Editorial: Gold miners find room to breathe
With gold prices holding steady for months above US$1,300 per oz., and years of painful cost-cutting and writedowns now firmly in the past, the mood of gold miners in attendance…
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The geology behind Quebec’s world-class metal districts
For more than a few Quebecers, walking amongst some of the earth’s oldest rocks is an everyday occurrence. Almost 90% of the bedrock in the province belongs to the Canadian…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 31: The Geology Corner and junior stocks
Matt and Lesley are back in studio to unveil a new feature on the podcast: Lesley’s geology corner! Today we discuss Endeavour Mining‘s (TSX: EDV) Ity gold mine in Côte…
TSX Venture rebounds, Sept. 19-23
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 11.65 points to close at 810.89 over the trading week, boosted by a strengthening commodity prices. Spot gold prices gained US$27.21 before finishing at…
Wall Street rises, Sept. 19–23
U.S. equities gained momentum as the U.S. Federal Reserve maintained interest rates, fuelling higher commodity prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 0.8% to 18,262.45 and the S&P 500…
TSX gains on US Federal Reserve decision, Sept. 19-23
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates steady sent Canada’s benchmark index up 1.7% to 14,697.93 and the gold price up 2.1% to US$1,337.10 per ounce. The S&P/TSX…
Falco eyes high-tech mining at Horne 5 in Rouyn-Noranda
VANCOUVER — Falco Resources (TSXV: FPC; US-OTC: FPRGF) says new mining technology and methods could boost efficiency at its large Horne 5 gold-silver-copper-zinc deposit in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The $905-million operation would…
Southwest US snapshot: 9 projects to watch
The mineral bounty of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona is legendary, but the hard work of finding new deposits continues. Here are nine new projects large and small that are…
Osisko calls Windfall a ‘company maker’
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) says it will hang “for sale” signs on most of its properties — except for its wholly owned Windfall project in Quebec,…
RNC focuses on free cash generation
RNC Minerals (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) — formerly Royal Nickel Corp. — has gone from a single-asset firm to a gold, nickel and copper producer, by taking advantage of the…
Site visit: Victoria on track to gold production at Eagle
KENO CITY, YUKON — There’s optimism at Victoria Gold’s (TSXV: VIT; US-OTC: VITFF) Dublin Gulch camp in the Yukon Territory, after a resurgence in precious metal markets that is creating…
Arizona Mining confirms size potential at Taylor
Drilling at Arizona Mining’s (TSX:AZ) Taylor zinc-lead-silver deposit, 80 km southeast of Tucson, Ariz., is revealing what could become a “world-class asset,” according to the company’s chief operating officer Donald…