Iamgold CEO Letwin’s passionate keynote on cost control, innovation and gold’s bright future
The following is a transcript of the keynote speech by Stephen Letwin, president and CEO of Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) at the inaugural Progressive…
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Barrick, Acacia struggle to find common ground in Tanzania
VANCOUVER — Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) has proposed a framework to resolve a three-month dispute with the government of Tanzania. It appears that management…
Editorial: Iamgold’s Letwin tells of hard lessons learned in keynote at PMF
A careful implementation of innovative technology and management techniques is key to thriving in the mining industry in the decades to come. That was the…
US markets falter, Oct. 16-20
Gold closed at US$1,280 per oz., down US$23.30 per ounce. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index dropped 2.61% to 85.01, while the Dow Jones Industrial…
Pretium ramps up
VANCOUVER — Pretium Resources’ (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) new 8.7 million oz. Brucejack gold mine in northwestern B.C.’s Golden Triangle district is “well on its…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 77: What’s up with the Witwatersrand?
This week we’ve got a geological bonanza, as Lesley chats with Hartwig Frimmel about the genesis of the Witwatersrand (Wits) gold deposit in South Africa….
BMO: Gold miners may revisit dormant megaprojects
VANCOUVER — The last five years have seen large-cap gold miners shelve and write down many ambitious, greenfield development projects that carry significant price tags and…
Falco Resources completes feasibility study on Horne 5
A new feasibility study of the Horne 5 gold project in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., estimates it could cost C$1 billion to build, Falco Resources (TSXV: FPC; US-OTC: FPRGF)…
Silver Viper takes first bite at Clemente
VANCOUVER — Newly branded Silver Viper Minerals (TSXV: VIPR) has launched a drill campaign at its 62.1 sq. km Clemente silver-gold project in Sonora, northern Mexico,…
Book excerpt: Budding mogul J.P. Bickell’s hunt for gold in Ontario
The would-be millionaire John Paris Bickell had first become interested in the metals of the earth during a trip to the Yukon goldfields as a…
Editorial: Gold majors gather in Colorado Springs
The unofficial theme of this year’s annual gathering of the world’s biggest gold miners at the Denver Gold Forum in Colorado Springs, Colo., in late…
Candelaria Mining dodges politics at Caballo Blanco in Mexico
After acquiring the Caballo Blanco project in the Mexican state of Veracruz a little more than a year ago, Candelaria Mining (TSXV: CAND) prepared a…