Sabina finds high-grade gold at George
Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) has pulled some encouraging grades from the George deposit at its Back River gold-silver project in Nunavut ahead of a prefeasibility study (PFS) due later this year.
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Orbite inks offtake deal with Glencore
Orbite Aluminae (ORT-T) has gained another vote of confidence from a major for its innovative technique to produce alumina from its aluminous clay deposit in Quebec, sending its shares soaring.
Greenland’s timeless allure
Avannaa Resources is a privately held exploration company founded by three geologists from Britain and Denmark who pooled their interest and experience in Greenland. It may be an unfamiliar name to many, but over the last nine months, the…
Atico completes El Roble resource
When it comes to pedigree in South America’s mining industry, it doesn’t get much better than the storied Ganoza family of Peru, which has owned and operated underground gold, silver and base metal mines in both their homeland and…
Alacer looks to shed Australian mines
There are knocks on the door for Alacer Gold’s (ASR-T) Australian assets, and the company is listening.
Azumah works to grow planned pits at Wa gold project
VANCOUVER — Continued gold intercepts from drilling between various pits at the proposed Wa gold mine in Ghana suggest that owner Azumah Resources (AZR-V) could reveal a larger gold reserve in its pending feasibility study update.
Royal Nickel’s Dumont reaches feasibility
Royal Nickel (RNX-T) has something to cheer about with a positive feasibility study tabled on its large-scale Dumont nickel-sulphide project in Quebec’s Abitibi region, 25 km west of the city of Amos and 60 km northeast from the…
Seafield envisions a smaller mine at Miraflores
VANCOUVER — Seafield Resources (SFF-V) has an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) in hand for its multi-million ounce Miraflores gold-silver deposit situated 100 km south of Medellin, Colombia, and the Toronto-based junior has…
Fortune Minerals gets strategic investment
Procon Resources, a Vancouver-based mining contractor that is majority owned by China CAMC Engineering Co., is making an $11.7 million strategic investment in Fortune Minerals (FT-T) at a price of 40¢ per share — a 14% premium over…
Northern Miner editor-in-chief talks Ring of Fire on CBC Radio
Northern Miner editor-in-chief John Cumming was a guest of Lisa Laco this week on CBC Radio Thunder Bay’s morning program Superior Morning to discuss Cliffs Natural Resources’ decision to put the brakes on work at its Black Thor…
Premier expands Cove’s resource envelope
In the latest batch of results from 20 holes drilled into the Helen Zone at Premier Gold Mines’ (PG-T, PIRGF-O) Cove gold project in northeastern Nevada’s Eureka-Battle Mountain Trend, 19 hit mineralization.
Allana adds major potash tonnage at Danakil
VANCOUVER — Just four months after releasing a feasibility study on its wholly-owned Dallol potash asset in Ethiopia’s northeastern Danakil Depression, Toronto-based junior Allana Potash (AAA-T) has followed up with a new resource…