Site visit: Skeena hunts for Snip’s forgotten gold
TERRACE, B.C. — There’s more than meets the eye when flying over the panoramic landscape of northwest British Columbia’s Golden Triangle. Nestled within the myriad of rocks is a treasure…
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Continental Gold finishes permitting Buritica
Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) shares have seen a boost since the company announced it has received the last two approvals needed to wrap up major permitting at its advanced …
Almadex CEO talks gold-rich porphyry discovery at El Cobre
VANCOUVER — Almadex Minerals (TSXV: AMZ; US-OTC: AXDDF) president and CEO Morgan Poliquin and his team are among the top mineral explorers in eastern Mexico, and they may have another…
Palmer’s Probe Metals consolidates ground
A recent flurry of deals has almost doubled Probe Metals’ (TSXV: PRB) land position at its Val-d’Or East project in Quebec, and the latest set of assay results suggest why….
Entrepreneurial spirit of the Tahltan booms in BC
VANCOUVER — When British fur traders first came across the Tahltan First Nation in northwest B.C. almost two centuries ago, the aboriginal group already had its own trading economy, being…
TSX Venture gains ground, Nov. 28-Dec. 2
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 2%, or 14.8 points, en route to a 749.37-point weekly close. Spot gold prices fell US$6.13 per oz. gold, nearing 10-month lows, before closing…
TSX dips, Nov. 28-Dec. 2
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.2% to 15,052.52, despite a surge in oil prices and a decent jobs report. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.9% to 65.19, while the…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 39: Matt & Mickey’s global commodity special ft. Mickey Fulp
Western Editor Matthew Keevil welcomes the Mercenary Geologist, Mickey Fulp, to the podcast as a guest co-host to go over some of the major events in world economics and politics….
CPM’s Jeffrey Christian shares precious metal forecasts
Jeffrey Christian is the managing partner of CPM Group, a commodities research and management, consulting and financial advisory firm in New York. He founded the company in 1986, spinning off…
Could Aton’s Abu Marawat in Egypt surpass Sukari?
When former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser stood on the steps of the Alexandria Stock Exchange in July 1956 and declared he was going to nationalize the Suez Canal, a…
Site visit: Minera IRL’s Ollachea shows potential despite boardroom battles
OLLACHEA, PUNO PROVINCE, PERU — Women sift through slate muck piles, raking through the debris with a fork in one hand and a water hose in the other, looking for…
Northern Vertex advances Moss with a little help from its friends
Money doesn’t seem to be a problem these days for junior Northern Vertex Mining (TSXV: NEE), which is building a US$33-million open-pit mine complex at its Moss gold project in…