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GoGold makes progress at Parral

VANCOUVER — Last year, GoGold Resources (GGD-T) issued millions of shares and worked for months to acquire Absolute Gold Holdings for its Parral project in Mexico, home to a huge heap of tailings left behind after 300 years of operations…


All smiles at Panoro Minerals' Cotabambas copper project in Peru, from left: Yves Barsimantov, vice-president of operations; a local employee; David Huber, CFO; Luquman Shaheen, CEO; and Adriana Luque, community relations manager. Photo by Matthew Keevil

Panoro on track at Cotabambas

CUSCO, PERU — With a large copper-gold-silver resource in its pocket at the Cotabambas project in the Peruvian Andes, Vancouver-based explorer Panoro Minerals (PML-V) is viewing 2013 as a turning point that could see the company…


A shovel at Goldcorp's Penasquito gold mine in Mexico's Zacatecas state. Source: Goldcorp

Goldcorp keeps its shine through tough gold markets

VANCOUVER — Though it was not all good news for Vancouver-based major Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N), the company can rest easy on a strong fourth quarter that beat analysts’ estimates and set production records.



A driller battles the elements at Champion Iron Mines' Fire Lake North iron ore project in the Labrador Trough. Source: Champion Iron Mines

Positive study for Champion Iron in Labrador Trough

VANCOUVER — A preliminary feasibility study has concluded the East and West iron ore deposits at Champion Iron Mines’ (CHM-T) Consolidated Fire Lake North (CFLN) project could produce 9.3 million tonnes of concentrate grading 66%…






McEwen Mining senior vice-president Ian Ball (left) and CEO Rob McEwen at the El Gallo silver-gold project in Mexico's Sinaloa state. Photo by Trish Saywell

McEwen finds a sweet spot in Sinaloa

MOCORITO, SINALOA, MEXICO — The state of Sinaloa is a narrow strip of land hugging 650 km of coastline in northwestern Mexico that makes up 3% of the country’s land mass, 2% of its population and a hefty 30% of its food production.


Locals survey the past-producing Panguna copper-gold open pit mine in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Photo by Ian Bickis

The high-stakes world of Papua New Guinea mining

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA — Rising out of the sea at the collision of the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, Papua New Guinea is the stuff of legend for both its geological potential and punishing working environment.


The office at Curis Resources' Florence copper project in Arizona. Source: Curis Resources

Florence prefeasibility lifts Curis

VANCOUVER — Curis Resources (CUV-T) bucked two of the mining sector’s most persistent problems — creeping capital costs and rising operating expenses — with a prefeasibility study for its Florence copper project in…


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