Roxgold has strong quarter at Yaramoko in Burkina Faso
Roxgold’s (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) Yaramoko gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso churned out 33,652 oz. gold in the first quarter, delivering a 16% return on equity for the company…
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Los Andes Copper envisions big project at Vizcachitas
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA) says its Vizcachitas project — a copper-molybdenum porphyry deposit 150 km northeast of Santiago, in central Chile — will be the South American country’s next…
Barrick boosts investment in Midas Gold
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is taking part in a bought-deal offering by Midas Gold (TSX: MAX; US-OTC: MDRPF) to keep its pro rata interest in the junior exploration…
Semafo delivers maiden resource for Bantou
Semafo (TSX: SMF; US-OTC: SEMFF) kicked off the year by delivering an inferred resource of 2.1 million tonnes grading 5.35 grams gold per tonne for 361,000 contained oz. gold for…
Sandspring fine-tunes strategy at Toroparu in Guyana
When American businessmen Rich Munson and John Adams made their first trip to Guyana as private investors in 1999 and picked up the rights to the 626 sq. km Toroparu…
RNC uncovers bonanza grades at Beta Hunt
RNC Minerals (TSX: RNX) has found an estimated 987 oz. gold in 238 kilograms of rock from veins on level 16 of its Beta Hunt gold mine, just 25 metres…
Amex Exploration drills high-grade gold at Perron
After setting up Sulliden Exploration in 1995 and opening an office in Lima in 1996, Jacques Trottier wrote a personal cheque in 2002 to acquire a gold property from a…
Pembridge finally buys Capstone’s Minto mine for US$20M
Fifteen months ago, Pembridge Resources (LSE: PERE) agreed to buy Capstone Mining’s (TSX: CS) Minto copper-gold-silver mine in the Yukon for US$37.5 million in cash, and a 9.9% equity stake….
Interview: Successful gold mining starts with orebody quality, says Barrick’s Mark Bristow
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Mark Bristow, officially installed as president and CEO of Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) on New Year’s Day, sat down with The Northern Miner for…
US markets slip, May 27-31: Buenaventura, Stillwater-Sibanye, Gold Fields
Trade tensions between the U.S. and China drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 3.01% to 24,815.04, while the S&P 500 Index lost 2.62% to finish at 2,752.06. Spot gold…
TSX down, May 27-31: Agnico, Newmont Goldcorp, Moneta Porcupine
The U.S.–China trade dispute continued to rattle investor sentiment, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index down 1.19% to 16,037.50. The bleak trade outlook also put pressure on base metals while lifting…
TSX Venture falls, May 27-31: Great Bear, GoldON, ML Gold
A high-grade gold discovery called the Bear–Rimini zone at Great Bear Resources’ wholly owned Dixie project in the Red Lake district of Ontario drove up the company’s shares 91¢ to…