AuRico Gold invests in Carlisle and Manitoba
For the last six months, AuRico Gold (TSX: AUQ; NYSE: AUQ) has been sizing up Carlisle Goldfields (TSX: CGJ) and its Lynn Lake gold project in Manitoba.
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Primero misses Q3 expectations on impairment charge
Primero Mining’s (TSX: P; NYSE: PPP) quarterly earnings took a hit after it wrote down the goodwill value of the acquisition of Brigus Gold.
Geologic Materials Center opens in Alaska
The state of Alaska’s geological collection has a new home in Anchorage.
PotashCorp eyes stong 2014 finish
Despite Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan’s (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) third-quarter profit declining 11%, it expects to finish the year on an upbeat note.
B2Gold wrestles with operational issues at Masbate, Limon
VANCOUVER — Producer B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) has made a name for itself through its operational acumen in tough jurisdictions, but ongoing ramp-up issues caught up to the company during the third quarter.
Kaminak’s Coffee project ‘as vanilla as it gets’
Kaminak Gold (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) president and CEO Eira Thomas says the company’s high-grade and potentially high-margin Coffee gold project in the Yukon would be simple to mine and process.
True North Gems builds Greenland’s first ruby mine
True North Gems (TSXV: TGX; US-OTC: TNGMF) kicked off its first field season in Greenland a decade ago, but is finally closing in on the prize: an open-pit mine that will produce ruby and pink sapphire gemstones starting next year, and running…
Cameco takes a hit in Q3, cuts 2014 revenue outlook
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) swung to a loss during the third quarter, as it took impairment charges on two investments, and trimmed its full-year uranium production forecast and revenue guidance.
Canadian Zinc fine-tunes its plan at Prairie Creek
VANCOUVER — It’s a tough market for juniors with development-stage assets, and that’s especially true for Canadian Zinc (TSX: CZN; US-OTC: CZICF) and its Prairie Creek polymetallic project, 500 km west of Yellowknife in…
Canterra carves out more ground in diamond country
Randy Turner — the man who guided Winspear Diamonds from the discovery of the Snap Lake diamond deposit in northern Canada to its sale to De Beers for $305 million in 2000 — is back at diamond exploration in the same part of…
Macquarie Research cuts Kinross target price
With gold falling to a four-year low of US$1,171.60 per oz. on the afternoon of Halloween, many gold miners saw their shares slip to 52-week lows.
Dominion unearths plenty of upside at Ekati
It’s been nearly two years since Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) picked up a majority interest in the Ekati diamond mine from BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BLT) for…