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A drill rig in 2006 at the Hatu gold project in China's Xinjiang province. Credit: Dynasty Gold

Dynasty Gold fights to retain assets in China

Vancouver-based Dynasty Gold (TSXV: DYG) was one of the first Canadian juniors to explore for gold in China. It entered into a cooperative joint-venture in December 2003 with a Chinese state-owned enterprise to explore for gold…


Project geologist Jared Tarswell (left) and Rockhaven Resources CEO Matt Turner at the Klaza gold-silver project in central Yukon. Photo by Gwen Preston.

Rockhaven has high hopes for Klaza in Yukon

CARMACKS, YUKON — Rockhaven Resources (TSXV: RK) is not the first, second, or even third company to explore the Klaza project in central Yukon, but it is the first company to find what the others had sought: epithermal gold and silver.


Cliffs to buy back shares

A month after activist hedge fund Casablanca Capital succeeded in gaining control of the board at Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF), the troubled iron ore and metallurgical coal miner says it plans to buy back US$200 million worth of its own…



Operating facilities at Semafo's flagship Mana gold mine in Burkina Faso. Credit:  Semafo

Semafo benefits from high-grade pits at Mana

VANCOUVER — When West Africa-focused Semafo (TSX: SMF; US-OTC: SEMFF) relocated most of the mining fleet to new mining ares at its flagship Mana gold mine, the company knew it would have to weather a less-productive transition…





Bre-X Minerals personnel at the Busang property in Indonesia in 1996, from left: Jerry Alo, John Felderhof, Michael de Guzman and Cesar Puspos. Photo by Vivian Danielson of The Northern Miner.

Bre-X film gains traction in Hollywood

The producer/director of an upcoming major motion picture based on the Bre-X Minerals fraud is in the final stages of financing and confirms he is in negotiations with an A-list Hollywood actor to play a lead role.


Stillwater Mining's East Boulder PGM mine in Montana. Credit: Stillwater Mining

Stillwater keeps its PGM costs down

Stillwater Mining (TSX: SWC.U; NYSE: SWC) has gone back to the basics and is refocused on its platinum group metals (PGM) assets in Montana, under the direction of its relatively new board, with noticeably good results.


OceanaGold's Didipio gold-copper mine in the Philippines, 270 km north of Manila. Credit: OceanaGold

OceanaGold to optimize Didipio mine plan

OceanaGold’s (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) Didipio gold–copper mine  in the Philippines entered production in April 2013 and is on track this year to produce between 85,000 and 95,000 oz. gold and 21,000 to 24,000 tonnes copper, at…



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