Alacer ups 2012 production target
Alacer Gold (ASR-T) has bulked up its 2012 production guidance by up to 410,000 attributable oz. gold following higher grades at its Copler gold mine in Turkey, despite reporting a weak first quarter.
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Miranda looks for a winning ticket
This year marks Miranda Gold’s (MAD-V) most active drill season to date, with partners spending between $5 million and $7 million to test at least seven of the company’s nine joint-venture projects.
BC pipeline debates rage on
The scale of the West Coast pipelines debate is hard to play down. Current and former politicians from all government levels have come out swinging for and against: lobbyists, First Nations and non-government groups have fully entered the fray,…
Osisko faces delays, output revision at Malartic
Osisko Mining (OSK-T) had a rough start as it kicked off its first full year at the Malartic gold operation near Val-d’Or, Que., with operational setbacks impacting first-quarter performance, coupled with the mill’s temporary…
Seafield shores up Miraflores
Seafield Resources (SFF-V) gave the market something to chew on after releasing a preliminary economic assessment on its Miraflores project in Colombia.
Torex hits open-pit target at Morelos
Toronto-based Torex Gold (TXG-T) is navigating the often tricky waters that mark the transition between being an exploration outfit and a mine developer. With an updated resource estimate kicking off in May and a bankable feasibility study…
Coeur gets a grip on Kensington
Opening a new mine is seldom a smooth process.
Sunridge mine plan merges Asmara North deposits
Vancouver-based junior Sunridge Gold (SGC-V) combined four polymetallic deposits at its Asmara North project in central Eritrea, Africa, into a centralized-mill mine model for a feasibility study it released in early May.
Editorial: Gold stocks: the new value play?
The game of gold investing never gets dull for investors who get to ponder the delicate interplay of geopolitics, macroeconomics, heavy industry, mineral exploration and fashion trends that give us our ever-changing prices for gold bullion and…
Letter to the Editor: CSR counsellor should be applauded
An editorial in The Northern Miner criticized Canada’s Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) counsellor, Marketa Evans, for “shooting another blank” in reference to the office’s second case, involving…
Commentary: Time for Canadian miners to import US outreach tactics
There has been a paradigm shift in public activism in Canada and growing hostility towards mining, and dogmatic opposition by environmentalists and social action groups towards virtually all mining and energy projects. This new dynamic is…
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