Scrapbook: YMP Awards gala
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) — a non-profit group with chapters in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Sudbury, Perth, Brisbane, Johannesburg and London — held its third annual YMP Awards gala in…
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Sandspring rethinks Toroparu in Guyana
Sandspring Resources (TSXV: SSP; US-OTC: SSPXF) is putting the finishing touches on a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Toroparu gold project in Guyana that rescopes the project’s prefeasibility study…
Monarch Gold targets multiple projects
Since the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference wrapped up in early March, Monarch Gold (TSX: MQR; US-OTC: MRQRF) has fielded calls from three mining companies about possible…
Toachi advances La Plata project in Ecuador
Toachi Mining (TSXV: TIM) is trenching its Guatuza gold-copper target at its La Plata volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project in Ecuador. It plans to drill Guatuza in the second half…
PwC’s Art of Mining winners honoured
The mining industry gathered in Toronto in early March for PwC Canada’s fourth annual Art of Mining event, which showcases mining innovation through a photo competition. This year’s contest featured…
Colombia, Ecuador & Peru Snapshot: Eight juniors on the hunt for minerals
Despite centuries of local mining history, the northern Andes remain under-explored by modern standards, and the region stands as one of the favourite destinations of the world’s mineral explorers. Here…
PDAC-Oreninc report: Mineral investment facing headwinds
The following is an edited excerpt from the report “State of mineral finance 2019: At the crossroads,” produced by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and Oreninc. For…
PDAC Interview: PM Justin Trudeau speaks on Canadian mining innovation, aboriginal engagement
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a visit to the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) in Toronto on March 5, 2019, for a sit-in…
Blue Sky Uranium proposes low-cost operation at Ivana
Blue Sky Uranium (TSXV: BSK; US-OTC: BKUCF) has unveiled a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Ivana uranium-vanadium deposit at its wholly owned Amarillo Grande project in Rio Negro, Argentina,…
Salazar Resources set to dust off neglected portfolio
After riding out a decade of political and market instability, Ecuador-focused junior Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) has emerged with funds and a new focus to explore its portfolio of early-stage…
Editorial: Federal gov’t unveils Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan
Canada’s federal government used the opportunity of the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada in Toronto in early March to unveil its 44-page Canadian Minerals and…
Newcrest to buy 70% of Red Chris for US$807M
Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) says there is potential to transform Imperial Metals’ (TSX: III) Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwestern British Columbia into a tier-one operation, and is spending US$806.5…