Orsu finds silver at Sergeevskoe in Russia
Orsu Metals (TSXV: OSU; US-OTC: ORSUF) is drilling 12,500 metres at its 90% owned Sergeevskoe gold project, 40 km southwest of the town of Mogocha, Russia, on its way to…
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BHP boosts stake in SolGold
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BBL; LON: BLT) is raising its stake in SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG) from 6.1% to 11.18% and the US$50.2 million in proceeds will help the junior…
Nevada Copper suggests open pit at Pumpkin Hollow
Nevada Copper (TSX: NCU; US-OTC: NEVDF) has tabled a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) suggesting an open pit mine at its Pumpkin Hollow copper project in Nevada, where the company…
Endeavour Silver to miss 2018 production guidance by 5%
Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) predicts it will miss its 2018 production guidance by 5% due to delayed commercial production at its El Compas silver mine, lower gold grades…
Editorial: Gold majors jostle for attention in Denver
The pecking order within the global gold mining industry is never more on display each year than at the Denver Gold Forum in September, with miners and developers of all…
TSX posts mixed results, Oct. 1-5
Canada’s benchmark index fell 0.9% to 15,946.17 and the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.39% to 65.54. Gold performed better, however, as the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 2% to…
TSX Venture inches lower, Oct. 1-5
Shares of Aurania Resources rose 53¢ to $2.76. The company recently found the first significant instances of copper mineralization at its Lost Cities–Cutucu project in Ecuador. Two regional exploration teams…
New Dimension boosts indicated resources 22% at Las Calandrias
New Dimension Resources (TSXV: NDR; US-OTC: NWDMF) has increased the indicated gold resource by 22% or 69,000 oz. gold at its Las Calandrias gold-silver project in Santa Cruz, Argentina. The updated…
MAG Silver extends underground infrastructure at Juanicipio
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — Development is well underway at MAG Silver’s (TSX: MAG; NYSE-AM: MAG) 44%-owned underground Juanicipio silver mine in the Fresnillo district of Zacatecas, Mexico, where it aims…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: My three ‘Eureka!’ moments as a Canadian explorer
The excitement of a mineral discovery is a “Eureka!” moment, and this is the story of my three Eureka moments. I’m 77 years old now, so some of the details…
Orca tables maiden resource for Morondo
Orca Gold (TSXV: ORG; US-OTC: CANWF) has tabled a maiden resource for the Koné prospect on its Morondo gold property in Cote d’Ivoire, part of the 2,268 sq. km land package…
Americas Silver and Pershing Gold to merge
Americas Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-AM: USAS), a producer with mines in the U.S. and Mexico, is merging with Pershing Gold (TSX: PGLC; NASDAQ: PGLC) in an all-share deal. Pershing’s primary…