Global Gold Snapshot: Nine explorers and miners pushing forward with new projects
With gold prices remaining strong over the past couple of years and showing no signs of abating, gold exploration and mine development are in high…
Volume 104 Number 7 April 2 – 15, 2018
Editorial: Glimmers of hope for uranium miners
It’s been an eventful past couple of weeks in the uranium subsector, even if the spot price for uranium oxide has shown little positive response….
Site visit: Iamgold turns around Rosebel in Suriname
PARAMARIBO, SURINAME — Only a few years ago during the depths of the mining industry downturn, Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) had on its hands with…
Discovery-takeover cycle continues in Argentina’s Deseado Massif
Mirasol Resources (TSXV: MRZ), a precious metals explorer using the prospect-generator model, says prospecting along the Resolution trend at its wholly owned Nico property in…
TSX Venture wobbles, March 19-23
Worries of a possible U.S.-China trade war spooked investors on the TSX Venture Exchange, sending the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index down 1.90% to 817.80. Goldex…
US markets fall, March 19-23
Gold rose 2.5% to close at US$1,346.8 during a poor week for U.S. markets. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 3.5% to 81.5, the…
Commentary: Fifty years of ‘free’ gold
It is difficult to say when the ‘free’ gold market came into existence, since there always has been one. Yes, the gold price has been…
TSX falls while gold rises, March 19-23
Canada’s benchmark index moved lower and gold moved higher after the U.S. said it would impose US$50-billion worth of tariffs on Chinese exports, and China…
Group Eleven drills for zinc in Ireland
Newly public Group Eleven Resources (TSXV: ZNG) has started drilling its 60%-owned Ballinalack zinc property, 50 km west of Boliden’s (STO: BOL; US-OTC: BDNNF) Navan…
California Gold drills Queen Specimen in Mariposa
California Gold Mining (TSXV: CGM; US-OTC: CFGMF) is drilling a new target at its flagship, 100%-owned Fremont gold project in Mariposa County, Calif., as it…
New Age Metals updates resource
A new resource for the River Valley palladium project brings New Age Metals (TSXV: NAM; US-OTC: PAWEF) one step closer to its goal of building…
Alio Gold to acquire Rye Patch in all-share deal
In an effort to diversify geopolitical risk and transform itself from a single-asset producer, Mexico-focused Alio Gold (TSX: ALO; NYSE: ALO) is buying Rye Patch…