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Coeur d’Alene Mines — Randy Buffington appointed senior VP of operations.
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Grande Cache rises as deal nears completion
Investment Canada shunned critics and gave a nod to Winsway Coking Coal’s bid for Calgary-based Grande Cache Coal (GCE-T).
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Orezone turns assets to cash in Burkina
Being in a gold-rich country before the mining world gets turned on to it can pay some handsome dividends, as Orezone Gold (ORE-T) is proving in Burkina Faso.
Eagles, Buffalos and America the Beautiful: Investing in US coins
From gold- or silver-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to high-risk junior exploration plays, options, futures, coins, bars or shares in senior mining companies, the modern investor has no shortage of ways to invest in precious metals.
Yukon-Nevada restarts production at Jerritt Canyon
Yukon-Nevada Gold (YNG-T) has released a slew of positive drill results as it advances its Jerritt Canyon gold mining complex in northeast Nevada.
Atna’s Pinson project has open-pit potential
Atna Resources (ATN-T) plans to start commercial underground mine production in this year’s fourth quarter at its Pinson gold project near Winnemucca, Nev., and is exploring the possibility of developing an open-pit mine on the property…
Midway Gold de-risks Nevada projects
Nevada-focused Midway Gold (MDW-V, MDW-X) shares have climbed 145% to $2.01 apiece since the beginning of 2011.
Best intercept yet for Bellhaven in Colombia
Bellhaven Copper & Gold (BHV-V) hit its best intercept yet at its La Mina gold-copper project in Colombia, and the good news came out of an emerging zone on the property.
Malaysia gives Lynas temporary REE plant licence
Shares of Lynas (LYC-A) closed 19% higher at A$1.59 on the Australian Stock Exchange following news that, after a year of delay, the Malaysian government has approved a temporary operating licence for the rare earth separation plant the…
JV partners Regulus and Pachamama to merge
Already equal partners in the headline-grabbing Rio Grande copper-gold project in Argentina, Regulus Resources (REG-V) and Pachamama Resources (PMA-V) are making the arrangement formal and merging into one company.
Gold sniffs for Benton at Sewell-West project
Last December Benton Resources (BTC-V) launched a 1,500-metre drill program at its Sewell-West Timmins grassroots gold project in northern Ontario, 60 km west of Timmins and 40 km west of Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T) Timmins gold mine.