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Workers washing a discovery outcrop at Goldstrike Resources' Plateau South gold project in the Yukon. Credit: Goldstrike Resources

Goldstrike hits gold in three zones at Plateau South

VANCOUVER — After just 10 weeks of exploration at the Plateau South project, it is starting to look like Goldstrike Resources (TSXV: GSR; US-OTC: APRAF) made a good choice when it dropped 23 other Yukon gold properties to focus on its…


Rodinia Lithium's flagship Salar de Diablillos lithium project in Salta province, Argentina. Credit: Rodinia Lithium

Rodinia Lithium gives up costly Nevada claims

When the Nevada office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management raised its annual mining claim fees last year by 700%, from US$140 per claim to US$1,120 — at a time capital markets were even more challenging for miners — juniors like…


Donner on life-support after losing Bracemac-McLeod

Despite a valiant attempt to raise capital, Donner Metals (TSXV: DON; US-OTC: DONFF) defaulted on a payment owed to Glencore Xstrata (LSE: GLEN) and as a result handed over its 35% interest in the Bracemac-McLeod mine…


Exeter's Caspiche gold-copper project in Chile's Maricunga gold belt. Source: Exeter Resource

Exeter downsizes Caspiche to cut costs

Exeter Resource (TSX: XRC) is considering building a smaller-scale operation at its Caspiche gold-copper project in Chile’s famed Maricunga gold belt to lower start-up costs compared to developing a super pit that was proposed in its…



Editorial: QE-related price distortions

In a presentation at the Toronto Resource Investment Conference on Sept. 12, David Franklin of Sprott Asset Management said that after a tough first half “we have turned the corner,” and investors can take advantage of price…




Mining activity in the pit at Monument Mining's Selinsing gold mine in Malaysia. Source: Monument Mining

Monument forges ahead in Malaysia

VANCOUVER — It has been three years since Vancouver-based junior Monument Mining (TSXV: MMY) started production at its Selinsing gold mine at Bukit Selinsing Koyan, 65 km north of Raub, Malaysia. And the company is showing no signs of…


A drill rig at the Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska. Source: Northern Dynasty Minerals

Anglo American kicks aside Pebble

VANCOUVER — The massive and controversial Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska is solely owned again by junior Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE-MKT: NAK), now that its joint-venture partner Anglo American (LSE: AAL; US-OTC:…


B2Gold brings its operational prowess to Masbate

VANCOUVER — The Philippines may not top any list of mining-friendly jurisdictions, but that hasn’t deterred geographically diversified Canadian miner B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) at its recently acquired Masbate gold mine,…



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