Why junior explorers will emerge from the dust
No doubt 2023 has been a difficult year for the junior mining sector. Across the board we’ve seen small-cap explorers sell-down toward multi-year lows. A decade of underinvestment in new…
Exploration
BC court ruling on consultation and claim-staking ‘only decision’ possible, says Indigenous adviser
In the wake of a landmark court case that will force a revamp of British Columbia’s claim-staking regime, the mining industry and Indigenous groups say a fair accommodation of both…
Ontario snapshot: Seven companies in discovery and development mode
From the nickel hotbed of the Sudbury Basin to the high-grade gold of Red Lake and newer critical metal discoveries in between, Ontario hosts some of the world’s most productive…
Royal Road pivots to Morocco with Saudi-backed copper-gold exploration
Royal Road Minerals (TSXV: RYR), a Jersey-based explorer with projects in South America, is expanding to a copper-gold project in Morocco with an option to purchase Izughar Resources for nearly…
Explorers in Colombia keep spending amid Petro government’s leftist rhetoric
More than a year after Colombia’s leftist president Gustavo Petro took power, investment by public companies is rising along with their exploration activity, despite initial concerns the government would restrict…
CMS: State should ‘stay out of the way,’ Garofalo says
Investors must back junior explorers to reverse the global trend of falling gold production while governments should give the industry leeway, Gold Royalty (NYSE: GROY) CEO David Garofalo says. The…
South America Snapshot: Eight companies hunting for critical and precious metals
South America is endowed with geology steeped in precious, base and battery metals, and the continent has had a storied mining history. Below we showcase eight companies active in the…
Volcanic Gold rises on Guatemala Mila discovery
Volcanic Gold Mines (TSXV: VGI) says it has discovered high-grade gold at surface on its Mila prospect, part of the greenfields Motagua Norte project under option from Radius Gold (TSXV:…
New Found Gold’s high-grade assays keep it in billion-dollar club
New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; NYSEA: NFGC) reports new drill results at the Monte Carlo zone that continue to boost Queensway as Newfoundland’s highest-grade project. Drill hole NFGC-23-1690 cut 2…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: The isolation of field work can be lonely — and sobering
i·so·la·tion /ˌīsəˈlāSHən/ noun the process or fact of isolating or being isolated. “the isolation of older people” Every geologist has experienced extreme isolation at some point. That crystalline moment when they realized…
Snowline assays show Rogue gold extends hundreds of metres deep
Snowline Gold (TSXV: SGD; US-OTC: SNWGF) reported drill results adding “significant” tonnage to its Rogue project, one of the highlights of surging activity in the Tombstone Gold Belt in Yukon. At the…
Nevada King Gold stock soars on bonanza grade results from Atlanta project
Shares of Nevada King Gold (TSXV: NKG; US-OTC: NKGFF) soared on Monday after the company reported bonanza oxide gold of 11.64 grams per tonne over 108.3 metres from recent drilling…