Barkerville’s Cow Mountain back in the spotlight
VANCOUVER — Junior explorer and past-producer Barkerville Gold Mines (TSXV: BGM) has three drills lined up at the Cow Mountain gold deposit, outside the historic placer gold mining town of…
Articles by John Cumming
Integra diffuses proxy battle between Columbus, Eastmain
VANCOUVER — Integra Gold (TSXV: ICG; US-OTC: ICGQF) is making a $6-million strategic equity investment for a 9.9% stake in Quebec-focused gold explorer Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER), and is shaking…
Editorial: NDP one Leap from electoral oblivion
Canada’s left-leaning federal New Democratic Party has long been the home for unions representing Canada’s miners. But the embrace of deep-green environmentalism by half the delegates at the NDP’s national…
Editorial: What happened to the copper rally?
With Cesco Week’s World Copper Summit — the world’s largest annual gathering of copper miners and traders — coming to a close on April 3 in Santiago, Chile, attendees have…
Proxy battle engulfs Eastmain
VANCOUVER — Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER) is in the midst of a proxy fight, as dissident shareholder and junior explorer Columbus Gold (TSX: CGT; US-OTC: CBGDF) aims to unseat the board…
Editorial: Former Quebec cabmin Normandeau facing corruption charges
Former high-ranking Quebec politician Nathalie Normandeau was arrested by the province’s anti-corruption squad in mid-March — the first former natural resources minister in Canada to face arrest in recent memory….
Netolitzky returns to first big score at Snip with Skeena
VANCOUVER — When Delaware Resources’ Ron Netolitzky cracked open a rock high in the Skeena Mountains of northwestern B.C. in 1986, the sound of his hammer echoed through the valley. What…
Commentary: Gold in a world of negative interest rates
The following is an excerpt from the World Gold Council’s latest update “Gold in a world of negative interest rates.” For the full text including footnotes and charts, please visit…
Metanor takes aim at Moroy in Quebec
VANCOUVER — Metanor Resources (TSXV: MTO) is stepping up work at its new Moroy gold discovery 1 km south of its producing Bachelor Lake gold mine in Quebec’s Val-d’Or district…
Editorial: Canada suddenly knee-deep in deficits
Well, it wasn’t quite what was billed in the Canadian federal election last October: the first budget tabled by Justin Trudeau’s new government goes easy on the promised infrastructure spending…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Mike’s strange discovery in Arizona
Mike Fitzgerald was in no way the smooth-operator type found in the universe of large corporations. His mannerisms appeared more like those of a boxer, and for good reason —…
Editorial: Is ‘Peak Gold’ finally here?
As the year unfolds, there has naturally been much focus on the newly resurgent price of gold. But the underlying supply numbers are equally as enticing and suggest the long…