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Ivanhoe sparks Laurentian-Limpopo partnership

Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has partnered with Laurentian University in Sudbury and Limpopo University in South Africa to develop Limpopo’s geology department into a “centre of excellence in geosciences.”


An Ontario Provincial Police officer poses with a freshly poured gold bar at the Mishi gold mine opening in Ontario in 2012. Credit: Wesdome Gold Mines

Wesdome ‘proud’ of its Ontario gold mines

For a company that hasn’t had to raise equity since 2006 and whose last financing was a $7-million convertible debenture in 2012, which isn’t due until 2017, Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO; US-OTC: WDOFF) has performed fairly well…


Wallbridge Mining's Broken Hammer copper-nickel-PGM mine near Sudbury, Ontario. Credit: Wallbridge Mining

Wallbridge lures Lonmin to Parkin project

South Africa-based Lonmin (LSE: LMI), one of the world’s largest primary producers of platinum group metals (PGMs), has signed an option agreement to earn a 50% initial interest in Wallbridge Mining’s (TSX: WM) four Parkin…




Wenco wins work at Siberian gold mine

Polyus Gold (LSE: POLG) has tapped Wenco International Mining Systems to provide high-precision guidance for shovels and drills at its Blagodatnoye gold mine in eastern Siberia. The technology will be installed by the end of 2015.


Letter to the editor: PM Harper at the PDAC

Stephen Harper is the only Canadian prime minister to ever attend the annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto. As a show of respect on election day Oct. 19, he’ll have my vote.




Richmont Mines' Island Gold gold mine near Wawa on the north shore of Lake Superior.

Richmont goes deep at Island Gold mine

At a time when many companies are putting exploration plans on hold to weather the downturn in metals markets, Richmont Mines (TSX: RIC; NYSE-MKT: RIC) is doing exactly the opposite.


William Chornobay, Goldstrike Resources chief operating officer, examines a core sample from the Plateau South gold project, 300 km east of Dawson City in the Yukon. Credit: Goldstrike Resources

Goldstrike strikes again at Plateau South in Yukon

VANCOUVER — Goldstrike Resources (TSXV: GSR) is gaining traction over a new gold district at its Plateau South project, 300 km east of Dawson City, Yukon, as recent drilling has expanded its high-grade gold targets.


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