Kinross denies Reuters report ‘putting future deals in Russia on hold’
A Reuters news report stating Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is “putting future deals in Russia on hold” after recently acquiring a development project in the country is “an…
Articles by Trish Saywell
OceanaGold expands exploration target at Martha in New Zealand
Since picking up the Waihi property in New Zealand from Newmont for US$100 million four years ago, OceanaGold (TSX: OGC) has extended the mine life of its Correnso underground gold…
Editorial: Young people unite against climate change
Hundreds of thousands of youth around the globe protested last week against government and corporate inaction on the climate crisis. They congregated in cities on every continent — from Johannesburg…
Falco deal with Glencore key to Horne 5 development
Falco Resources’ (TSXV: FPC) Horne 5 project contains 7 million oz. gold. It might contain just as many questions. Perhaps the biggest one is whether or not Falco will secure…
Osisko launches incubator, bids for Barkerville
Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR) has created a project development platform called North Spirit Discovery Group, and it hopes the resource development and finance company’s first asset will…
Metals Commentary: China’s electric vehicle slowdown could dampen cobalt prices
China’s electric vehicle (EV) sales have declined year-over-year for the second straight month, on the heels of uncharacteristically slow growth this spring, indicating that contractions in cobalt supply may be…
Bell Copper chases payoff from Perseverance
Tim Marsh likes to say that it took 150 drill holes to hit the high-grade core of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold porphyry deposit that made the Mongolian discovery economic….
Integra completes ‘exceptional’ PEA on DeLamar in Idaho
A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of Integra Resources’ (TSXV: ITR; US-OTC: IRRZF) DeLamar project in southwestern Idaho envisions a ten-year mining operation producing an average of 124,000 gold-equivalent oz. per…
Argentina’s future uncertain ahead of elections
Three years ago, foreign investors in Argentina could hardly believe their luck. Within weeks of taking office in December 2015, President Mauricio Macri rapidly dismantled much of the interventionist policies…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Surviving Soviet-style exploration
After the collapse of the Iron Curtain, Eastern Europe was a rich hunting ground for mineral exploration companies. In the mid-1990s, I was part of a small, enthusiastic team assembled…
Revving up Greenland’s mineral production will take time
The MV Happy Dragon had just sailed into safe harbour at Charleston, S.C., when Hurricane Dorian forced the vessel back out to sea to await better weather. The cargo ship…
Osisko drills for Windfall’s ‘roots’
Discoveries earlier this year at the Windfall gold project in Quebec drove Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) in July to boost its drill program by 200,000 metres, bringing the total for…