Kirkland Lake drill results suggest high-grade corridor
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) has released the results of 19 drill holes, as well as assays for 15 historical unreported and reinterpreted holes from the Macassa mine…
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Canada Nickel’s Mark Selby sees Dumont-style deposit at Crawford
Mark Selby led a team that raised over $100 million and advanced the Dumont nickel-cobalt project in Quebec from an initial resource to a fully permitted, construction-ready project for RNC…
BofA forecasts US$3,000 gold in 18 months
Bank of America says gold could hit US$3,000 per oz. in 18 months, up from a previous forecast of US$2,000 per oz. “As economic output contracts sharply, fiscal outlays surge,…
Editorial: The good, the bad and the absurd
First the good news: Quebec’s decision last week to add mining to the list of priority activities and services permitted during the pandemic elicited quiet cheers from investors and lifted…
Gold Resource reports Q1 production from Nevada, Mexico
Gold Resource (NYSE-AM: GORO) has released preliminary first-quarter production results for its mining operations in the U.S. and Mexico. In Nevada, its Isabella Pearl open-pit heap leach mine, the company’s…
Troilus Gold reports positive assays at Southwest zone
Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG) has reported assay results from two holes completed at the Southwest zone, 3.5 km northeast of the existing deposit within the 160-sq.-km Troilus project. The drill…
Quebec Precious Metals discovers new zone at Sakami
Drill results from Quebec Precious Metals’ (TSXV: CJC; US-OTC: CJCFF) wholly owned 140-sq.-km Sakami project, 570 km north of Val d’Or, suggest a new mineralized zone, the La Pointe Extension…
South America divided on coronavirus measures
South American countries have taken varying approaches to containing the spread of COVID-19, ranging from leaving it to states and cities to handle the virus to implementing aggressive lockdowns and…
Far North Snapshot: Eight companies exploring the frontiers
As existing deposits and mines are advanced, companies are looking for new frontiers to secure their long-term production and growth. The northern portion of this continent, with favourable geology, relative…
Nordgold plans to cut carbon emissions at Guinea mine
Russian miner Nordgold (LSE: NORD) says it will build a new power plant at its Lefa mine in Guinea as part of efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The…
Vale cuts production guidance again
Brazil’s Vale (NYSE: VALE), the world’s top iron ore producer, has once again lowered its production forecast for 2020 due to a mix of factors including heavy rain, unplanned outages…
Mexican union wants mining operations to resume
Most economic activities were halted in Mexico in late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the deputy secretary of work at the national level for the Confederation of Mexican…