Video: Fireside chat with Pierre Lassonde at CMS 2018
A fireside chat with Franco Nevada chairman Pierre Lassonde at the Canadian Mining Symposium in London on April 24, 2018. Moderator: Anthony Vaccaro, Group Publisher,…
Gold
Maple Gold ‘still finding new gold zones’ at Douay
Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM; US-OTC: MGMLF) has just finished a winter drill program at its Douay gold project in the Abitibi greenstone belt of northwestern…
Canadian Gold Snapshot: Quebec, Ontario and BC remain prime destinations
“Busy” would be a good word to describe gold explorers and developers in Canada in mid-2018. With gold prices holding steady above US$1,200 for a…
First Mining finishes phase-two drilling at Goldlund
First Mining Gold (TSX: FF; US-OTC: FFMGF) has tabled the final set of drill results from its 16,000-metre infill program at Zone 1 of its…
TSX inches higher while gold dips, May 14-18
Canada’s benchmark index rose 0.47% to 16,162.31 during a week that saw little movement in Canadian markets. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 0.12% to…
US markets dip, May 14-18
Gold closed at US$1,291.9, down 2% over the previous trading week, as U.S. markets slipped. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index fell 2.14% to 82.06,…
Marathon Gold finishes PEA on Valentine Lake
The first economic assessment of Marathon Gold’s (TSX: MOZ) Valentine Lake gold project in Newfoundland could host a “very robust” and “low cost” operation, president…
Osisko Mining builds critical mass in Quebec
In the first five months of the year, Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) released resource estimates for two projects in Quebec while keeping in step with…
Millbrook pens exploration contract with Cuban gov’t
In late April, privately held Millbrook Minerals became the first copper-zinc explorer to sign an International Economic Association (IEA) contract with Cuban state mining company…
Cartier Resources cuts more high grade at Chimo
During the most recent market downturn, when many of his peers were running for cover and trying to preserve cash, French Canadian geologist Philippe Cloutier…
Guyana Goldstrike trenches Marudi ahead of drilling
Guyana Goldstrike (TSXV: GYA) has completed preliminary mapping, trenching and sampling at the Paunch area on its Marudi gold project in Guyana’s Guiana gold belt…
Rio2 to merge with Atacama Pacific
Alex Black and his team have built two mines in Peru — La Arena and Shahuindo — and in the process nurtured Rio Alto Mining…