Site visit: Fission poised for growth at Patterson Lake South
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN — Handling drill core caked with uraninite — a radioactive, uranium-rich ore mineral — isn’t exactly for the faint of heart, but with…
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Stornoway opens Quebec’s first diamond mine
JAMES BAY REGION, QUE. — On a blustery grey day in mid-October, as Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY) welcomes 200 visitors to the official opening of…
Site visit: Atac builds critical mass at Rackla in Yukon
MAYO, YUKON — Even after repeated visits by this journalist to Atac Resources’ (TSXV: ATC; US-OTC: ATADF) Rackla gold property in the central Yukon, the…
Site visit: Prosper Gold duo eyes another win at Ashley
TIMMINS, ONT. — Prosper Gold’s (TSXV: PGX) management aims to repeat the success it had at Richfield Ventures’ Blackwater gold project in B.C. at Prosper’s new…
Site visit: Victoria on track to gold production at Eagle
KENO CITY, YUKON — There’s optimism at Victoria Gold’s (TSXV: VIT; US-OTC: VITFF) Dublin Gulch camp in the Yukon Territory, after a resurgence in precious…
Site visit: Great Panther is poised for growth, Archer says
It’s easy for your mind to drift back into history when visiting Great Panther Silver’s (TSX: GPR; NYSE-MKT: GPL) silver-gold operations at its Guanajuato mine…
Site visit: Integra takes aim at Gold Rush targets
VAL-D’OR, QUE. — Just eight months after wrapping up its Gold Rush Challenge exploration competition, Integra Gold (TSXV: ICG; US-OTC: ICGQF) hosted a visit to…
Site visit: GoldQuest’s Romero at ‘decision point’
SAN JUAN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — The road to GoldQuest Mining’s (TSXV: GQC) exploration camp is rough to say the least. But president and CEO Julio…
Site visit: Goldcorp VP Bergeron talks future of Coffee project
DAWSON CITY, YUKON — It’s an exciting time in Canada’s Yukon Territory. On July 20, Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) completed its acquisition of explorer…
Site visit: Klondike Gold’s quest for the motherlode in the Yukon
DAWSON CITY, YUKON — Klondike Gold’s (TSXV: KG) president and CEO Peter Tallman reckons his company may have found the motherlode just 20 km south…
Site visit: Largo is ‘all smiles’ in Brazil
MARACAS, BRAZIL — About an hour’s drive from Maracas — the city of flowers — is the first producing vanadium mine in Brazil’s northeastern state…
Site visit: Detour revs up Detour Lake mine
COCHRANE, ONTARIO — Last year Detour Gold’s (TSX: DGC) Detour Lake mine in northeastern Ontario was the second-largest gold producer in Canada. It’s now on…