VANCOUVER — It can be tough for junior companies to get market traction these days, but one angle that can still make shares pop is the age-old option agreement with a large-cap producer. And that’s the story for Columbus Gold…
VANCOUVER — The future is looking brighter for Montreal-based gold producer Semafo (TSE: SMF; NYSE: SEMFF) at its Mana mine in Burkina Faso, after a reserve update showed higher-grade ounces at the company’s satellite Siou deposit.
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — When Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) reopened Gibraltar near Williams Lake in 2006, the 36-year-old mine had enough ore to feed its 30,000-tonne-per-day mill for just over three years.
Mirabela Nickel (TSX: MNB; ASX: MBN) has run into trouble with one of its two customers, sending its shares plunging.
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) has brought its 70%-held Tropicana gold mine in Western Australia online — ahead of schedule and within budget.
It is no secret that lower gold prices are making management teams leaner. But a lesser-discussed result of all the cost-cutting is that geographical diversification can also be lost.
WHISTLER, B.C. — When it comes to project generators, there aren’t many companies with a global reach quite like Vancouver-based Eurasian Minerals (TSXV: EMX; NYSE-MKT: EMXX). The company is active across Europe, the Middle East and…
VANCOUVER – Two revamped option agreements have enabled Ascot Resources (TSXV: AOT) to go from being a cash-strapped company unable to explore of its projects to a well-funded junior with three drills pulling promising intercepts from its…
AGADIR, MOROCCO — Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) may be the largest producer of finished phosphate products in the world, with four phosphate-rock mines, three processing plants in Florida and a second plant in Louisiana, but permitting new mines or…
A proposed 7.5% mining tax on companies in Mexico and as much as 8% on those extracting precious metals is creating uncertainty in the industry about investing in a country that until now has been thought of as one of the world’s most…
Despite a valiant attempt to raise capital, Donner Metals (TSXV: DON; US-OTC: DONFF) defaulted on a payment owed to Glencore Xstrata (LSE: GLEN) and as a result handed over its 35% interest in the Bracemac-McLeod mine…
When the Nevada office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management raised its annual mining claim fees last year by 700%, from US$140 per claim to US$1,120 — at a time capital markets were even more challenging for miners — juniors like…
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