US markets edge lower, Sept. 3-7
The U.S. Bureau of Statistics released its job report showing that the unemployment rate remained unchanged in August at 3.9%. Base metals were down during…
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Pure Gold on track to build Ontario’s next gold mine
Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM) is on its way to finishing a definitive feasibility study (DFS) of its Madsen gold project in Ontario’s Red Lake…
McEwen bolsters Black Fox with new resource
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) has tabled a maiden resource for its Stock East gold deposit and an updated resource for its Froome gold…
BHP buys SolGold stake for US$35M
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP; LON: BLT) is acquiring a 6.1% stake in SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG), which is developing its Cascabel porphyry copper-gold project…
Commerce hopes new US policy will benefit rare earth projects
Commerce Resources (TSXV: CCE; US-OTC: CMRZF) has spent the past 10 years developing its Ashram rare earth element (REE) project in northern Quebec. Like many…
Avalon discovers lithium pegmatite
A new lithium pegmatite Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL; US-OTC: AVLNF) is naming Snowbank has been found 4 km northwest of the company’s main Separation…
Alamos boosts Island Gold’s reserves, grades
After incorporating 65,600 metres of exploration drilling in the first half of the year, Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) has increased the reserves and…
Aztec chases silver-zinc deposits at Tombstone
Aztec Minerals (TSXV: AZT; US-OTC: AZZTF) has started surface exploration at its newly optioned Tombstone silver-zinc district, 104 km southeast of Tucson, Arizona. The company…
Marathon discovers gold trend
Prospecting and trenching southwest of Marathon Gold’s (TSX: MOZ) Victory deposit in central Newfoundland have uncovered a 1,500-metre-long gold trend. A channel sample returned 2.71…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 119: Love me or hate me – The Margaret Kent (Peggy Witte) story, part 3
Part 3: Some people love me and some people hate me. “I’d been burned. You wake up and you don’t have a friend in…
Mexico Snapshot: Eight juniors tapping into Mexico’s mineral potential
Despite patches of trouble in different regions of the country from time to time, Mexico remains one of the most favoured mining and exploration jurisdictions…
Panoro to drill new zone after expanding permit at Cotabambas
Now that Peru has approved Panoro Minerals’ (TSXV: PML; US-OTC: POROF) request for an expanded environmental impact assessment at its Cotabambas copper project in southern…