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Excelsior Mining's Gunnison copper project in Arizona, 100 km southeast of Tucson. Credit: Excelsior Mining

Excelsior updates Gunnison prefeasibility

A staged production approach at Excelsior Mining’s (TSXV: MIN; US-OTC: EXMGF) Gunnison copper project in southeastern Arizona would slash upfront capital costs and lower financing risk, while delivering a post-tax internal rate of return…


Kinross Gold's Kupol gold mine in the Chukotka region of Russia's Far East. Credit: Kinross Gold

Kinross credit rating cut to ‘junk’

Citing Kinross Gold’s (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) higher costs and its “operating risk exposure” in Russia, Standard & Poor’s has lowered the Toronto-based gold producer’s long-term corporate credit rating to BB+ from…





Workers at Cameco's Cigar Lake uranium mine in Saskatchewan.  Credit: Cameco

Junior uranium execs pitch rebound in market

VANCOUVER — The CEOs of three North American uranium juniors took to the stage during an open-panel session at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference in January to discuss the broader uranium market and argue why it is due to…



Pierre Lassonde  served as the evening's master of ceremonies. Credit: Keith Houghton Photography

Canadian Mining Hall of Fame welcomes five industry leaders

The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame’s (CMHF) 28th induction ceremony in mid-January at the Fairmont Royal York hotel in Toronto honoured five industry leaders — Keith Brimacombe, Harold Williams, Stewart Blusson, Louis Gignac and…


A map showing the elevation of the 6,700 sq. km region where Geoscience BC conducted an airborne magnetic survey in west-central British Columbia.Credit: Geoscience BC

Geoscience BC tables mag survey of central BC for explorers

VANCOUVER — Bruce Madu, vice-president of minerals and mining for Geoscience BC, has already lined up interesting targets from the latest airborne magnetic survey the organization flew last year over west-central B.C., but he’s…


"We wanted to be realistic to separate us from all of our predevelopment peers," Plateau Uranium President and CEO  Ted O'Connor.

Plateau Uranium making strides at Macusani

Five corporate transactions over eight years and a steady pace of consolidation and resource growth have laid the groundwork for an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of the Macusani project in southern Peru that would place it in…


Pumps and piping at Ur-Energy's Lost Creek uranium mine in Wyoming. Credit: Ur-Energy

Ur-Energy’s Lost Creek uranium project remains robust

Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-MKT: URG) has updated the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Lost Creek uranium property in Wyoming, with Rich Boberg, the company’s senior director of investor relations, noting there are three…


Peter Breese (left), Asanko Gold's president and CEO, and Colin Steyn, chairman, shake hands over a gold bar from the Asanko gold mine in Ghana. Credit: Asanko Gold

Asanko pours first gold in Ghana

Asanko Gold (TSX: AKG; NYSE-MKT: AKG) has started gold production at its namesake mine in Ghana, becoming the newest mine in the West African country.


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