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Workers at a drill site at GoldQuest Mining's Romero gold-copper project in the Dominican Republic. Credit: Gold Quest Mining

GoldQuest’s PEA on Romero a ‘good start’

GoldQuest Mining (TSXV: GQC; US-OTC: GDQMF) has tabled a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its flagship project, consisting of the Romero and Romero South gold–copper deposits, two years after discovering the main deposit…


Suncor Energy, Total and Teck Resources' Fort Hills oilsands project in Alberta. Credit: Suncor Energy

Fort Hills a ‘sweet spot’ for Teck

The Fort Hills oilsands project remains Teck Resources’ (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK) main growth project, Andrew Golding, the company’s senior vice-president of corporate development, said during the 2014 Global Metals, Mining and Steel…



Peter Harvey, senior project geologist, examines drill core from Temex Resources and Goldcorp's Whitney gold project. Credit: Temex Resources

Temex hits shallow high-grade at Whitney

VANCOUVER — Drills at Temex Resources’ (TSXV: TME) Whitney gold project near Timmins, Ont., are finding high grades while the company upgrades the main deposit for a planned bulk sample and initial economic study.



Trevali Mining's Santander zinc-lead-silver mine in Peru, 200 km northeast of Lima.  Credit: Trevali Mining

Trevali finds two new zones at Santander

Shares in Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) got a little boost after the Vancouver-based firm reported two new zones of high-grade polymetallic mineralization at its Santander zinc–lead–silver underground mine in Peru.


A shovel loads oilsands into a haul truck at Syncrude's Aurora mine in Alberta. Credit: Syncrude

CAPP’s outlook for oilsands growth through 2030

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers is forecasting that output from Alberta’s oilsands will reach 4.8 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2030, which is 400,000 bpd lower than its forecast last year, due largely to project costs…


An aerial view of Total's Joslyn North Mine oilsands project in Alberta. Credit: Total E&P Canada

Total suspends $11B Joslyn oilsands project

In November 2013, Total E&P Canada submitted applications to the relevant regulatory agencies in Alberta to increase the mine pit size and boost production capacity to 157,000 barrels a day at its Joslyn North mine project, 65 km northwest…


Midway expands Gold Rock resource

Midway Gold (TSX: MDW; NYSE: MDW) may be in the thick of building its first gold mine at the Pan project in Nevada — with the first gold pour expected in the fourth quarter — but that hasn’t stopped the junior developer from…


Cameco puts Millennium on ice

Poor economic conditions in world uranium markets are forcing many uranium companies to postpone projects or scale back operations.


Drillers at Rye Patch Gold's Lincoln Hill gold-silver project in Nevada, 160 km northeast of Reno. Credit: Rye Patch Gold

Rye Patch touts Nevada’s Oreana Trend

VANCOUVER — A year ago explorer Rye Patch Gold (TSXV: RPM; US-OTC: RPMGF) scored a chunk of cash and a net smelter return royalty (NSR) thanks to  some savvy staking around Coeur Mining’s (TSX: CDM; NYSE: CDE) Rochester…


A drill site at Uranium Energy's Oviedo uranium project in Paraguay. Credit: Uranium Energy

Commentary: How low can uranium prices go?

Investors in uranium stocks are a weary bunch at this point. And despite a number of factors hinting at a recovery in uranium oxide prices, they continue along a downward trajectory.


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