Editorial: Mining Sector Layoffs Pick Up Steam
Quite a few miners across Canada and beyond rang in the new year with layoff notices, as the autumn commodities bust worked its way into the employment scene.
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First Majestic Drilling Grows La Encantada Reserves By 187%
VANCOUVER — A 6,700-metre drill program at the La Encantada mine in the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila has paid off for First Majestic Silver (FR-T, FRMSF-O).
Minera Andes to double San Jose gold production
Minera Andes (MAI-T) expects to double production at the San Jose mine in Santa Cruz province, Argentina, to 95,000…
Houston Lake keeps on growing the West Cedartree
Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V) has taken another step towards realizing its ambition of creating a mine out of high gr…
Chromite intercepts abound in James Bay Lowlands
Vancouver – It may have been copper and nickel rich massive sulphides that catalyzed the recent exploration rush in…
Santa Elena grows for SilverCrest
Vancouver – SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V) has increased the gold and silver resources at its Santa Elena project in Son…
Augusta Resource updates Rosemont feasibility
An updated bankable feasibility study on the Rosemont copper-molybdenum project in Pima County, Arizona, has found …
Stratagold ups gold resource at Dublin Gulch
Vancouver – A new resource estimate for Stratagold’s (SGV-T) Dublin Gulch project in the Yukon has added 700,…
Uruguay Minerals revises San Gregorio guidance
With about 20 exploration projects on the go, it would be easy for Uruguay Mineral Exploration (UME-V, UGY-L) to lo…
Keegan reports wide gold intercepts at Esaase
Keegan Resources (KGN-T, KGN-X) has reported more gold intercepts at its Esaase project in Ghana. Esaase is locat…
Abacus grows Ajax resource
Vancouver – A new resource estimate for the Ajax copper-gold project near Kamloops, British Columbia, says the depo…
New resource for Brilliant at Lanfranchi
Vancouver – A new estimate has boosted the nickel resource at the Lanfranchi mine in Western Australia for joint ve…