gold to its high-grade Brucejack resource without any extra information.
Lundin’s NGEx targets copper-gold in Chile
VANCOUVER — NGEx Resources (NGQ-T) looks to have a promising collection of copper-gold porphyry properties in Chile’s prolific Region III, but considering the company comes under the umbrella of the serially successful Lundin Group…
Update: Ivanhoe to sell SouthGobi stake to Chalco
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) says it will sell its stake in Mongolian coal producer SouthGobi Resources (SGQ-T) to Aluminum Corp. of China (Chalco) and use the proceeds to fund development of its massive Oyu Tolgoi mine, where it…
Rockex advances island deposits in Ontario
The iron ore deposits on Eagle Island, Fish Island and Wolf Island at the southwestern end of Lake St. Joseph in northwestern Ontario were first detected at the turn of the century by employees of the Hudson’s Bay Company, long before…
Extorre enjoys 8% share boost following Cerro Moro PEA
VANCOUVER — Markets reacted with enthusiasm to Extorre Gold Mines’ (XG-T, XG-X) preliminary economic assessment on its Cerro Moro gold-silver project 70 km southwest of Puerto Deseado in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province.
B.C.’s next copper kings
VANCOUVER — With capital costs escalating all over the industry and mine financing not getting any easier, infrastructure is looking as crucial as ever for those looking to build a major copper mine in British Columbia while keeping costs…
Westridge: On the trail for Mexican gold at Charay
Westridge Resources’ (WST-V) Charay gold-silver property is an easy drive along a modern freeway, lined with sleepy agricultural land, 30 km northeast of Los Mochis here in northwestern Mexico.
Claude ups inferred resources by 236%
Claude Resources’ (CRJ-T, CGR-X) shares gained 17% a day after the miner updating its gold reserves and resources on its wholly owned Seabee gold operation in Saskatchewan.