Dolly Varden Silver rises like a Wolf howl
Dolly Varden Silver (TSXV: DV; US-OTC: DOLLF) reported new drilling at its Kitsault Valley project in British Columbia has tightened the Wolf vein’s high-grade plunge and kept the target open…
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SolGold shifts to Swiss HQ, fast-tracks Cascabel
Ecuador-focused SolGold (LSE: SOLG) has moved its tax domicile to Switzerland as it pushes its flagship Cascabel copper-gold project into development. The shift, effective August 28, includes the relocation of…
UK OKs Dundee’s $1.25B Adriatic buy
Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) has secured UK court approval for its acquisition of London-based silver-zinc miner Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT1), a deal that it now expects to close this…
B.C. OKs Mt Polley copper-gold pit expansion
British Columbia has approved Imperial Metals’ (TSX: III) plan to deepen and extend the Springer pit at the Mount Polley copper-gold mine, adding about eight more years. The decision comes…
Luca Mining expands Tahuehueto mine with Fresnillo land deal
Canada’s Luca Mining (TSX-V: LUCA) has bought the Humaya 3 mining concession in Durango, Mexico, from Minera Mexicana La Ciénega, a unit of Fresnillo (LON: FRES), the country’s largest silver…
Equinox Gold kicks off ore processing at Valentine
Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) has begun processing ore at its Valentine gold mine in Newfoundland and Labrador, with first gold expected next month. “I am pleased to announce that…
Hochschild plunges after slashing Mara Rosa forecast
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC.L) shares plunged on Wednesday after the company slashed its full-year production forecast from the Mara Rosa mine by more than half, only months after a temporary…
Podcast: The reasons to own gold persist, ft Rick Rule on mining stocks
This week’s episode features Rick Rule, CEO of Rule Investment Media, in conversation with Northern Miner Western Editor Henry Lazenby at the Rule Investment Symposium in Boca Raton, Florida. Rule…
Americas Gold & Silver hits bonanza grades in Idaho
Americas Gold & Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-A: USAS) on Friday said it had traced a high-grade upper extension of the producing 149 Vein at its Galena Complex in Idaho. Drilling…
First Nations buy BC port serving Newmont mines
Two First Nations groups have partnered with a trucking company to buy a bulk terminal port near British Columbia’s border with Alaska serving Newmont’s (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) Brucejack and…
$1M gold up for grabs as Canada Treasure Hunt begins
There’s more than $1 million in physical gold hidden somewhere in Canada, but rather than your grandfather’s pick axe and head lamp, only knowledge and wits are needed to find…
Vietnam lifts state monopoly on gold
Vietnam, the third-largest importer of gold in Asia, issued a decree on Tuesday abolishing its 13-year-old state monopoly on gold trading, causing a spike in local prices even as the…