Canadian budget update full of goodies for miners
In a move long sought by mineral explorers active in Canada, Canada’s federal government has extended its mineral exploration tax credit (METC) for five years, in contrast to the prior…
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Orsu connects targets at Sergeevskoe in Russia
Orsu Metals (TSXV: OSU; US-OTC: ORSYF) has connected its Klyuchi West and Kozie gold targets into a 250-metre wide gold mineralized stockwork that extends for 750 metres at its Sergeevskoe…
Victoria Gold boosts Eagle deposit in Yukon
Victoria Gold (TSXV: VIT) has increased the tonnage, gold grade and ounces in the measured and indicated category at its Eagle deposit in the Yukon, where the Toronto-based company expects…
Troilus Gold builds strategic land position in Quebec
Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) has tripled its land position with the acquisition of 11,300 hectares to the northeast of its Troilus mine project in Quebec. Troilus is advancing…
Spanish Mountain drills flagship BC gold project
Spanish Mountain Gold (TSXV: SPA; US-OTC: SPAZF) is infill drilling its flagship Spanish Mountain gold project in British Columbia. The company is targeting near surface areas of the project’s First…
Wealth Minerals to spin out copper company
Lithium-focused Wealth Minerals (TSXV: WML; US-OTC: WMLLF) says it will spin out a copper company, containing two copper exploration projects, that it plans to acquire in Chile. Wealth Copper will…
Semafo reports more killings near mines in Burkina Faso
On Nov. 30, Burkina Faso government security forces were attacked on the road between Semafo‘s (TSX: SMF) Fada and Boungou mine, about 40 km away, leaving four gendarmes and a driver…
Marathon hits more high-grade intercepts in Newfoundland
Infill drilling in the southwestern part of the Marathon gold deposit in Newfoundland continues to return high-grade gold intercepts, Marathon Gold (TSX: MOZ) reports. The company recently completed its 41,000-metre stepout and…
Golden Arrow and SSR Mining begin commercial production at Chinchillas
Joint venture partners Golden Arrow Resources (TSXV: GRG; US-OTC: GARWF) and SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM) have begun commercial production at their Chinchillas silver-lead-zinc mine in Argentina’s Jujuy province….
Flin Flon mining to stop in 2021, Hudbay memo says
Despite its best efforts, the “most likely scenario” is that in 2021, mining operations will cease in Flin Flon, Man., an internal memo to employees at Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM;…
Test mining validates Rubicon’s resource for Phoenix
Testing at Rubicon Minerals‘(TSX: RMX; US-OTC: RBYCF) Phoenix gold project has yielded positive reconciliation results that validate the 2018 mineral resource estimate, as well as the new geological model and…
Osisko grows Lynx deposit at Windfall in Abitibi
Infill drilling from March through October at Osisko Mining’s (TSX: OSK) Lynx deposit at its Windfall project, in the Abitibi greenstone belt in the James Bay region of Quebec, has…