Avino inches closer to production
Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM-V, ASM-X) has a long history at the Avino mine in Mexico’s Sierra Madres, but its most recent deal gets it closer to fulfilling its promise of coming full circle at the property.
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El Nino Ventures posts new resource in New Brunswick
An initial resource estimate for the Murray Brook polymetallic massive sulphide deposit in the Bathurst mining camp of New Brunswick has confirmed the property’s historical resource but with better grades and confirms that the deposit is…
Geologix looks at the bigger picture at Tepal
Vancouver — While largely focused on advancing its Tepal gold-copper project in western Mexico towards production, Geologix Explorations (GIX-T) has also been busy with regional exploration to improve the project’s long-term…
Batero drops 50% on resource estimate
Shares of Batero Gold (BAT-V) took a deadly plunge after disappointing the market with its initial resource estimate at the Batero-Quinchia project in Risaralda, Colombia.
Lake Shore Gold updates resource at Timmins West
Greater knowledge from mining and development work over the last year and a half, results from infill drilling and a reinterpretation of drill results have culminated in an updated resource estimate for Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T, LSG-X)…
Positive PEA for Queenston’s Upper Beaver
A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T) flagship Upper Beaver project in northern Ontario envisions producing 120,000 oz. gold and 5.3 million lbs. copper a year at attractive cash costs using low-cost,…
Northshore results boost GTA, Balmoral
Shares of GTA Resources and Mining (GTA-V) surged $1.29, or 529% in a day to $1.54 on 7.8 million shares traded after the company released drill results from the Northshore gold property in Ontario’s Hemlo-Schrieber greenstone…
BHP and Rio double down on copper
BHP Billiton (BHP-N) and Rio Tinto (RIO-N) are feeling optimistic about copper. Six weeks into the first quarter of 2012, the two mining giants have unveiled plans to commit over US$4 billion to expand copper production at operations in Chile…
Dividends and explanations get Kinross rolling
All it took was a bigger dividend and a bit of explaining for Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) to gather some wind behind its back again.
Federal gov’t to modernize Port of Sept-les
The Canadian government’s decision to spend up to $55 million building a deep-water, multi-user dock at the Port of Sept-Îles on Quebec’s North Shore that complies with the iron ore industry’s new loading…
Corvus shares surge 50% on Nevada gold
Corvus Gold (KOR-T) has started the year with a bang. Positive assay results from its North Bullfrog gold-silver project outside of Beatty, Nev., combined with a sunny outlook for gold juniors, helped push the company’s share up 50% since…
MAX hopes to find ‘silver lining’ in Majuba Hill
MAX Resource (MXR-V) continues to search for a copper-silver porphyry system at its Majuba Hill property in Pershing County, Nev. Assays were released in early February from a second quarter 2011 drill campaign at the property.