Semafo good to go with Siou and Fofina
Authorities in Burkina Faso have given Semafo (TSX: SMF; US-OTC: SEMFF) the go-ahead to develop its Siou and Fofina gold deposits sooner than expected.
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B2Gold stays strong through typhoon turmoil
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) may have escaped the worst of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, but it isn’t forgetting those who didn’t.
Castle Mountain completes maiden resource
Research analysts Joe Mazumdar and Scott McLean of Canaccord Genuity in Vancouver have raised their target price on Castle Mountain Mining (TSXV: CMM) to $1 per share and added the company to the Canaccord Genuity Focus List, after the…
Prophecy Platinum reports a half-mile of mineralization
Picture seven football fields in a row of continuous mineralization, and that’s the width of platinum group metal (PGM) mineralization intercepted in a single drill hole at Prophecy Platinum’s (TSXV: NKL; US-OTC: PNIKF) Wellgreen…
PotashCorp cuts workforce by 18%
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) is reducing its workforce by 18% amid soft crop-nutrient demand from developing markets.
Dalradian nails key permit at Curraghinalt
A permit application for underground exploration development at Dalradian Resources’ (TSX: DNA) high-grade Curraghinalt gold project in Northern Ireland has been approved.
Pretium shares surge as bulk sample beats gold target
VANCOUVER — Pretium Resources’ (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) shares soared 80% on news that the Brucejack project bulk sample has already produced more than the 4,000 oz. gold Pretium promised it would — with 20% of the sample…
Capstone misses but still impresses with production profile
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) has proven that a slump in commodity prices hasn’t curbed its appetite for growth. With its recent acquisition of BHP Billiton’s (NYSE: BHP) Pinto Valley copper mine in Arizona…
Sandspring jumps on Silver Wheaton’s streaming deal
Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has given a confidence boost to Sandspring Resources (TSXV: SSP; US-OTC: SSPXF) by signing its first early deposit stream agreement for the junior’s Toroparu gold project in Guyana, a week after…
Poseidon hopes to restart Mt. Windarra in 2014
Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest stepped down in September as non-executive chairman of Poseidon Nickel (ASX: POS) to focus on his philanthropic endeavours, but his resignation didn’t signal any underlying loss of confidence in…
Copper Mountain sinks on $30M equity raise
Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CUM) shares have been sliding since the company’s surprise move to raise $30.1 million in a bought deal to fund a secondary crusher and increase throughput at its eponymous copper–gold mine near…
Banro drives towards more production in the DRC
Banro’s (TSX: BAA; NYSE-MKT: BAA) third-quarter results show that the company — with expanding gold operations in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo — is tracking in the right direction.