Kaminak drills for more mineralization at Coffee
VANCOUVER — With every drill hole it punches into the ground, Kaminak Gold (KAM-V) is connecting the dots at its Coffee gold project in the Yukon.
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Centerra’s shares jump on unexpectedly strong Q1
VANCOUVER — There are quite a few moving pieces at Toronto-based Centerra Gold’s (CG-T) flagship Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan. But despite some uncertainty, the company was able to register a strong first quarter that includes…
Juniors like Coro face tough choices
Difficult markets and strained balance sheets are dogging junior mining companies across the industry, forcing them to make some hard decisions about how to manage their assets.
Drilling returns more silver and gold at Fortuna’s mines
VANCOUVER — Gold and silver prices struggled in April, which meant most precious metal producers saw their share prices slide. For Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T, FSM-N), however, a slumping share price belies strong financials and promising…
Cameco fires ups third ISR uranium mine in US
The North Butte in-situ uranium mine in Wyoming has started initial production as a satellite facility for Cameco’s (CCO-T, CCJ-N) Smith Ranch-Highland in-situ mine.
Feds join miners, universities to improve exploration success
The Canadian government is joining more than 24 mining companies and 17 Canadian universities to launch a collaborative research project to improve exploration techniques in the mining industry.
Esaase prefeasibility puts Asanko on production path
VANCOUVER — With a new name and a new prefeasibility study for its flagship gold project in Ghana, Asanko Gold (AKG-T, AKG-N) is pushing towards production.
Athabasca finds aggregate demand remains strong
VANCOUVER — Despite recent uncertainty surrounding production in Canada’s oil sands — due to issues like volatile crude prices and ongoing pipeline debates — growth remains the word for supply-oriented companies in the…
Husky ready to make the Sunrise
There are an estimated 170 billion barrels of oil in Alberta’s oilsands, but getting them all out is proving to be a costly venture. As with the metal mining industry, mining for oil has been subjected to steep cost inflation over the…
Sunridge brightens Asmara’s economics
Sunridge Gold (SGC-V) has outlined stronger economics for its prized Asmara copper-zinc-gold project in Eritrea in a feasibility study that outshines last year’s prefeasibility study.
Titanium digs for value in oil sands tailings
VANCOUVER — Titanium Corp. (TIC-V) sees an opportunity in the waste being created by the big bitumen business in northeastern Alberta. With backing from the federal and provincial governments, the Edmonton-based junior is aiming to…
Canadian Natural on track with Horizon expansion
Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ-T) is moving along with its staged expansion at its prized Horizon oilsands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, to boost the current production capacity to 250,000 barrels.