Bristow seeks to build the world’s most valuable gold company
In a one hour and forty-five minute conference call on Feb. 13, barely seven weeks after the merger of Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and Randgold Resources became effective…
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Katanga Q4 loss on suspended cobalt sales, higher costs
Katanga Mining (TSX: KAT; US-OTC: KATFF) lost $116 million in 2018’s fourth quarter to end the year with $13.4 million in gross profit, a result of temporary cobalt sale suspensions,…
United States Snapshot: Ten companies with projects on the go in the USA
Mining and mineral exploration in the U.S. has been on an uptick in recent years, thanks to higher gold and silver prices, and an easing in some regulatory burdens. Here’s…
Ascendant doubles resource of Lagoa Salgada in Portugal
Ascendant Resources (TSX: ASND; US-OTC: ASDRF) has nearly doubled the number of tonnes at both its North and South deposits, part of the Lagoa Salgada polymetallic project in Portugal’s Iberian…
First Cobalt extends mineralization at Iron Creek in Idaho
First Cobalt (TXSV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has extended copper-cobalt mineralization along strike at both its Waite zone and No Name zone, part of its Iron Creek cobalt project in Idaho….
Kerr Mines targets 2020 production at Copperstone
Kerr Mines (TSX: KER; US-OTC: KERMF) expects to mine and stockpile mineralized material from its Copperstone gold project in Arizona in the fourth quarter of this year, with production starting…
US markets post slight gains: Vale, Cleveland Cliffs, Buenaventura, Franco-Nevada, Peabody Energy
The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a marginal 0.17% gain to 25,106.33, while the S&P 500 Index ended 0.05% higher at 2,707.88. Despite a rising dollar, spot gold held above…
Balmoral extends depth of Grasset deposit in Quebec
In the first expansion drilling since 2015 on its Grasset deposit in the Abitibi greenstone belt of Quebec, Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) has extended the known depth of…
OceanaGold forecasts similar production, slightly higher costs
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) says its mines in the Philippines, New Zealand and the U.S. will produce a total of between 500,000 and 550,000 oz. of gold and 14,000 to…
Casa poised to progress Keaper and Pitman polymetallic projects
Casa Minerals (TSXV: CASA) has optioned its Keaper polymetallic project — 15 km northeast of Terrace, B.C., less than 5 km from the company’s flagship Pitman polymetallic project — to…
Glencore expects higher copper production in 2019
Commodities giant Glencore (LON: GLEN) has reported production figures for 2018 and confirmed 2019 guidance that implies a 14%-year-on-year increase in copper-equivalent production. Copper production reached 1.45 million tonnes in…
Lumina confirms deposit at Gran Bestia
Lumina Gold (TSXV: LUM; US-OTC: LMGDF) has announced drill results from the Gran Bestia zone at its Cangrejos gold project in Ecuador that, along with drilling by the property’s previous…