Turquoise Hill CEO quits on Rio Tinto meddling
Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) announced on March 4 that its CEO Ulf Quellmann is leaving the company after majority-owner Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) told…
Gold
Golden Predator to acquire Viva Gold and build ‘premier junior gold producer’
Golden Predator Mining (TSXV: GPY) has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement to acquire Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU) — bringing together Golden Predator’s past-producing Brewery Creek mine, 55 km from…
Tier One Silver raises $13.5M ahead of Q2 drilling in Peru
With a listing on the Toronto Venture Exchange in the works, Tier One Silver has raised $13.5 million for exploration at its flagship Curibaya silver-gold project in Peru. The junior,…
First Majestic Silver takes Mexico tax row to arbitration
First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) has initiated arbitration proceedings against the government of Mexico, which is seeking more than US$500 million from the company in allegedly owed taxes. The…
Fury reports 7 metres of 11.56 g/t gold in Eau Claire step-out
Fury Gold Mines (TSX: FURY; NYSE: FURY) has released assay results for the first five drillholes completed as part of a 25,000-metre program focused on expanding and upgrading the highest-grade…
Long intervals of high-grade gold from Eskay Creek ahead of resource update
The last batch of infill results from Skeena Resources’ (TSX: SKE) second-phase infill program at the past-producing Eskay Creek project in B.C.’s Golden Triangle includes long intervals of near-surface high-grade…
Nighthawk grows Colomac resource with near-surface indicated ounces
Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK) has updated the mineral resources for its Indin Lake gold property in the Northwest Territories, 200 km north of Yellowknife. The latest numbers incorporate two-thirds of…
Nothing but high grades as Osisko continues drilling Windfall
The more it drills the Windfall gold project in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt of Quebec, the more high grade results Osisko Mining (TSC:OSK) reports from the work. The latest uncut…
Equinox adds to Hardrock stake in Ontario
Growing gold miner Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE: EQX) has upped its stake in the Hardrock gold project in Ontario by 10%, for a total ownership of 60%. The company…
Golden Star files PEA for Wassa gold mine expansion in Ghana
Golden Star Resources (TSX:GSC; NYSE:GSS) filed a preliminary economic assessment for expansion of its underground Wassa gold mine in Ghana on March 1. By mining the Southern Extension zone, the…
JV Article: Sokoman seeks success at Moosehead in Central Newfoundland
There are substantial gold resources in Central Newfoundland, people have just been slow to find them. Sokoman Minerals Corp. (TSXV:SIC) has doubled down on the Moosehead drilling program and added…
Northern Dynasty to appeal latest negative Pebble permit decision
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has accepted the request of Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) to appeal the latest refusal to grant a water licence to the Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project….