Banks Island hits commercial production at Yellow Giant
Banks Island Gold’s (TSXV: BOZ) Yellow Giant gold-silver project is the latest mine to achieve commercial production in northwestern B.C.
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Is Osisko Gold charting a new course for Falco?
Falco Resources (TSXV: FPC) is the only junior to control the last of the large Abitibi mining camps not owned by a major gold producer and Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR; US-OTC: OKSKF) is a key partner and shareholder, owning just over 11% of…
Sabina pushes permitting forward at Back River
Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB) expects to submit a final environmental impact statement (EIS) on its Back River gold project in southwestern Nunavut by mid-year.
Detour gains 7% after achieving 2014 guidance
Detour Gold (TSX: DGC; US-OTC: DRGDF) has started the year off on the right foot. It shares rose 7% after it reported hitting its 2014 operating targets and provided a conservative guidance for 2015.
Aura Minerals suspends mining at Aranzazu
Aura Minerals (TSX: ORA; US-OTC: ARMZF) has become the latest casualty of slumping commodity prices, unresponsive financing markets and fixed costs: It is suspending mining operations temporarily at its Aranzazu copper-gold-silver mine in…
Goldcorp bids $526M for Probe Mines
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is acquiring gold junior Probe Mines (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF) in a friendly all-share deal worth $526 million.
TSX slips, Jan. 12-16
Despite a large one-day gain as oil prices stabilized, the S&P/TSX Composite Index lost 0.5%, or 75.53 points, to close the trading week at 14,309.41.
Imperial Metals raises $50M
Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) may be nursing a black eye from the August tailings dam failure at its Mount Polley mine in central B.C., but the company says it’s pleased with its cleanup efforts so far, and that it is also…
Editorial: Gold a ray of hope in a weary market
The Vancouver Resource Investment Conference in mid-January is usually a great way to gauge the mood of the Canadian junior mining scene in the year ahead, and this year was no different.
U.S. equities slip, Jan.5-9
The U.S. market fell during the week amid lower oil prices. The S&P 500 Index slipped 13.39 points to 2,044.81, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 95.62 points to 17,737.37. The Nasdaq Composite closed down 22.74 points at…
Goldcorp gets in the Christmas spirit
General manager of Goldcorp’s Musselwhite gold mine, Bill Gascon (Santa costume), and his team spread holiday cheer in December 2014 to the five remote Northern Ontario First Nations communities of Cat Lake, North Caribou, Wunnumin,…
Rubicon boosts grade confidence with Phoenix drill program
VANCOUVER — Shares of Rubicon Minerals (TSX: RMX; NYSE-MKT: RBY) have been on the rise since the new year, as the company advances towards production at its Phoenix gold property in Ontario’s prolific Red Lake camp.