US markets trend downward, Dec. 10-14
The gold price fell 0.7% to close the trading week at US$1,238.10. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index fell 0.5% to 67.59 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.18%…
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TSX posts decline, Dec. 10-14
The S&P/TSX Composite Index dropped 1.35% to finish at 14,595.07. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 1.6% to 64.51 and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index increased 0.47% to 101.42….
TSX Venture falls, Dec. 10-14
Aurion Resources jumped 21¢ to $1.10 per share on drill results from its Risti project in northern Finland. The company reported that high-grade mineralization intersected in several drill holes in…
Capstone doubles Cozamin mine life with boosted reserves
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) has increased reserves at its Cozamin polymetallic mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, by 89%, after drilling the project for the past year and a half….
Interview: Charles Wyndham reflects on dramatic year in diamonds, 2019
Charles Wyndham has been in the diamond industry for over 40 years. He was a director of the CSO, De Beers’ selling arm, before deciding to leave De Beers to…
Mawson tables maiden resource for Rajapalot gold-cobalt project
Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW; US-OTC: MWSNF) has tabled a maiden resource for its Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland that it says has plenty of room for expansion. The project contains…
Kirkland Lake finds visible gold at Fosterville in Australia
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE; KL) has drilled high grade and visible gold mineralization on the down plunge extensions of the Swan zone at its Fosterville gold mine in…
Barrick ends joint venture with ATAC Resources
Shares of ATAC Resources (TSXV: ATC) plunged 25% on news that Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is terminating its earn-in joint venture on the junior’s Orion project, part of…
Fura Gems tallies 6M carats of emeralds at Coscuez mine
Less than a year after acquiring a 76% stake in the Coscuez emerald mine in Colombia, Fura Gems (TSXV: FURA; US-OTC: FUGMF) has finished a maiden resource estimate that delineates…
Casa Minerals discovers new zone at Pitman gold project
Casa Minerals (TSXV: CASA) has discovered a new zone at its Pitman gold project near Terrace, B.C., 1 km south of the Golden Dragon gold discovery it made earlier this…
Site visit: Minaurum shows size potential at Alamos
ALAMOS, MEXICO — Thanks to a late rain, it’s unusually green on the Sierra de Alamos as we drive onto Minaurum Gold’s (TSXV: MGG; US-OTC: MMRGF) Alamos silver property in…
Aton drills ‘lost mountain of gold’ in Egypt
Aton Resources (TSXV: AAN; US-OTC: ANLBF) has drilled 4,125 metres across 50 reverse-circulation holes in a first round of drilling on the South Ridge at its Rodruin gold project, part…