More VMS mineralization for Atico in Colombia
VANCOUVER – In the midst of uncertain markets, Atico Mining (ATY-V) is bucking the trend with exciting drill results that keep adding to the junior’s share price momentum.
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Patterson Lake discovery triggers junior uranium frenzy
VANCOUVER — Nothing draws Canadian explorers quite like an emerging mineral discovery that looks to have district-scale potential, and that is proving to be the case with Fission Energy (FIS-V) and Alpha Minerals (AMW-V) Patterson Lake…
Banro eyes US$100M financing to get back on track
Banro (BAA-T, BAA-X) intends to secure a larger financing package of up to US$100 million to get its delayed Namoya gold project in the Maniema province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into production by year end.
Midway gets key permit; pushes Pan closer to production
Midway Gold (MDW-T, MDW-X) is closer now to production than it was at the week’s outset.
Metals Commentary: Wood Mackenzie sees copper markets in deficit in five years
While there may be a glut of copper coming out of the world’s mines over the next four years, it won’t be too long before a supply gap opens up and then starts to widen.
Amara delivers on promise
In an interview in Toronto with The Northern Miner last year, Amara Mining (AMZ-T, AMA-L) chief executive Peter Spivey predicted the company would release an updated resource estimate defining a large mineralized sulphide deposit underlying…
Mercator eyes better days ahead
Mercator Minerals (ML-T) had a difficult year in 2012, but one that ended with improved operations and a stronger balance sheet, despite taking a US$119.8-million writedown on its El Creston molybdenum-copper project in Mexico’s Sonora…
Hope Bay springs eternal for TMAC
VANCOUVER — In a few short months, privately held TMAC Resources has acquired a large gold project in northernmost Canada, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Inuit association that owns the project lands, added $35…
Endeavour reports record earnings, output
VANCOUVER — A day after announcing record earnings in 2012, Endeavour Silver (EXK-N) inked a deal to sell bonus concentrate from its overachieving Bolanitos silver-gold mine to local Mexican smelters, in a move that positions the producer…
Editorial: Seeing to the flow-through
Late March saw the Canadian government table its budget, the theme of which proved to be “steady as she goes” — both in the broad sense, and for the mining industry specifically.
Commentary: Will reason prevail over emotion in Quebec?
After the forum on mining royalties organized by the Quebec government and held in Montreal on March 15, apprehension clearly remains the order of the day.
Avanti encounters Nisga’a opposition at Kitsault
VANCOUVER — Just two weeks after announcing a permit milestone at its Kitsault molybdenum project, 140 km northeast of Prince Rupert, B.C., Vancouver-based junior Avanti Mining (AVT-V) has run into opposition from the Nisga’a Nation.