First Cobalt reports more positive results at Ontario refinery
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has produced a battery-grade cobalt sulphate for the second time in a row but using a different feed source, the company says. The second…
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Argonaut Gold to merge with Alio Gold in all-share deal
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) and Alio Gold (TSX: ALO; NYSE-A: ALO) announced a friendly all-share at-market merger that will create a larger company with a production base of over 235,000…
TMAC releases Hope Bay study
TMAC Resources (TSX: TMR) has released key results from a prefeasibility study completed for its wholly owned Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut. This latest study envisions a new 4,000…
Premier offers US$205M for Centerra’s stake in Greenstone Gold Mines
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) is offering to purchase the remaining 50% interest it doesn’t already own in the Greenstone Gold Mines Partnership (GGM) from Centerra Gold (TSX:…
Seabridge to acquire 3 Aces gold project in Yukon
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) is acquiring the 3 Aces gold project in southeastern Yukon from Golden Predator Mining (TSXV: GPY) for 300,000 Seabridge shares and an immediate cash…
Trevali suspends Caribou mine in New Brunswick
Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) has temporarily suspended operations at its Caribou mine near Bathurst, New Brunswick. The company noted that the global zinc market has deteriorated and that…
PDAC tallies three confirmed COVID-19 cases
As the science continues to evolve around the transmission of the deadly coronavirus, the 23,000 people who attended the Prospectors & Developers’ Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto on…
Mine disruptions escalate as virus rips around globe
On a global scale, work is grinding to a halt and operations at mines are being temporarily suspended as majors and minors move to enact measures to protect against the…
DynaCERT says new technology can lower diesel emissions
DynaCERT (TSX: DYA), a Toronto-based company, has developed a technology called HydraGEN that could significantly reduce emissions by improving the performance and fuel efficiency of diesel engines used in mining…
Coronavirus curbs Mountain Province revenue
Unlike many other mines in Canada and around the world that have been put on care and maintenance because of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Gahcho Kué mine in the…
Cameco, Orano suspend Saskatchewan operations due to COVID-19
Uranium companies Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) and Orano Canada are suspending mining and processing activities at their operations in northern Saskatchewan due to COVID-19. The two companies jointly agreed to…
MegumaGold to merge with Osprey Gold
Canadian juniors MegumaGold (CSE: NSAU; US-OTC: NSAUF) and Osprey Gold Development (TSXV: OS; US-OTC: OSSPF), with projects in Nova Scotia’s largest historic bullion district, are merging their businesses to create…