Barrick ends joint venture with ATAC Resources
Shares of ATAC Resources (TSXV: ATC) plunged 25% on news that Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is terminating its earn-in joint venture on the junior’s Orion project, part of…
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Fura Gems tallies 6M carats of emeralds at Coscuez mine
Less than a year after acquiring a 76% stake in the Coscuez emerald mine in Colombia, Fura Gems (TSXV: FURA; US-OTC: FUGMF) has finished a maiden resource estimate that delineates…
Casa Minerals discovers new zone at Pitman gold project
Casa Minerals (TSXV: CASA) has discovered a new zone at its Pitman gold project near Terrace, B.C., 1 km south of the Golden Dragon gold discovery it made earlier this…
Kirkland Lake Gold outlook sees steady production growth
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) expects production growth of 10%-15% annually over the next three years with consolidated output of 740,000-800,000 ounces of gold in 2019, 850,000-910,000 ounces…
Amarc to drill Joy copper-gold project in BC
Amarc Resources (TSXV: AHR; US-OTC: AXREF) has identified five clusters of drill ready targets that cover areas ranging from 1.5 sq. km to more than 5 sq. km during 2018…
Alacer tables resource for Ardich in Turkey
Alacer Gold (TSX: ASR; US-OTC: ALIAF) has tabled a maiden resource for its Ardich gold deposit, located 6 km northeast of its 80%-owned Copler gold mine in east-central Turkey. The…
Newcrest options Cornerstone’s Miocene
Over the last 15 years, Australian gold major Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) has found gold deposits in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, and continues to explore and evaluate prospects…
Newmont forecasts ‘growing margins and reserves’
Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) expects its attributable gold production will reach 5.2 million ounces in 2019 and 4.9 million ounces in 2020, while attributable copper production will be 45,000 tonnes…
Delrey expands portfolio with BC vanadium properties
Delrey Metals (CNSX: DLRY) has acquired two B.C. vanadium projects by issuing 5.5 million shares to BC Vanadium, a private company. The Star and Porcher vanadium properties cover a combined…
Arena acquires Antofalla project in Argentina
Arena Minerals (TSXV: AN) has acquired privately held Antofalla Minerals for US$400,000 in cash and 10 million common shares. Antofalla Minerals’ flagship property is its 4,000-hectare Antofalla lithium brine project…
International Lithium estimates 25-year mine life at Mariana
International Lithium (TSXV: ILC; US-OTC: ILHMF) could produce 10,000 tonnes lithium carbonate equivalent per year over a 25-year mine life at its Mariana lithium brine project, according to a recent…
Exploration Snapshot: Eight companies looking for precious and base metals
While prices for most precious and base metals have been subdued throughout 2018, there has nevertheless been a high level of mineral exploration around the world, as companies seek to…