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Iamgold not “bailing” on Ecuador

Headlines in the mainstream media that Iamgold (IMT-T) is giving up on Ecuador are fundamentally incorrect, Candace MacGibbon, president and chief financial officer of junior explorer INV Metals (INV-T), told The Northern Miner.


Guyana’s challenges may hold rewards for gold explorers

VANCOUVER — When it comes to unearthing gold in a youthful mining jurisdiction like the South American nation of Guyana, explorers are often faced with infrastructure-based speed bumps on the road to establishing an economic deposit. Both…



Energizer Resources senior vice-president of operations Craig Scherba (right) and a local worker examine a trench at the Green Giant graphite project in Madagascar. Photo by Matthew Keevil

Energizer puts Molo’s graphite in fast lane

It has been a story of evolution by discovery for Energizer Resources (EGZ-T), a Toronto-based explorer with significant land holdings in southern Madagascar. The company was originally billed as a prospective vanadium producer — its…


The Gualcamyo gold mine in the northern San Juan province of Argentina. Photo by Yamana Gold

Yamana pounces on Extorre

Following a tumultuous four months that saw its share price plummet and development options narrow, Vancouver-based explorer Extorre Gold Mines (XG-T, XG-X) has found a ­solution to its problem in the form of Toronto-based miner Yamana Gold…


US Markets

U.S. factory output contracted in May for the second time in three months and consumer prices fell 0.3%, but news late in the week that major central banks were prepared to take collective action to provide liquidity and prevent a credit…



Short position reports

TSX Short Positions                                   Short positions outstanding at June 15/12 (with changes from May…


Rio Alto Mining's La Arena gold mine in northwest Peru's La Libertad district. Photo by Rio Alton Mining

Mid-tier producers grapple with Peru’s growing pains

Peru is experiencing a mining boom of global proportions thanks to years of heavy investment and increasing production. The country is the world’s number-two copper producer, number-two silver producer, number-six gold producer,…


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