Two of BC’s biggest gold projects face off in court
Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) is taking Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) and British Columbia’s Chief Gold Commissioner (CGC) to court over contested tunnels at its Treaty Creek project. The…
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Paramount Gold’s Grassy Mountain gets permit boost
Paramount Gold Nevada (NYSE-AM: PZG) has secured fast-tracked permitting for its Grassy Mountain gold project in Oregon under state and federal processes. After recent administrative changes to the National Environmental…
JV video: Vista Gold shrinks Mt Todd project to cut costs
Vista Gold (TSX: VGZ; NYSE-AM: VGZ) has recast its Mount Todd project in Australia as a single, “right-sized” mine aimed at cutting upfront capital by roughly 60%, CEO Fred Earnest…
Spanish Mountain PEA lifts both NPV and capex
Spanish Mountain Gold’s (TSXV: SPA; US-OTC: SPAUF) rescoped preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its eponymous project in British Columbia’s Cariboo region boosts early cash flows but doubles upfront costs. Based…
Board cites poor drainage for Eagle gold leach failure
A Yukon Independent Review Board report blames the heap-leach failure at Victoria Gold’s Eagle mine last June on poor drainage that trapped water above a weak layer in the leach…
Faraday Copper jumps on BLM exploration plan approval
Faraday Copper (TSX: FDY; US-OTC: CPPKF) got the go-ahead from the Bureau of Land Management for the next phase of exploration at its Copper Creek project in Arizona. That pushed…
US Antimony’s Fostung buy to offer Canadian tungsten
United States Antimony (NYSEA: UAMY) plans to fast-track development of its new Fostung tungsten property in Ontario, it said Friday. U.S. Antimony, based in Dallas, paid $5 million (C$6.9…
Kodiak Copper’s MPD resource stacks up against major BC porphyries
Kodiak Copper (TSX-V: KDK, OTCQB: KDKCF) released its first resource figures for the MPD copper-gold project in southern British Columbia. The new estimate, released late Wednesday, covers four of seven…
BC’s Golden Triangle taps gov’t investment, new rules
British Columbia’s Golden Triangle, despite its remoteness and rough terrain, is thriving thanks to a mining revival, attracting both exploration minnows and major miners. The prospective region is about 500…
Juniors chase ounces, cash flow
Juniors must deliver resource growth, production gains and technological edge to capture capital, according to participants at this month’s Mining Investment Event of the North in Quebec City. The Northern…
From Canadian Malartic to Cariboo, Roosen builds a $14B mining legacy
Sean Roosen doesn’t mince words when he says Canada needs to “stick to the family business.” The celebrated mining executive calls for a return to what he sees as the…
Video: First Cariboo gold ‘between third base and home plate’, Osisko’s Roosen says
Osisko Development’s (TSXV, NYSE: ODV) $650 million (C$893 million) Cariboo gold project in British Columbia will soon begin pre-construction activities, co-founder and CEO Sean Roosen says. A May update on…