Iamgold updates Côté gold construction, costs
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) recently updated construction progress and costs at its Côté gold project near Gogama, Ontario. The project is 65% owned and operated by Iamgold. Sumitomo Metal…
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Yamana green lights development for Wasamac gold with higher production
Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY; LSE: AUY) has given the go-ahead to develop the Wasamac gold mine, with study results showing more reserves, higher annual production and increased cash…
Maple Gold Mines to buy former Eagle mine in Quebec
Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM; US-OTC: MGMLF) has entered into an option agreement with Globex Mining Enterprises (TSX: GMX; US-OTC: GLBXF) regarding the past-producing Eagle gold mine, 60 km southwest…
BC approves early construction at Artemis Gold’s Blackwater
British Columbia has granted a permit for early construction work at the Blackwater gold project belonging to Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG). This is the first step in construction of a…
NexGen inks two agreements with First Nations
NexGen Energy (TSX: AM; NYSE: NXE) recently signed two benefit agreements with First Nations affected by the proposed development of its Rook I uranium project near the southwest rim of…
Taseko sells Harmony gold project
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE: TGB; LSE: TKO) has sold its Harmony gold exploration project on Graham Island, Haida Gwaii, B.C., to JDA Gold, a newly incorporated company controlled by…
Magna Gold declares commercial production at San Francisco mine
Magna Gold (TSXV: MGR; US-OTC: MGLQF) has declared commercial production at its 100%-owned San Francisco gold mine in Sonora, Mexico. That puts the company on track to meet its 2021…
Western Copper releases PEA for $3.3B Casino project in Yukon
The preliminary economic assessment for the Casino copper-gold-molybdenum project is positive, says owner Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE: WRN). The PEA considered an open pit mine, a 120,000-tonne-per-day…
Rio Tinto opens new scandium plant in Quebec
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has started up its new commercial scale demonstration plant to produce high quality scandium oxide. The plant is located at its Rio…
Voisey’s Bay underground expansion delivers first ore
June 11 marked the milestone first production of ore from the underground expansion project at the Voisey’s Bay nickel-cobalt mine owned by Vale (NYSE: VALE). The mine is located on…
Imperial drilling at Red Chris cuts 1.1 g/t gold, 1.1% copper
Imperial Metals (TSX: III) has released new drill results from the newly discovered East Ridge zone of the Red Chris copper-gold mine, 80 km south of Dease Lake in B.C….
Snapshot: Eight companies at work in South America
South America is home to rich deposits — not only of gold and silver, but of copper, zinc and lithium. Here are eight Canadian companies that are making the most…