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The basal till sampling crew at Kennady Diamonds' Kennady North project in the Northwest Territories. Credit: Kennady Diamonds

Kennady Diamonds expands drill program at Kennady North

Encouraging results from its Kennady North diamond project in the Northwest Territories have Kennady Diamonds (TSXV: KDI) doubling its summer drill program, adding a third drill, and rethinking the potential size of the project.


Calibre Mining president and CEO Greg Smith (right) at the Montes de Oro zone at the Siuna project in Nicaragua. Credit: Calibre Mining

Calibre Mining a golden bet in Nicaragua

VANCOUVER — Junior Calibre Mining (TSXV: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) appears well positioned to benefit from a trio of promising regional gold assets in Nicaragua.


The kiln under construction at Largo Resources' Maracas Vanadium project in Brazil's Bahia state, on which Anglo Pacific Group holds a 2% net smelter return royalty. Credit: Largo Resources

New management at Anglo Pacific shifts focus to royalties

After graduating with a BA from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, Julian Treger launched his career working for Lord Rothschild as an in-house corporate financier managing a portfolio of public and private equity…


Premier’s Hardrock grows in quantity and quality

Another 86,500 metres of drilling and a deeper Whittle shell using steeper pit walls has increased the size of Premier Gold Mines’ (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) flagship Hardrock deposit in northern Ontario, the company says.




Kaminak Gold investor Ross Beaty.

Ross Beaty and Zebra Holdings buy into Kaminak

Shares of Kaminak Gold (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) surged nearly 33% to $1.05 after the company announced that Ross Beaty and Zebra Holdings (the trust of the late Adolf H. Lundin) are to become significant shareholders.


Endeavour Mining's Tabakoto gold mine, 360 km west of Bamako in southwestern Mali, near the Senegal border. Credit: Endeavour Mining

Endeavour Mining bounces back in 2014

VANCOUVER — After posting a big-time loss in 2013, West Africa-focused gold producer Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; US-OTC: EDVMF) pledged for a comeback, and based on the company’s performance over the first half of…


A worker operates a jet-boring machine at Cameco's Cigar Lake uranium mine in Saskatchewan earlier this year. Credit: Cameco

Cameco puts Cigar Lake on ice

VANCOUVER — Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) has suspended mining at its Cigar Lake uranium mine in Saskatchewan so that the high-grade orebody can freeze — a necessary step in mining the waterlogged deposit.


The view from Panoro Minerals' Cotabambas copper project in Peru, 50 km southwest of Cuzco. Credit: Panoro Minerals

Panoro could get snapped up, Laurentian says

Panoro Minerals (TSXV: PML; US-OTC: POROF) has completed a $5.8-million equity financing of 13.8 million shares at 42¢ underwritten by Laurentian Bank Securities and National Bank Financial. The money will help further exploration work at…


Ur-Energy confirms historic resource at Shirley Basin

Littleton, Colo.-based Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-MKT: URG) has published a maiden resource estimate for its Shirley Basin uranium project in Wyoming’s Carbon County, indicating the deposit has 8.8 million lb. grading 0.23% eU3O8 in…


Processing facilities at Rockwell Diamonds' 74%-owned Niewejaarskraal diamond mine on the south bank of the Orange River in South Africa's Northern Cape province. Credit: Rockwell Diamonds

Campbell pilots Rockwell to new riches on Orange River

When James Campbell completed his honours degree in mining and exploration geology in 1985 from the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College London, he had three job offers waiting for him: working on an oil rig in the North Sea, at a gold…


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