The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index took a breather during the trading sessions after posting big gains over the past three weeks, with falling commodity prices contributing to decrease of 1.9%, or 18.25 points, en route to a 955.33-point…
VANCOUVER — In September the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal by the Yukon government of a case that had caused a stir across the industry. The case involved a 2011 ruling by the Yukon Supreme Court, pursuant to a claim by the…
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) has suspended construction at its controversial Pascua-Lama gold-silver project in Argentina and Chile, citing lower metal prices and regulatory and legal uncertainties.
Suncor Energy (TSX: SU; NYSE: SU) and its partners Total E&P Canada Ltd. (a subsidiary of Paris-based Total (NYSE: TOT) and Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK) are proceeding with the Fort Hills oilsands mine project in Alberta’s…
MINTO LANDING, YUKON — When the Minto mine started up in 2007 it was an open-pit copper-gold-silver operation with a projected four-year mine life and a 1,600-tonne-per-day throughput. But Sherwood Copper knew the potential at Minto was…
ATLIN, B.C. — It’s been a tough time for juniors trying to fund grassroots exploration, but it helps when high-profile investors take notice and decide to support a project. And that’s been the case for…
DAWSON CITY, YUKON — Three years ago, the first hole drilled into Kaminak Gold’s (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) Coffee project returned 17.1 grams gold per tonne over 15 metres. Two months later a slew of solid drill results had defined…
We are only just entering the fourth quarter, though for anyone involved in the mining industry it has been a very long year already, as is reflected in the results of the Mining Recruitment Group’s Executive Q4 2013 Survey. This latest…
Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has inked a second offtake agreement on Hudbay Mineral’s (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) Constancia polymetallic project in southern Peru: this time for its gold output.
We are now more than two years into a mining industry downturn that has punished miners, developers and explorers of all commodities. But many of the Toronto-listed diamond stocks that…
For diamond junior Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY), going it alone at its Renard development project in Quebec has come with its challenges. Having to contend with terrible equity markets while…
Botswana is the jurisdiction of choice for Pangolin Diamonds (TSXV: PAN) founder and chairman Leon Daniels. “Botswana is a great country — the geology is very good,” Daniels said in…
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