Alamos to buy Orsa for $3.5M
Cash-rich Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) has added Orsa Ventures (TSXV: ORN) to its shopping list.
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African Barrick hit with US$543M writedown at Buzwagi
VANCOUVER — Based on production metrics, Tanzania-focused African Barrick Gold (LSE: ABG; US-OTC: ABGLF) is having a relatively good start to 2013. Over the past six months the company has beaten analysts’ earnings…
Oromin turns friendly to Teranga offer
Teranga Gold (TSX: TGZ; US-OTC: TGCDF; ASX: TGZ) and Oromin Explorations (TSX: OLE) have found an amicable way for Teranga to acquire whatever Oromin equity it doesn’t already own.
Edgewater stacks the gold ounces at Corcoesto in Spain
VANCOUVER — Edgewater Exploration (TSXV: EDW) is closing in on a production decision at its Corcoesto gold property in Galicia, Spain.
ITH’s Livengood struggles at today’s gold price
It doesn’t look like International Tower Hill Mines’ (TSX: ITH; NYSE: THM) huge Livengood gold project in Alaska will be hosting a mine construction crew any time soon. The company has released a feasibility study…
Workers strike at Tasiast; Kinross to pick up option at Las Pampas
News of a strike action at Kinross Gold’s (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) troubled Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania brings the total number of strikes to three since the Toronto-based producer acquired its 100% stake in 2010.
Chinese investment comes at a price for Champion Iron
A Hong Kong investment company has invested $3 million for an 11% stake in Champion Iron Mines (TSX: CHM) and its portfolio of iron ore properties in the Labrador Trough.
Newcrest swallows A$6.2B writedown
Newcrest Mining’s (TSX:NM; ASX: NCM) warning in early June that it would be taking up to a A$6-billion writedown on its various gold mining assets around the world has come to pass, and the bite is a little deeper than first anticipated…
Laramide’s Henderson takes the long view
Laramide Resources (TSX: LAM; US-OTC: LMRXF; ASX: LAM) ended 2012 with an enterprise value of less than US$1 per lb. in the ground for its district-scale uranium resource in Australia and a handful of smaller projects in the U.S. — yet…
Fission’s technical team remakes the Athabasca basin
VANCOUVER — Fission Uranium (TSXV: FCU) made headlines last year with the J-Zone discovery at its Waterberg uranium joint-venture in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, and the company is showing no signs of slowing down.
Ur-Energy shares gain momentum
Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-Arca: URG) has seen its shares nearly double in the past year, as it gears to become the next U.S.-based uranium producer.
Energy Fuels looks to be the name in US uranium mining
Uranium prices look poised to finally come back around, and Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; US-OTC: EFRFF) is hoping to be one of the first places for investors to park their capital.