Sherritt International (TSX: S) is bracing for a $1.6-billion non-cash impairment at its Ambatovy nickel-cobalt mine in Madagascar due to lower nickel prices, months after it cancelled its quarterly dividend for 2015 and 2016 to reduce…
Skeena Resources (TSXV: SKE; US-OTC: SKREF) has updated the resource estimate for the Donnelly and North Donnelly copper-gold deposits on its GJ property, in the prolific Golden Triangle of northwestern B.C.
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; US-OTC: EDVMF) and Detour Gold (TSX: DGC; US-OTC: DRGDF) — two of the gold sector’s top share-price performers last year — reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year production results in 2015…
VANCOUVER — With over 20 million historical oz. of placer gold scoured out of the gravel creeks across the northern latitudes of the Yukon Territory, Matthew Turner, president, CEO and director of Rockhaven Resources (TSXV: RK), says…
VANCOUVER — Steve Robertson, spokesperson for Huckleberry Mines and vice-president of corporate affairs for Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF), says there’s value left in the ground at the open-pit Huckleberry copper mine, 88…
A revised geological model and updated resource estimate that eviscerates much of the tonnage and grade at Rubicon Minerals’ (TSX: RMX; US-OTC: RBYCF) F2 gold deposit means that more exploration would be needed at depth and along strike…
Poor geology is a poor, but valid, excuse for a mining company to use when describing why their ore deposits do not have the ore as expected.
After more than a decade of leftist government, voters in Argentina elected Mauricio Macri, a wealthy businessman and Buenos Aires mayor, as their new president on Nov. 22, 2015. The centre-right politician has promised more pro-business and…
NexGen Energy (TSXV: NXE; US-OTC: NXGEF) has kicked off a 30,000-metre drill program at its exciting Arrow uranium discovery in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, after last year’s success.
With respect to Lesley Stokes’ feature article, “Mining the unexpected: When ‘poor geology’ becomes a problem” (T.N.M., Jan. 4–10, 2016), the rash of recent failures is not derived from a lack of information…
It’s full steam ahead for aspiring miner Euromax Resources (TSXV: EOX) in Macedonia, as the company positions its Ilovica copper-gold porphyry deposit, 15 km west of the border with Bulgaria, to become the European country’s first…
VANCOUVER — Warwick Board, chief geologist at Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG), says excitement is building for exploration at the company’s Brucejack project in northwestern B.C., as his team zeroes in on discoveries…
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