Jaguar doubles production at one gold mine while losing another
Jaguar Mining (TSX: JAG; US-OTC: JAGGF) says gold production at the company’s underground Pilar gold mine in Minas Gerais, 50 km east of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, will nearly double over…
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The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 97: Rosebelapalooza – Iamgold’s epic turnaround in Suriname
In this episode we take a journey deep into the jungle of Suriname to talk with some of the people behind Iamgold’s astounding turnaround of its Rosebel gold mine. Once…
Editorial: Glimmers of hope for uranium miners
It’s been an eventful past couple of weeks in the uranium subsector, even if the spot price for uranium oxide has shown little positive response. In the U.S., the Trump…
Site visit: Iamgold turns around Rosebel in Suriname
PARAMARIBO, SURINAME — Only a few years ago during the depths of the mining industry downturn, Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) had on its hands with its Rosebel open-pit gold mine…
Discovery-takeover cycle continues in Argentina’s Deseado Massif
Mirasol Resources (TSXV: MRZ), a precious metals explorer using the prospect-generator model, says prospecting along the Resolution trend at its wholly owned Nico property in the Deseado Massif region of…
US markets fall, March 19-23
Gold rose 2.5% to close at US$1,346.8 during a poor week for U.S. markets. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 3.5% to 81.5, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell…
Greenstone takes 30% stake in gold miner Serabi
Private equity group Greenstone Resources is investing US$15 million for a 29.82% stake in Serabi Gold (TSX: SBI; LON: SRB), a junior with two operating gold mines in Brazil. The…
Group Eleven drills for zinc in Ireland
Newly public Group Eleven Resources (TSXV: ZNG) has started drilling its 60%-owned Ballinalack zinc property, 50 km west of Boliden’s (STO: BOL; US-OTC: BDNNF) Navan zinc mine in the Republic…
Pershing builds Relief Canyon
Pershing Gold (TSX: PGLC; NASDAQ: PGLC) is pursuing step-out and infill drilling at its Relief Canyon gold-silver project in Pershing County, 150 km northeast of Reno, Nev., while raising capital…
California Gold drills Queen Specimen in Mariposa
California Gold Mining (TSXV: CGM; US-OTC: CFGMF) is drilling a new target at its flagship, 100%-owned Fremont gold project in Mariposa County, Calif., as it tries to establish a second…
New Age Metals updates resource
A new resource for the River Valley palladium project brings New Age Metals (TSXV: NAM; US-OTC: PAWEF) one step closer to its goal of building a series of open pits…
Alio Gold to acquire Rye Patch in all-share deal
In an effort to diversify geopolitical risk and transform itself from a single-asset producer, Mexico-focused Alio Gold (TSX: ALO; NYSE: ALO) is buying Rye Patch Gold (TSXV: RPM; US-OTC: RPMGF)…