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David Palmer (left), president and CEO of Probe Mines, is the winner of this year's Bill Dennis Award for a Canadian mineral discovery or prospecting success. Matt Manson (right), president and CEO of Stornoway Diamonds, is the winner of this year's Viola R. MacMillan Award for company or mine development.

PDAC announces 2015 award recipients

The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) has named the six winners of it annual awards. The recipients will be feted during the annual PDAC convention at an evening gala on March 2, 2015, in Toronto.




GoviEx Uranium's Madaouela uranium project in Niger. Credit: GoviEx Uranium

GoviEx pitches Madaouela uranium project in Niger

Before listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange in June, the small corporate team at GoviEx Uranium (CSE: GXU) raised over $100 million privately to advance their Madaouela uranium project in Niger.



Material on a conveyor at Aurcana's La Negra silver mine in Mexico's Queretaro state, 180 km north of Mexico City. Credit: Aurcana

Aurcana improves operations at La Negra

VANCOUVER — It’s all about boosting near-term liquidity for silver producer Aurcana (TSXV: AUN; US-OTC: AUNFF) as it grapples with a high debt load and falling metal prices. On Dec. 1 the company released its…





A surveyor measures a coal stockpile at Anglo American's Greenside thermal coal mine in South Africa. Credit: Anglo American

Miners struggle to adapt to lower coal prices

Thermal coal prices recently touched a five-and-a-half-year low of US$62.25 per tonne, and the market has seen several mining companies announce plans to sell coal assets or take on partners to weather the downturn.


Thompson Creek Metals' Endako molybdenum mine, 190 km west of Prince George, British Columbia. Credit: Thompson Creek Metals

Thompson Creek shutters Endako

VANCOUVER — Rough commodity markets are forcing miners to make tough decisions, and Colorado-based Thompson Creek Metals (TSX: TCM; NYSE: TC) is the most recent operator driven to place a struggling asset on temporary care and maintenance…


Standing on the Hasbrouck peak at West Kirkland Mining's gold project in Nevada, from left: Frank Hallam, CFO; Richard Histed, U.S. exploration manager; Michael Jones, president and CEO; Kevin Falcon, director; Pierre Lebel, director; Michael Allen, vice-president of exploration; and Sandy McVey, COO. Photo by Matthew Keevil.

West Kirkland brings new life to Hasbrouck, Three Hills

TONOPAH, NEVADA — There’s a wealth of history in the ground at West Kirkland Mining’s (TSXV: WKM; US-OTC: WKLDF) recently acquired Hasbrouck and Three Hills gold properties in Esmeralda county, Nev., but new ideas are what the…


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