Queenston feeling good about Bidgood
Queenston Mining (QMI-T) put the drill bit to work at Bidgood and the results bode well for an upcoming resource estimate update.
Canada
Wide interval of high-grade at Fission’s Patterson Lake
Fission Energy (FIS-V) jumped 23.94% to 44¢ a share with 1.75 million shares changing hands after the company reported drilling at the Patterson Lake South project in northern Saskatchewan intersected a shallow 6.0-metre interval of…
TSX Venture soldiers on, Oct. 29-Nov. 2
VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index jumped 19 points or 1.44% during the Oct. 29 – Nov. 2 trading period before closing the week at 1,310.03 points.
Moneta Porcupine de-risks Golden Highway
Moneta Porcupine Mines (ME-T, MPUCF-O) and its Golden Highway project in northern Ontario could start generating some attention from mid-tier or major gold producers interested in bulk tonnage deposits in Canada, the junior’s management says.
Commentary: The uses and abuses of temporary foreignworkers in BC
The following is an open letter from Mark Olsen, president of the Bargaining Council of B.C. Building Trade Unions, to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and B.C. Premier Cristy Clark.
Gold Canyon gains ounces, loses grade at Springpole
Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-V) boosted total ounces in its latest resource update, but it did so at the cost of grade.
Williams’ Red Cloud on the horizon
A few years ago when Chad Williams was CEO of Victoria Gold (VIT-V), the company was looking to acquire a particular advanced project. The board, however, was split on what to do.
Agnico-Eagle’s Meadowbank, Kittila see improvements
Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) has bulked up its full-year production guidance following a solid third quarter, where both the Meadowbank and Kittila gold mines reported record quarterly output and improved costs.
Earnings miss for Cliffs Natural Resources
A severe 36% year-on-year drop in prices for seaborne iron ore during the third quarter torpedoed earnings for Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N). The iron ore and metallurgical coal producer’s consolidated revenues fell 26% to US$1.5…
Barrick fails to impress in Q3
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has unveiled another disappointing quarter, where it continues to wrestle rising costs, project delays and shrinking profits, prompting investors that expected a better third quarter to drive down the stock.
Solid operations can’t protect Cameco from state of the world
With its latest quarterly earnings Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) proved that operational deftness isn’t always enough, as global factors took their toll on its bottom line.
More Alaskan high-grade for NovaCopper
Since NovaCopper (NCQ-T, NCQ-X) started drilling the South Reef Zone on its Bornite concession in northwestern Alaska this year, sixteen of the nineteen holes returned high-grade copper — a success rate of 84%.