Volume 98 Number 28 Aug 27 - Sep 2, 2012

Honouring Timmins’ mine finders

Led by association president Dean Rogers, northern Ontario’s Porcupine Prospectors and Developers Association has erected three bronze statues to honour legendary gold mine finders (from left): Jack Wilson of the Dome mine, Sandy McIntyre…


Editorial: SA police fire on Lonmin strikers

It’s the kind of incident long feared since the end of apartheid in South Africa: members of the South African Police Service opened fire on striking workers at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine in North West province on Aug. 16,…


Revolution’s Mexican discoveries

Revolution Resources (RV-T) has hit high-grade gold and silver below the historic Cinco Estrellas mine at its Universo project and discovered new prospects at its La Bufa property.


Barrick to sell African assets?

It looks like Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) new CEO Jamie Sokalsky is getting  down to business to help lift the company’s stagnating share price through a possible sale of its 73.9%-owned African gold subsidiary African…


Harry Winston, Rio revise Diavik plan

Harry Winston (HW-T, HWD-N) has released a much-anticipated mine plan update for its joint-venture Diavik diamond operation 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T.


Coeur d'Alene Mines' Palmarejo mine in Mexico's Chihuahua state is the world's third-largest primary silver mine. Photo by Coeur d'Alene Mines

Palmarejo delivers for Coeur

Of Coeur d’Alene Mines’ (CDM-T, CDE-N) five producing precious metals mines, Palmarejo in northern Mexico is the largest contributor to the company’s sales and cash flow. Metal sales from the mine in Chihuahua state last year…


At Inmet Mining's Cobre Panama copper-gold development, west of Panama City, Panama. Photo by Inmet Mining

Franco-Nevada, Inmet sign Cobre Panama deal

Inmet Mining (IMN-T) has closed a financing deal with streaming and royalty company Franco-Nevada (FNV-T, FNV-N) worth US$1 billion. It’s a bid to cover a funding shortfall at Inmet’s US$6.2-billion Cobre Panama copper-gold…


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