Exploration Snapshot: Eight companies looking for precious and base metals
While prices for most precious and base metals have been subdued throughout 2018, there has nevertheless been a high level of mineral exploration around the…
Volume 104 Number 25 December 10 – 23, 2018
Canadian budget update full of goodies for miners
In a move long sought by mineral explorers active in Canada, Canada’s federal government has extended its mineral exploration tax credit (METC) for five years,…
Editorial: Rio Tinto-led staking rush hits Australia’s Paterson province
As 2018 draws to a close, one of the more intriguing exploration stories of the year is shaping up in the Paterson province in a…
Letter to the Editor: Time to re-open prospector programs in Manitoba
Since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, a healthy mineral exploration industry has been the major driving force that has uncovered northern Manitoba’s economic mineral…
Carube expands gold anomaly at Main Ridge in Jamaica
Carube Copper (TSXV: CUC) has expanded the gold-in-soil anomaly at its Main Ridge gold project in Jamaica east to a 5.5 km total strike length….
TSX mixed, Nov. 26-30
Canada’s benchmark index rose 1.24% to end the trading week at 12,197.82. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.19% to 62.58 and the S&P/TSX Global…
Marathon hits more high-grade intercepts in Newfoundland
Infill drilling in the southwestern part of the Marathon gold deposit in Newfoundland continues to return high-grade gold intercepts, Marathon Gold (TSX: MOZ) reports. The company recently…
Maple Gold Mines finds drilling success at Douay
Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM; US-OTC: MGMLF) has completed its first drill campaign on its Douay gold project in Quebec since assembling a technical committee…
Flin Flon mining to stop in 2021, Hudbay memo says
Despite its best efforts, the “most likely scenario” is that in 2021, mining operations will cease in Flin Flon, Man., an internal memo to employees…
Nighthawk explores regions near Colomac in NWT
Since it kicked off this year’s 32,500-metre drill program in March, Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) has continued drilling at the Colomac and Grizzly…
Interview: Rob McEwen responds to criticism of US$90M at-the-market offering
On Nov. 8, McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) entered an equity distribution agreement with UBS Securities, BMO Capital Markets, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., H.C….
Sabina hits more gold at Back River
Sabina Gold & Silver’s (TSX: SBB) Back River project is already expected to produce 198,000 oz. gold a year in its first 12 years at…