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At the grand opening of the Bralorne gold mine in British Columbia, from left: TSX Venture Exchange president John McCoach; AME BC president Gavin Dirom; Bralorne COO Matt Ball; CEO Bill Kocken; vice-president of finance David Wolfin; director Bill Glasier; and director Gary Robertson. Photo by Bralorne Gold Mines

Bralorne pours first dor bar from historic BC gold mine

Seventy-nine years after the first gold brick was poured from one of British Columbia’s richest and largest gold mines, Bralorne Gold Mines (BPM-V) has restarted operations at the Bralorne complex. The company poured the first gold-silver…


Inmet Mining's Cobre Panama copper-gold project in Panama. Photo by Inmet Mining

Inmet’s Balboa discovery excites the market

A high-grade intercept of 124 metres, grading 2.32% copper and 2.28 grams gold per tonne in the Balboa zone at Inmet Mining’s (IMN-T) Cobre Panama project, makes Balboa a “contender,” writes UBS Investment Research associate analyst Matt Murphy…


Drillers at Riverstone Resources' Karma gold project in Burkina Faso. Photo by The Northern Miner

Riverstone drilling enriches its Karma

The latest drill results from Riverstone Resources’ (RVS-V) Karma project look to be pushing known mineralization farther south on the Gouglagou I zone and deeper on the Gouglagou II zone.



Magellan races to find more Brazilian gold

It’s been years since geologists Alan Carter and Dennis Moore flew around with a claim map staking property in Brazil’s attractive Tapajos gold district, before setting up their own mining company – Magellan Minerals (MNM-V).



An aerial view of Luna Gold's Aurizona gold mine in northeastern Brazil. Photo by Luna Gold

Luna cutting costs, boosting output at Aurizona

Working away in the relatively remote San Luis craton of northeast Brazil, Luna Gold (LGC-V) has commissioned one gold mine, advances a second project to the scoping stage and holds an extensive greenfield land package in the area.


Drillers at Rio Novo Gold's Almas gold project in Tocantins state, Brazil. Photo by Rio Novo Gold

Rio Novo Gold marches towards production

Rio Novo Gold (RN-T) hopes to become a gold producer by bringing its two advanced-stage Brazilian properties into production: The Almas gold project in the southeastern part of Tocantins State, and the Guaranta gold project in the northern part…


Agnico-Eagle buys 18.6% of Mexico-focused Colibri

Major Canadian gold miner Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) has acquired 6 million shares and 4 million warrants of Colibri Resources (CBI-V), a junior explorer based in Nanaimo, B.C., looking for gold and polymetallic mineralization in…


Northland targets 2013 for first iron ore delivery

Northland Resources (nau-t) is set to launch its flagship Kaunisvaara iron ore project in northern Sweden in early 2013, with production of 5 million tonnes of iron ore concentrate per year expected by 2014. 



Eastern Platinum's Mareesburg platinum project in South Africa, where development has been suspended. Photo by Eastern Platinum

Eastplats stung by platinum price drop

A softening platinum market is taking a bite out of miners as companies face shrinking margins and production challenges, especially in South Africa’s prolific Bushveld complex, which accounts for 72% of global platinum output.The…


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