Element 29 drills record 1.5-km Elida interval
Element 29 Resources (TSXV: ECU; US-OTC: EMTRF) drilled the longest mineralized interval yet at its Elida copper project in Peru, extending the porphyry system far below the current resource. Hole…
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US debt could drive gold to $6,000, analyst says
Gold could climb to $6,000 (C$8,450) per oz. as swelling U.S. debt and central-bank buying extend the metal’s bull market, Toronto-based brokerage Maison Placements President John Ing forecasts in a…
Rule Symposium Video: Hemlo targets 20-year mine life
Hemlo Mining (TSX: HMMC; US-OTC: HMMCF) plans to keep its namesake northwestern Ontario gold mine running for about 20 more years by raising output and filling a mill operating at…
Laramide sees $741M value for uranium mine
An updated study for Laramide Resources’ (TSX, ASX: LAM; US-OTC: LMRXF) proposed Westmoreland uranium mine in Australia values the project at about $741 million (C$1.04 billion) – almost twice the…
Rule Symposium Video: Cariboo deep hits point to larger mine, says Roosen
Osisko Gold Group (TSXV, NYSE: ODV) has traced gold mineralization below 700 metres at its Cariboo project in British Columbia, more than twice the deposit’s average depth. The company has…
Canada Nickel’s ninth resource lifts holdings to 4.3B tonnes in Timmins district
An updated resource for Canada Nickel’s (TSXV: CNC) Deloro project adds 1.55 million global contained tonnes of nickel while an initial resource for Nesbitt adds 410,000 contained tonnes, its ninth…
McFarlane Lake drills long gold intercepts as MRE nears
New drilling by McFarlane Lake Mining (CSE: MLM; US-OTC: MLMLF) at its main Juby gold project in northeastern Ontario has continued to expand the scale of the property’s gold system…
Equinox-Orla get OK to create No. 2 Canada gold miner
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX) (NYSE: EQX) and Orla Mining (TSX: OLA) (NYSE: ORLA) have secured shareholder approval for their $18.5 billion merger, creating Canada’s second-largest gold producer with expected annual…
Rule Symposium Video: Hodge sounds alarm on junior ‘lifestyle’ stocks
Investors should seek companies whose managers own meaningful stakes and have committed backers able to fund more than one drill program, Digest Publishing co-founder and mining guru Nick Hodge said….
Gladiator’s Cub assays highlight historical copper belt
Recent assays from step out drilling at Gladiator Metals’ (TSXV: GLAD; US-OTC: GDTRF) Whitehorse project in Yukon show the Cub East discovery is a developing high-grade copper-gold-silver centre inside the…
Gold, silver prices rebound as US-Iran war spreads
Gold and silver jumped on Wednesday as a sharp escalation in the United States war on Iran sent oil surging and investors scrambling back into havens, with buyers willing to…
Rule Symposium Video: Dundee bets Shovelnose can narrow share discount
Mining investment firm Dundee (TSX: DC.A) is taking a larger-than-usual role in a project through an $85-million (US$60 million) earn-in on Westhaven Gold’s (TSXV: WHN; US-OTC: WTHVF) Shovelnose in British…