IDM’s Red Mountain moves closer to development
IDM Mining’s (TSXV: IDM) executive chairman couldn’t hide his excitement while talking about the updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) at the Red Mountain gold project…
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Colorado hunts for high-grade gold at KSP
VANCOUVER — Colorado Resources (TSXV: CXO) has a plethora of targets to choose from at its rugged 305 sq. km KSP property in northwest B.C,…
SnipGold’s Iskut project attracts Seabridge
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) plans to enhance its exploration potential in northwestern B.C.’s Golden Triangle by tucking in junior explorer SnipGold (TSXV: SGG)…
IDM advances Red Mountain in BC
IDM Mining’s (TSX: IDM) Red Mountain gold project in northwestern B.C. is “one of the few near-term development stories in Canada,” Robert McLeod, president and…
Optimism remains for investment in Northwest Territories
VANCOUVER — The Northwest Territories, which has led Canada in diamond and tungsten production, became a single-commodity producer in late 2015 after North American Tungsten (CVE: NTC) closed its Cantung Mine, 300 km from Watson Lake,…
Pretium explores porphyry potential at Brucejack
VANCOUVER — Warwick Board, chief geologist at Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG), says excitement is building for exploration at the company’s Brucejack project in northwestern B.C., as his team zeroes in on discoveries…
US equities rise, Oct.19-22
U.S. stocks climbed on the back of strong housing figures for September; better-than-expected earnings from major companies like eBay, Microsoft and Amazon; and signs that the European Central Bank would consider more stimulus measures to boost…
TSX ends lower, Aug. 3-7
West Texas Intermediate crude finished at US$43.84 per barrel — marking the sixth weekly drop in oil prices — but a bounce in Canadian exports in June injected a sliver of optimism into the prevailing doom and gloom about the…
Site visit: Geoscience BC’s avant-garde treetop sampling
ANAHIM LAKE, B.C. — A typical work day for this Geoscience BC’s biogeochemical survey crew in west-central B.C. gets started with the smell of jet fuel and the high-pitched whir of a helicopter.
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.
TSX posts solid gains, April 6-10
A slight rally in oil prices and reports of encouraging employment data in Canada helped lift Canada’s benchmark index. The S&P/TSX Composite Index advanced 2.4% to 15,388.43, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals &…
Seabridge proves permits still attainable for big BC mines
VANCOUVER — It’s shaping up to be a big year for Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) at its large-scale Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell (KSM) gold-copper project, 65 km northwest of Stewart, B.C. In late December the company received a…