Idaho bets on schools, speedy approvals to renew mining
BOISE, Idaho – Access to local skilled labour is now the choke point to building new mines, Idaho’s mining leaders told the Idaho Mining Conference this week in Boise. The…
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McEwen drills thick oxides at Windfall in Nevada
McEwen Inc. (TSX, NYSE-A: MUX) has cut one of the thickest oxide hits yet at the Windfall area of its Gold Bar Mine Complex in Nevada, a result that may…
US, Australia target $3B for critical minerals plan
The United States and Australia signed a critical-minerals framework on Monday that aims to speed permits, mobilize public and private financing, and pilot market “price-floor” mechanisms to blunt non-market undercutting…
Myriad Uranium drills Wyoming project derailed by Three Mile Island
Vancouver-based Myriad Uranium (CSE: M; US-OTC: MYRUF) has a new permit to expand drilling at a Wyoming project where a past owner spent $25 million ($100 million today) in the…
Video: Equinox turns from building to earning
Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) is pivoting from a construction phase to cash generation on the back of two Canadian start-ups, Executive Vice-President for Capital Markets Ryan King says. Greenstone…
K92 Mining’s Kainantu expansion pours first gold
K92 Mining (TSX: KNT; US-OTC: KNTNF) has produced the first commercial gold-copper-silver concentrate and poured 458 oz. of doré at the new Kainantu third-stage expansion in Papua New Guinea (PNG)….
Video: Eldorado Gold sets Q1 start at Skouries in Greece
The expansion of Eldorado Gold’s (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) Skouries mine in northern Greece is on track to start production in the first quarter next year, with commercial output targeted…
Video: Retail investors to drive gold miners: analyst
Gold’s rally has yet to translate into miners’ typical torque to bullion, Puerto Rico-based Adrian Day Asset Management says. With gold up about 60% this year and senior producer equities…
Video: Majors pivot to growth as gold bull run deepens, analyst says
Flush with cash at record gold prices, senior miners are shifting from share buybacks and dividends toward a more immediate focus on organic growth and acquisitions, Cupel Advisory director Neil…
Video: I-80 Gold maps path to 600,000 oz in Nevada
I-80 Gold (TSX: IAU; NYSE-A: IAUX) is building a Nevada hub-and-spoke complex anchored by a refurbished Lone Tree autoclave as it targets roughly 600,000 oz. of annual gold production by…
Video: New Gold eyes K-Zone study to extend New Afton
New Gold (TSX, NYSE: NGD) is fast-tracking work on the emerging K-Zone at its New Afton gold-copper mine in British Columbia, CEO Patrick Godinand says. An initial integrated resource and…
Video: Hecla cuts debt, eyes organic growth
Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) has strengthened its balance sheet after a record second quarter, CEO Robert Krcmarov said. The United States’ oldest public silver miner is to channel stronger cash…