MOCORITO, SINALOA, MEXICO — The state of Sinaloa is a narrow strip of land hugging 650 km of coastline in northwestern Mexico that makes up 3% of the country’s land mass, 2% of its population and a hefty 30% of its food production.
VANCOUVER — Uranium juniors have had a tough time over the past two years, but Wyoming-focused developer Uranerz Energy (URZ-T, URZ-X) looks poised to capitalize on a recent uptick in the nuclear market, with an enviable land position in…
Companies need to continually reframe business practices in order to survive as markets, technology and expectations change. More specifically, miners need to consider the many other complexities driving the widespread and growing criticism of…
BISSA, BURKINA FASO — Just 15 months after starting construction, Nordgold (NORD-L) has entered production at its Bissa open-pit gold mine in Burkina Faso, located in the rural commune of Sabce, 100 km north of the capital Ouagadougou.
Detour Gold (DGC-T) and its shareholders have something to cheer about, as the junior gold explorer has graduated to producer after completing its first gold pour at the large Detour Lake mine in northeastern Ontario, a goal the company has…
The S&P/TSX Composite Index advanced during the trading week, adding 15 points to end at 12,701.63, while the other indexes didn’t fare as well.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 3.5%, or 40.97 points, during the trading period before closing out the week at 1,144.68, while declining commodity prices put downward pressure on Canadian markets.
The S&P 500’s seven-week winning streak ground to a halt, with the benchmark index falling 0.1% to 1,515.60. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.1% higher to finish at 14,000.57, and the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index lost…
Antofagasta Gold (AN-V), which recently changed its name from Windamere Ventures, says initial drilling at its Capricornio property in Chile confirms it has made a regional-scale, low-sulphidation epithermal gold discovery.
Osisko Mining (OSK-T) foresees better days ahead at its flagship 100%-owned Canadian Malartic gold mine in the town of Malartic, west of Val-d’Or, Que.
When an African gold-mining operation ran up against unusual rock formations that according to local rumours might be human graves, a religious ruling forced mine expansion plans to be put on hold.
April 1 is fast approaching, and B.C. mining companies are bracing for the change back to a 5% federal goods and services tax (GST), and a 7% provincial sales tax (PST).
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