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The mill building at Imperial Metals' Red Chris copper-gold project near Prince George, B.C. Credit: Imperial Metals

Imperial Metals raises $50M

Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) may be nursing a black eye from the August tailings dam failure at its Mount Polley mine in central B.C., but the company says it’s pleased with its cleanup efforts so far, and that it is also…


Trucks at Capstone Mining's Pinto Valley copper mine in Arizona, 125 km east of Phoenix. Credit: Capstone Mining

Capstone’s 2015 outlook ‘disappointing,’ BMO says

VANCOUVER — On Jan. 20 copper producer Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) released its production and capital expenditure guidance for 2015, and the results don’t have analysts at BMO Capital Markets particularly enthusiastic….



Credit: Goldcorp

Goldcorp gets in the Christmas spirit

General manager of Goldcorp’s Musselwhite gold mine, Bill Gascon (Santa costume), and his team spread holiday cheer in December 2014 to the five remote Northern Ontario First Nations communities of Cat Lake, North Caribou, Wunnumin,…


Processing facilities at Rockwell Diamonds' Niewejaarskraal diamond mine on the south bank of the Orange River in South Africa. Credit: Rockwell Diamonds

Rockwell Diamonds expands footprint with new acquisition

Johannesburg-based alluvial miner Rockwell Diamonds (TSX: RDI; US-OTC: RDIAF), which owns three diamond mines near the midpoint of South Africa’s Orange River, is buying assets close to its operations that will enlarge its resource base…



Equipment at Ivanhoe Mines' Platreef platinum project in South Africa. Credit: Ivanhoe Mines

Ivanhoe tables prefeasibility study on Platreef PGM project

In Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) first-ever conference call on its massive Platreef project in South Africa, executive chairman and company founder Robert Friedland declared that the orebody “is destined to change the…


Workers underground at Richmont Mines' Island gold mine in northwestern Ontario, 83 km north of Wawa. Credit: Richmont Mines

Stepout exploration yields riches for Richmont

In the first full week of January, Richmont Mines (TSX: RIC; NYSE: RIC) released high-grade intercepts at significant depths from stepout exploration beneath its Island gold mine in northwestern Ontario. It prompted analysts at Macquarie Bank…


Argonaut Gold's San Agustin gold project in Mexico's Durango state. Credit: Argonaut Gold

Argonaut Gold advances San Agustin

Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR; US-OTC: ARNGF) bought the San Agustin project, 10 km west of its producing El Castillo open-pit mine in Durango, Mexico, for $75 million in cash and shares in December 2013, and a recent preliminary economic assessment…




A conveyor at Lucara Diamond's 75%-owned Mothae diamond project in Lesotho. Credit: Lucara Diamond

Lucara to exit Mothae in Lesotho

Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC; US-OTC: LUCRF) plans to sell its 75%-held Mothae diamond project in Lesotho after the project failed to meet the company’s investment criteria.


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