Kennady delivers Faraday resource
A maiden resource for Kennady Diamond’s (TSXV: KDI) Faraday kimberlites has added 5 million carats to the diamond resource at the company’s Kennady North project in the Northwest Territories. The…
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Lucara sells Lesedi La Rona diamond for US$53M
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has sold the 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona stone recovered from its Karowe mine for US$53 million, or US$47,777 per carat. The sale, made to British jeweller…
TSX Venture rises, Nov. 13-17
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 2.87 points to a 799.35-point close, as spot gold prices gained US$17.35 to US$1,292.42 per oz., and Comex copper prices edged up US1¢ to…
Contact Gold explores upside at Pony Creek
VANCOUVER — Expect to hear a lot more about Contact Gold (TSXV: C), president and CEO Matthew Lennox-King says. The new junior explorer is more than halfway through an 8,000-metre…
Gold Standard Ventures finds new zone at North Bullion in Nevada
Gold Standard Ventures (TSX: GSV; NYSE-AM: GSV) is spending US$15.5 million this year on a 48,800-metre program of core and reverse-circulation drill holes at its Railroad-Pinion gold project in Nevada’s…
Columbus Gold plans spin-out of US projects
VANCOUVER — Columbus Gold (TSX: CGT; US-OTC: CBGDF) hopes to unlock unrecognized value within its extensive portfolio of U.S. precious metal prospects. The company recently announced dates for the pending…
Titan to restart Empire State mine
VANCOUVER — Titan Mining (TSX: TI) is fully funded to restart operations at the long-standing Empire State zinc project in upstate New York. On Nov. 6, the company finalized a $52-million…
Aben’s Forrest Kerr shows promise
VANCOUVER — It’s been a roller-coaster ride for Aben Resources (TSXV: ABN; US-OTC: ABNAF), a junior explorer on the hunt for high-grade gold at its Forrest Kerr project in northwestern…
Kerr Mines to make production decision on Copperstone next year
When two successful businessmen — one from Saudi Arabia and the other from Canada — amass 35% of a junior company’s common shares and dip into their own pockets to…
MLA Steven Fletcher: Don’t create national park on Thompson Nickel Belt extension
The following is an edited transcript of Steven Fletcher — Independent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Assiniboia and a Conservative Member of the Canadian Parliament from 2004–15…
SSR eyes Seabee expansion, sees two killed at Marigold
VANCOUVER — SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM), formerly Silver Standard Resources, is planning a US$90-million expansion of its Seabee underground gold mine in northern Saskatchewan that would boost production, cut…
Ero Copper completes IPO, plans production ramp-up
VANCOUVER — Ero Copper (TSX: ERO; US-OTC: ERRPF) is on track to become Canada’s next intermediate copper producer after a $110.6-million initial public offering (IPO) on the Toronto Stock Exchange where…