SITE VISIT MCGRATH, ALASKA — The camp at the Nixon Fork gold mine sleeps 85 but the beds have been empty for two years now.Our group of about 15 has an endless selection of identical little rooms to choose from, each outfitted with a…
SITE VISIT HAINES, ALASKA — In a normal market, the first 2008 drill results out of the Palmer project in Alaska would have been big news. Following up on a 2007 discovery hole that hit 24 metres of volcanogenic massive sulphides (VMS) in…
VANCOUVER — Drilling to expand the Hackett River polymetallic deposit in Nunavut and test new zones is returning solid intercepts for owner Sabina Silver (SBB-V, SBBFF).Sabina updated the resource at Hackett River in April, boosting its…
Junior explorer Commander Resources (CMD-V, CMDRF-O) will be able to step up exploration at its flagship Baffin Island gold project in Nunavut next year thanks to a new, well-heeled partner who will pick up the tab — AngloGold Ashanti (AU-N,…
The dream of building a nickel-copper- platinum group metals mine in Northern Quebec is over for Glenn Mullan, Canadian Royalties’ (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O) chairman, CEO and major shareholder, who’s been work…
VANCOUVER — The question on many analysts’ minds during a Terrane Metals (TRX-V, TRXOF-O) conference call addressing a revamped feasibility study of the company’s Mt. Milligan copper-gold project in …
SITE VISIT: MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA — Dorian Amaya and Antioquia Gold (AGD-V, ANTZF-O) have something in common. They both long for the gold in the rich veins that run through the steep green hills of Colombia’s Antioquia state.Amaya, like his…
Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-Q) is looking to acquire Aquiline Resources (AQI-T, AQLNF-O) and its large Navidad silver project via a friendly all-share takeover.
Four months after launching an informal bid for the venerable miner Anglo American (AAL-L, AAUKY-Q), diversified mining giant Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) announced in mid- October that it has no intentio…
Improving market conditions and rising diamond prices mean that a planned six-week winter shutdown of the Diavik mine, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, has been called off.
VANCOUVER– Three years ago International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-X) started its first drill program at the Livengood project, a modest 2,500-metre program designed to follow up on interesting go…
Ryan Matthiesen, a senior associate at Macquarie Capital Advisors in Toronto, had worked on the finance side of the mining sector for more than five years.
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