Chakana’s Soledad attracts Doug Kirwin
When a renowned geologist like Douglas Kirwin throws his weight behind a junior exploration company, the mining world usually sits up and takes notice. Kirwin, a member of the joint…
Gold
Broadway looks for porphyry discovery in Montana
VANCOUVER — Broadway Gold Mining (TSXV: BRD; US-OTC: BDWYF) is big-game hunting at its Madison gold-copper property in the historic Butte-Anaconda mining district, 38 km southeast of Butte, Montana. The…
Venture posts gains, Oct. 30-Nov. 3
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 4.6 points to a 791.98-point close, as spot gold prices fell US$3.44 to US$1,273.35 per oz., and Comex copper prices gained US2¢ to US$3.12…
TSX rises slightly, Oct. 30-Nov. 3
Canada’s benchmark index rose 0.42% to finish the trading week at 16,020.16. The S&P/TSX Gold Mining Index and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index posted incremental gains, rising 0.42% to 68.01…
US markets post marginal gains, Oct. 30-Nov. 3
The unemployment rate in the U.S. fell to 4.1% to a new 17-year low over the reporting period. Spot gold ended the week at US$1,269.40 per oz., down 0.30%, or…
Site visit: Orca poised to succeed in Sudan
ABU HAMAD, SUDAN — It’s easy to tell when and where it last rained in the Nubian Desert. Grass sprouts up within a couple days and lasts as long as…
Moody’s downgrades its outlook on Eldorado Gold
Eldorado Gold’s (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) troubles in Greece and Turkey have prompted Moody’s Investors Service to downgrade its rating outlook for the gold producer from stable to negative. “The…
Fiore brings new life to beleaguered Pan mine
VANCOUVER —Vancouver-based Fiore Gold (TSXV: F; US-OTC: FFRRF), a new company backed by financier Frank Giustra, is off to a strong start at its revamped Pan gold mine, 28 km…
Sit visit: Treasury moves Goliath forward with updated PEA
DRYDEN, ONTARIO — A dirt road leads across a bushy plot of land to a small wooden building: Treasury Metals’ (TSX: TML) project office on its wholly owned Goliath gold…
A Q3 financial review of Canada’s largest gold producers
VANCOUVER — The Northern Miner presents a roundup of third-quarter results from Canada’s three largest gold producers by market capitalizatio n: Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX); Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX:…
Monarques pours first gold at Beaufor, grows Wasamac resource
Monarques Gold (TSXV: MQR) has joined the club of Canadian gold producers after pouring its first gold bar from its Beaufor mine in Quebec, 20 km northeast of Val-d’Or. The…
MDRU, Fathom Geophysics target central BC
The University of British Columbia’s Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) and consulting firm Fathom Geophysics may have identified the regional structural framework partly responsible for silver-gold-copper mineralization in central B.C.’s…