WPC aims to bring Lupin back online
WPC Resources (TSXV: WPQ) — soon to be named Lupin Gold Corp. — plans to bring the past-producing Lupin gold mine online, while also advancing the nearby Ulu gold property.
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Columbus Gold to launch $20M program
Over the next year, Columbus Gold (TSXV: CGT; US-OTC: CBGDF), a small junior with a market cap of just $64 million, will oversee $20 million invested in exploration and development at its two gold projects, Paul Isnard in French Guiana and…
Eastmain resource turns heads
When RBC Capital Markets recently screened for undeveloped open-pit gold projects in North America with a resource of more than 500,000 oz. gold in the measured and indicated category and a grade of greater than 1.5 grams gold per tonne, it…
BC Survey’s ‘red line’ a game changer for explorers
VANCOUVER — Geologists Jeff Kyba and Joanne Nelson from the B.C. Geological Survey may have unlocked the secret to world-class porphyry- and intrusion-related gold-copper deposits in northwestern B.C.
Lundin shares jump following ‘spectacular’ first quarter
VANCOUVER — Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN; US-OTC: LUNMF) has been on the acquisitions trail for the past two years, and its aggressive strategy paid off in a big way during the first quarter. The company reported record copper and nickel…
Redstar Gold drills the Aleutian Islands
If you ask Redstar Gold (TSXV: RGC; US-OTC: RGCTF) for comparables to the mineralization at its Unga gold project in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, the management team will tell you that it is similar to the high-grade, low-sulphidation…
Agnico grows Amaruq discovery under Whale Lake
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) is off to a strong start in this year’s exploration program at its promising Amaruq gold discovery, located 50 km northwest of its Meadowbank gold mine in western Nunavut, 300 km west of Hudson Bay.
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Timberlites and croutons – the early days of the Great Canadian Diamond Rush
The following is an edited transcript of a speech given by Randy Turner on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Mineral Deposit Research Institute in April, telling the tale behind Winspear’s discovery of the Snap Lake diamond mine…
Diamond producers’ association on the horizon?
More than a decade after De Beers relinquished control of the diamond sector, the major diamond miners are looking at forming a new industry association to co-operate on common issues,…
Around the world: The latest news from 18 Canadian-listed diamond plays
Alto Ventures In April, Alto Ventures (TSXV: ATV) reported that 12 of 37 till samples taken at its West Fisher claims, 12 km northwest of North Arrow Minerals’ Pikoo project…
Editorial: Plenty to do for proposed association
No one is forecasting that 2015 will be a boom year for diamonds, but diamond miners are still looking good.. “Our view is that the diamond sector continues to offer…
Is Kennady North one of a kind?
When Aurora Geosciences was contracted to manage the exploration program at Kennady Diamonds’ (TSXV: KDI) Kennady North project in the Northwest Territories in 2012, there weren’t any clues that the…