Copper Mountain disappoints but remains optimistic
Copper Mountain Mining (CUM –T) missed its production guidance but the market seemed unfazed by the news.
News
KSM keeps growing for Seabridge Gold
VANCOUVER – Seabridge Gold’s (SEA-T) KSM project is already one of the largest undeveloped gold projects in the world, home to 38 million ounces of gold and 10 billion pounds of copper. But with drills tapping into deep core zones and new…
Fipke takes legal action to stop Ekati sale
Chuck Fipke, a minority shareholder in the Ekati joint venture, is trying to block BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L, BHP-A) from selling its majority interest in the Ekati diamond mine to Harry Winston (HW-T, HWD-N) for US$500 million.
Kivalliq stacks uranium resources at Angilak
VANCOUVER — It has been roughly three years since Vancouver-based uranium explorer Kivalliq Energy (KIV-V) began drilling in earnest at its 1,377-sq.km Angilak property in Nunavut. The company long maintained it was looking at a…
Denison to buy uranium explorer Fission
Denison Mines (DML-T, DNN-X) is staying true to its strategy of becoming a leading uranium explorer in the eastern Athabasca Basin region of Saskatchewan by agreeing to acquire Fission Energy (FIS-V) for roughly $70 million.
Turkish delight continues for Pilot Gold
VANCOUVER – A high-grade gold zone is emerging at the north end of Pilot Gold’s (PLG-V) TV Tower project in Turkey, complete with drill intervals that regularly contain visible gold.
Metanor finds the sweet spot
Make a wrong turn while driving along the streets of one of Canada’s great mining towns, and you may feel like you’ve gone through a portal into the past.
Correction
In the article “First Majestic buying Orko Silver for La Preciosa” (TNM, Dec. 26/12), there was an error in the silver grade for the La Preciosa resource estimate. It was quoted as 1.04 grams silver per tonne but should have read…
Busy days for B2Gold
B2Gold (BTO-T) has delivered a flurry of good news to the market, and investors have responded accordingly.
Harry Winston sells jewellery arm to Swatch for $1 billion
Eight years after getting into the jewellery sector Harry Winston Diamond (HW-T) is locking in its gains and getting out, selling its luxury retail unit to Switzerland’s Swatch Group in a $1-billion deal.
Alderon on track for iron ore production at Kami
Vancouver-based Alderon Iron Ore (ADV-T, AXX-X) has passed another milestone in a quest to put its Kamistiatusset (Kami) iron ore project in western Labrador into production by the end of 2015. On Jan. 9, the company announced the results of a…
Nautilus’ Solwara 1 deep-sea project in limbo
After last year’s funding dispute with the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), Nautilus Minerals (NUS-T) is continuing to suspend development of its erstwhile flagship Solwara 1 deep-sea mining project.