WPC aims to bring Lupin back online
WPC Resources (TSXV: WPQ) — soon to be named Lupin Gold Corp. — plans to bring the past-producing Lupin gold mine online, while also advancing the nearby Ulu gold property.
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Columbus Gold to launch $20M program
Over the next year, Columbus Gold (TSXV: CGT; US-OTC: CBGDF), a small junior with a market cap of just $64 million, will oversee $20 million invested in exploration and development at its two gold projects, Paul Isnard in French Guiana and…
Redstar Gold drills the Aleutian Islands
If you ask Redstar Gold (TSXV: RGC; US-OTC: RGCTF) for comparables to the mineralization at its Unga gold project in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, the management team will tell you that it is similar to the high-grade, low-sulphidation…
TSX Venture finishes in the green, April 27-May 1
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index returned to positive territory during the trading period, jumping 1.81 points en route to a 699.43-point close. Canada’s GDP stayed static, and struggling oil markets were offset by gains in…
Lundin shares jump following ‘spectacular’ first quarter
VANCOUVER — Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN; US-OTC: LUNMF) has been on the acquisitions trail for the past two years, and its aggressive strategy paid off in a big way during the first quarter. The company reported record copper and nickel…
Northern Empire rises again with an eye on Alaskan gold
VANCOUVER — The management team at Northern Empire Resources (TSXV: NM; US-OTC: PSPGF) believe it’s an opportune time to get back into the project-generation game, and that the early stage Richardson gold project in Alaska’s…
BC Survey’s ‘red line’ a game changer for explorers
VANCOUVER — Geologists Jeff Kyba and Joanne Nelson from the B.C. Geological Survey may have unlocked the secret to world-class porphyry- and intrusion-related gold-copper deposits in northwestern B.C.
SNL report: Copper dominant in 2014 mining acquisition activity
The following report, Signs of Life in Mining Acquisitions, was released by Virginia-headquartered SNL Metals & Mining. For more information, please visit www.snl.com.
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Timberlites and croutons – the early days of the Great Canadian Diamond Rush
The following is an edited transcript of a speech given by Randy Turner on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Mineral Deposit Research Institute in April, telling the tale behind Winspear’s discovery of the Snap Lake diamond mine…
Short Position Report
Short positions outstanding at April 30/15 (with changes from April 15/15).
Capstone ends Q1 in the red
Copper producer Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) widens its loss in the first quarter of 2015 due to impairments at the Pinto Valley mine in Arizona and the Minto mine in the Yukon.
Sirius pushes Nova towards production in Australia
VANCOUVER — It’s been two and a half years since Mark Bennett, managing director and CEO of Australian-explorer Sirius Resources (ASX: SIR; US-OTC: SRQUF), struggled to keep his 5¢-per-share company above water.