Lake Shore ups its exploration efforts at 144 Gap zone
On the back of its 2014 financial and exploration successes, Lake Shore Gold (TSX: LSG; NYSE-MKT: LSG) has bulked up its exploration efforts and is keeping the ball rolling into 2015.
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Endeavour Silver back in black in Q1
Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) has swung back into profit after a disappointing fourth quarter, due to lower costs at all three of its silver-gold underground mines in Mexico.
NuLegacy hits high-grade gold in Nevada
NuLegacy Gold (TSXV: NUG; US-OTC: NULGF) has found drilling success at its Iceberg gold deposit, a Carlin-type gold system in Nevada’s Cortez trend.
TSX slides, May 4-8
Poor jobs data and a decline in energy stocks after the New Democratic Party majority win in Alberta sent the S&P/TSX Composite Index down 1.1% to 15,170.02. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 2.8% to 805.08,…
Tahoe CEO talks post-merger growth strategy
VANCOUVER — It’s been just over a month since Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) merged with Rio Alto Mining to create a leading mid-tier precious metals producer, but the new management team hasn’t wasted any time turning…
WPC aims to bring Lupin back online
WPC Resources (TSXV: WPQ) — soon to be named Lupin Gold Corp. — plans to bring the past-producing Lupin gold mine online, while also advancing the nearby Ulu gold property.
Columbus Gold to launch $20M program
Over the next year, Columbus Gold (TSXV: CGT; US-OTC: CBGDF), a small junior with a market cap of just $64 million, will oversee $20 million invested in exploration and development at its two gold projects, Paul Isnard in French Guiana and…
U.S. stocks drop, April 27-May 1
U.S. equities fell after being tripped up by soft economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 56.08 points to 18,024.06, and the S&P 500 Index slipped 9.4 points to 2,108.29. The Nasdaq retreated 86.69 points to…
Eastmain resource turns heads
When RBC Capital Markets recently screened for undeveloped open-pit gold projects in North America with a resource of more than 500,000 oz. gold in the measured and indicated category and a grade of greater than 1.5 grams gold per tonne, it…
TMAC targets production at Hope Bay in late 2016
A recent prefeasibility study shows privately held firm TMAC Resources’ Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut has what it takes to be a low-cost, long-life underground operation, with first production starting as early as 2016.
BC Survey’s ‘red line’ a game changer for explorers
VANCOUVER — Geologists Jeff Kyba and Joanne Nelson from the B.C. Geological Survey may have unlocked the secret to world-class porphyry- and intrusion-related gold-copper deposits in northwestern B.C.
Northern Empire rises again with an eye on Alaskan gold
VANCOUVER — The management team at Northern Empire Resources (TSXV: NM; US-OTC: PSPGF) believe it’s an opportune time to get back into the project-generation game, and that the early stage Richardson gold project in Alaska’s…