Osisko marches ahead at Canadian Malartic
Osisko Mining (OSK-T) projects better days ahead at its flagship, 100%-owned Canadian Malartic gold mine near Val d’Or, Que.
Silver
Alder revisits the former Rosita project
Alder Resources’ (ALR-V) chairman Don Dudek and CEO Joseph Arengi, who were persistent in pursuing the past-producing copper-gold-silver Rosita project in northeast Nicaragua, are hoping their perseverance will soon pay off with a big…
GoGold pushes Parral towards production with prefeasibilty study
VANCOUVER – Last year, GoGold Resources (GGD-T) issued millions of shares and worked for months to acquire Absolute Gold Holdings for its Parral project in Mexico, home to a huge heap of tailings left behind after 300 years of operations at the…
[Update] Coeur outbids First Majestic for Orko
Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) has trumped First Majestic Silver (FR-T, AG-N) in a contest to acquire Orko Silver (OK-V) for its coveted La Preciosa project, ranked as one of the world’s largest undeveloped silver deposits.
Coeur outbids First Majestic for Orko
Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) has trumped First Majestic Silver (FR-T, AG-N) in a contest to acquire Orko Silver (OK-V) for its coveted La Preciosa project, ranked as one of the world’s largest undeveloped silver deposits.
Colombian violence hurts Continental despite high grades
VANCOUVER — Drills at Continental Gold’s (CNL-T) Buritica project in Colombia keep hitting new areas of high-grade gold and silver, but a resurgence of violence in the country following the end of a two-month FARC ceasefire is…
Oyu Tolgoi’s feasibility study delayed
Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ-T, TRQ-N) updated the market with good and bad news about its 66%-held Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia’s South Gobi desert.
HSBC’s sunny silver outlook
James Steel of HSBC in New York is raising his average price forecast for silver to US$33 per oz. for 2013 and to US$31 per oz. for 2014, up from US$32 per oz. and US$28 per oz. owing to improving industrial demand and investor appetite, and a…
Sona signs MOU with Chinese contractor
Executive chairman Nick Ferris of Sona Resources (SYS-V) had been trying to source financing for some time to advance the junior’s Blackdome-Elizabeth gold project in the Clinton and Lillooet mining districts of British Columbia, about…
HSBC talks silver
James Steel of HSBC in New York is raising his average price forecast for silver to US$33 per oz. for 2013 and to US$31 per oz. for 2014, up from US$32 per oz. and US$28 per oz., respectively, due to a combination of improving industrial demand…
Altan on the trail for Nevada’s next gold discovery
CARSON CITY, NEVADA — Driving along a broad stretch of freeway on the outskirts of Reno, it is obvious that Altan Nevada’s (ANE-V) director of exploration Kelly Cluer calls Nevada home. He spent the first 10 years of his career here…
Back Forty gains grade but work still suspended
VANCOUVER — A new resource estimate for the Back Forty poly-metallic project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has boosted the deposit’s metal grades. But despite the improvement, no work is underway at the site because project…