VANCOUVER — Burkina Faso has earned its reputation as a relatively stable jurisdiction for mining companies, but social conditions in Africa can change quickly. On Oct. 31 former president Blaise Compaoré stepped down after tens of…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a rocky time for producer San Gold (TSX: SGR; US-OTC: SGRCF) as it strives to optimize operations at its Rice Lake gold complex near Bissett, Man., but recent drilling appears to offer upside. The company is…
Fiji’s Department of Environment has approved two key permits for Lion One Metals’ (TSXV: LIO) high-grade Tuvatu gold project, 50 km south of Vatukoula, the country’s oldest operating mine.
Orocobre (TSX: ORL; US-OTC: OROCF) says its flagship Salar de Olaroz brine-based lithium project in the Puna region of Argentina’s northwestern province of Juyuy is expected to produce 17,500 tonnes per year of low-cost, battery-grade…
A new study by the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management commissioned by the Ontario Mining Association measures the impact on gross domestic product, employment and government revenue from open pit and underground mining…
VANCOUVER — There’s a lot of low-grade copper at NGEx Resources’ (TSX: NGQ; US-OTC: NGQRF) Los Helados project, situated 77 km northwest of Copiapo, Chile. But a newly released preliminary economic assessment (PEA) calls into…
True Gold Mining (TSXV: TGM; US-OTC: RVREF) is on track to pour the first gold at its Karma project in Burkina Faso in late 2015, with the mine plan envisioning five open pits that will be developed in sequence to feed a heap-leach operation…
VANCOUVER — It’s the rainy season in Mexico, and that’s not great news for producer Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) at its wholly owned Mulatos heap-leach mine, 220 km east of Hermosillo in Sonora state. On Oct. 23 the…
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, October 28, 2014Precious MetalsPrice…
Few individuals have lived lives large enough to be immediately associated with a particular commodity. Think oil and J.D. Rockefeller; steel and Andrew Carnegie; and diamonds and the Oppenheimer family. For silver, it’s the Hunt brothers…
Better-than-expected corporate earnings and easing concerns about the Ebola epidemic despite news of the first case of the disease diagnosed in New York City drove U.S. equities higher during the trading week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…
The latest China monthly graphite export data support the idea of some graphite price stabilization. Natural graphite prices trending lower would bolster their competitiveness against synthetic graphite and accelerate demand.
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