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Norway’s Statoil defends its turf in Alberta’s oilsands

Norway’s Statoil ASA (STO-N, STL-O) has long been considered one of the world’s leading offshore operators but lately it has turned its attention to Canada’s oilsands. The Company landed in Alberta in a big way back in 2007 via its $2 billion…


Magino holds promise for Prodigy Gold

Results from infill and resource expansion drilling at Prodigy Gold’s (PDG-V) Magino gold project in Ontario sent the junior’s shares up 10.34% to close at 64¢ yesterday. At presstime in Toronto Prodigy was trading at 59¢ per share…


Richmont’s Wasamac property shows potential

Shares of Richmont Mines (RIC-T) jumped $1.42 or 15.32% to $10.69 on drill results from its Wasamac property in Quebec and the company plans to expand its exploration program there by another 10,000 metres to 45,000 metres this year as part of…


Selwyn looks to Norway to fund ScoZinc mine restart

Vancouver – Selwyn Resources (SWN-V) is looking to raise US$30 million in a senior bond offering through Norway’s First Securities AS in order to restart operations at the company’s newly acquired ScoZinc zinc-lead mine in Nova Scotia.


Positive results for Lake Shore’s Thorne

Promising assays from Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T) Thorne gold property in Timmins, Ont., did little to lift the company’s shares. The junior has been trading near its 52-week low of $1.91 (Aug. 15, 2011) since releasing dismal second-quarter…


Keystone clears major hurdle

Hollywood actors, climate experts and other opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline will have ninety days to prevent the final approval of the project after the U.S. State Department ruled on Friday that the pipeline would have “no…


Ocampo, meet Young-Davidson

AuRico Gold (AUQ-T, AUQ-N) wants to be the world’s next significant intermediate gold producer, and it has tabled a rich, all share offer for Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X) to help it get there.


Canaccord initiates coverage of Goldgroup Mining

Junior Goldgroup Mining (GGA-T, GGAZF-O) believes it can produce more than 200,000 ounces of gold a year within three years through organic growth from a combination of its Mexican assets and Canaccord Genuity mining analyst Nicholas Campbell…


Paladin Energy raises more money for expansion

Paladin Energy (PDN-T) “remains the only significant public uranium producer without a strategic investor/alliance,” making the company “a very attractive takeover target,” Canaccord Wealth Management remarked in a note to clients this morning.


Drillers at work in the north end of the Taunis pit at Oro Mining's Trinidad gold project in Sinaloa, Mexico. Photo by Oro Mining

Oro Mining posts solid drill results

Before joining Oro Mining (OGR-V) as chief executive and chief operating officer, John Brownlie was president of Capital Gold, where he successfully brought the El Chanate open-pit gold mine into production and made it one of the most…


Agnico-Eagle Mines' Pinos Altos gold mine in Mexico. Photo by Agnico-Eagle Mines

Agnico-Eagle ramps up Pinos Altos

Agnico-Eagle Mines’ (AEM-T, AEM-N) new Pinos Altos gold-silver mine in Mexico had a remarkable second quarter with notable gold production amid the company’s less-than-stellar period. 


A tailings pond under construction in 2010 at Fortuna Silver's San Jose project in southern Mexico. Photo by Ian Bickis

Fortuna starts shipping concentrates

Shares of Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T) jumped 55¢ or 11% to $5.50 per share on news that the processing plant at its 100%-owned San Jose silver-gold mine in southern Mexico had begun producing silver-gold concentrate.


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