Coeur outlines more silver at Martha
Reverse-circulation drilling by Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) has increased the resource at the Martha silver mine in Santa Cruz province, Argentina, by about a quarter.The new resources are along strik…
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Newmont still firmly in the black
Higher sales volumes and metal prices enabled Newmont Mining (NEM-N) to post its second profitable quarter as the world’s largest gold producer.Newmont earned US$24 million, or US6 per share, in the …
PDAC, BCSC co-host workshop
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada and the British Columbia Securities Commission are hosting a discussion of the new Continuous Market Access system.The Continuous Market Access syste…
De Beers finds base metals in northern Ontario
When it comes to new discoveries, expect the unexpected.While exploring for diamonds in the western James Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario, De Beers stumbled across some sulphide mineralization on gro…
Kikerk Lake returns promising stones
A delineation hole confirming the dyke-like nature of the Stellaria kimberlite on the Kikerk Lake joint-venture property in the Coronation Gulf region of Nunavut has yielded a modest microdiamond coun…
Drills turn at Island Pond property
Vancouver — Candente Resource (DNT-V) and Cornerstone Capital Resources (CTP-V) are launching a 15-hole drilling program on the Island Pond gold property, in the Botwood Basin of central Newfoundland…
Higher output gives Hecla boost
Vancouver — A combination of higher production and lower costs propelled Hecla Mining (HL-N) into profitability during the third quarter.The Idaho-based miner earned US$1.5 million (or US2 per share…
A blank cheque for waste
In early 2000, we noted that smelters in western North America that generated their own electricity were making more money from selling power than they were from selling metal.Looks like they may get …
Silver helped cyclists
Lance Armstrong, leader of the U.S. Cycling Team, crossed the finish line of the Tour de France this past summer, achieving his fourth successive victory. And he and his team did so in good health, th…
Obituary: Donald Parrott
Donald Parrott, author and historian of the Red Lake mining district, has died. He was 86.Parrott was born in Winnipeg, Man., and spent his formative years in nearby Grandview. When he was eight, Parr…
First Au, Wolfden hit gold at Red Lake
Vancouver — A 9-hole drilling program by partners Wolfden Resources (YWO-V) and First Au Strategies (FAV-V) has confirmed that gold mineralization extends below the historical workings on the once-pr…
Crew’s Nalunaq ore headed south
High-grade ore from Crew Development’s (CRU-T) 82%-owned Nalunaq gold deposit in Greenland will be processed at Richmont Mines’ (RIC-T) Nugget Pond mill in Newfoundland.A memorandum of understanding c…