Gold

A portal at Klondex Mines' Midas gold-silver mine in Nevada. Source: Klondex Mines

Klondex adds life to Midas with aggressive drilling

When Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX; US-OTC: KLNDF) bought the Midas gold-silver mine in Nevada from Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) in early 2014, Newmont had penciled in March 2015 as the date the underground operation would reach the end of its mine…


Workers pour the first concrete at Roxgold's Yaramoko gold project in Burkina Faso. Source: Roxgold

Roxgold starts construction at Yaramoko

Roxgold (TSXV: ROG; US-OTC: ROGFF) has kicked off construction at its high-grade Yaramoko gold project in southwestern Burkina Faso, with an aim of starting production in the second quarter of 2016.


Looking north along the deposit's axis at Newmont Mining's Long Canyon gold project in northeast Nevada. Source: Newmont Mining

Newmont green-lights Long Canyon gold mine

VANCOUVER — Denver-based Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) is poised to open up a new gold district at its Long Canyon project along the eastern flank of the Pequop Mountains in northeastern Nevada. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)…


The Young-Davidson gold mine in northern Ontario's Abitibi greenstone belt. Source: Alamos Gold.

Alamos, AuRico unveil US$1.5B ‘merger of equals’

VANCOUVER — Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) and AuRico Gold (TSX: AUQ; NYSE: AUQ) have apparently been in an on-again, off-again courtship for years, but on April 13 the companies decided to tie the knot amidst a rising tide of merger…


The secondary crusher at Copper Mountain Mining's namesake copper mine in British Columbia. Credit: Copper Mountain Mining.

Technical troubles dog Copper Mountain in Q1

Mechanical difficulties at Copper Mountain Mining’s (TSX: CUM) 75%-owned Copper Mountain mine in southern B.C. involving a transformer failure on one of the ball mills in February and a 10-day disruption with the regrind mill in March…


Geologists working at Panoro Minerals' Cotabambas copper project in Peru. Source: Panoro Minerals

Panoro’s Cotabambas PEA a good start

Analysts believe Panoro Minerals’ (TSXV: PML; US-OTC: POROF) preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Cotabambas project shows the copper-gold-silver-molybdenum porphyry deposit is viable, despite failing to impress investors. 



A Nautilus owned ship suspends underwater drilling equipment in the air. Source: Nautilus Minerals

Nautilus targets 2018 for undersea mining

VANCOUVER — It’s been a bounce-back 12 months for junior Nautilus Minerals (TSX: NUS; US-OTC: NSUMF), which has overcome a major sociopolitical hurdle to get back on track to develop the world’s first undersea mining operation…



Wall Street edges up, March 30-April 2

U.S. equities gained momentum on positive jobless data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 50.64 points to 17,763.24, and the S&P 500 Index added 5.94 points to finish at 2,066.96. Spot gold edged up US$3.60 per oz. to end at US$1,202…


The processing plant at SilverCrest Mines' Santa Elena silver-gold mine, 150 km northeast of Hermosillo, Mexico. Credit: Silvercrest Mines

SilverCrest sketches out Santa Elena’s future

VANCOUVER — It’s been a challenging twelve months for SilverCrest Mines (TSX: SVL; NYSE-MKT: SVLC), but the producer has adapted to lower metal prices at its Santa Elena epithermal silver-gold mine, 150 km northeast of Hermosillo,…


A sample with visible gold from Belo Sun Mining's Volta Grande gold project in Brazil. Source: Belo Sun Mining

Belo Sun improves economics at Volta Grande

Belo Sun Mining’s (TSX: BSX; US-OTC: VNNHF) Volta Grande gold project in Brazil’s Para state has garnered positive attention from analysts after a feasibility study cut the project’s costs, making it more attractive. 


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