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A drill rig, surrounded by sound walls, in the Central zone at Premier Gold Mines' Hasaga gold project in northwestern Ontario. Credit: Premier Gold Mines

Premier’s Downie bullish on Hasaga in Red Lake

VANCOUVER — Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) is taking a new approach to exploration at its past-producing Hasaga gold property in the prolific Red Lake mining district of northwestern Ontario, and Ewan Downie, president and…


Workers at Kirkland Lake Gold's mill at the Macassa gold-mining complex in northern Ontario. Credit: Kirkland Lake Gold

Kirkland Lake benefits from high grades at SMC

VANCOUVER — Kirkland Lake Gold’s (TSX: KGI; LSE: KGI; US-OTC: KGILF) quarterly results reveal that it has two advantages at its Macassa gold complex in northeastern Ontario: higher grades at its South Mine Complex (SMC), and a…


Workers inside the mill at Detour Gold's Detour Lake gold mine in Ontario, 300 km northeast of Timmins. Credit: Detour Gold

Detour Gold surmounting weak gold prices, CEO says

VANCOUVER — Detour Gold (TSX: DGC; US-OTC: DRGDF) is picking up momentum at its Detour Lake gold mine, 300 km northeast of Timmins, as the company anticipates first-ever positive cash flows since the operation reached commercial…


Project geologists Adam Larsen (left) and Paul Dunbar examine a map of Treasury Metals' Goliath gold project. Credit: Treasury Metals

Treasury Metals upgrades Goliath resource

Ahead of a feasibility study due before year-end, Treasury Metals (TSX: TML; US-OTC: TSRMF) has increased by 44% the measured and indicated resources of its Goliath gold project near Dryden in northern Ontario.



Salt picks up slack from coal, iron ore on St. Lawrence Seaway

High demand pushed 1.4 million tonnes of road salt through the St. Lawrence Seaway between April 2 and July 31. That figure represents a 3% rise from 2014, which was an exceptional year for salt, according to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management…


DSI scoops up bolt business from Hilti

DYWIDAG-Systems International (DSI) has announced it is buying the intellectual property and manufacturing assets for the “OneStep” mining bolt from Hilti.


Drills on barges on Patterson Lake at Fission Uranium's Patterson Lake South uranium project, near Saskatchewan's Athabasca basin. Source: Fission Uranium

Fission Uranium’s Triple R shows strong economics

Analysts are applauding Fission Uranium’s (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Triple R deposit at its 100% owned Patterson Lake South property just outside the southwestern portion of …


Editorial: Signs of life in copper market

Glencore’s surprise decision to cut back its copper production coupled with stronger-than-expected Chinese copper import data have had a salutary effect on copper prices, which jumped 5% on Sept. 8 to record their biggest one-day…


Just over the ridge lie the processing facilities for Pan American Silver's La Colorada mine, located in the state of Zacatecas. Source: Pan American Silver

Pan American Silver expands Mexico operations

At a time when lower commodity prices are fuelling cost-cutting and restructuring plans across the mining sector, Pan American Silver (TSX: PAA; NASDAQ: PAAS) is pushing ahead with expansion projects at two of its three mines in Mexico, and…



Largo Resources' Maracas vanadium mine in Brazil, where Anglo Pacific Group holds a 2% net smelter return royalty. Credit: Largo Resources.

Anglo Pacific has ‘turned the corner,’ CEO says

For Anglo Pacific Group (TSX: APY; LSE: APF), royalty income in the first half surpassed all of the royalty income earned last year. And while the company posted an after-tax loss for the six months ended June 30, it was a much smaller one than…


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