Klondex blazes ahead, undeterred by low gold prices
Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX; US-OTC: KLNDF) has been a stellar performer despite the current bear market for gold stocks, with its share price steadily on the rise since the end of 2012.
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NexGen triples Arrow deposit in the Athabasca
VANCOUVER — There’s no sign of slowing down for junior explorer NexGen Energy (TSXV: NXE) at its Arrow uranium deposit in the southwestern part of the Athabasca basin in northern Saskatchewan, as recent drilling has tripled the…
Gold Fields spending US$24M exploring Salares Norte this year
The downturn in the mining industry isn’t generating many good news stories these days, but one exception is the promise of untold riches from an undeveloped high-grade gold deposit in the Chilean Andes.
Friedland: Mining companies ‘priced for Armageddon’
VANCOUVER — Vanguard executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) Robert Friedland took to the stage at the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium in Vancouver in late July, and delivered a talk about why he believes copper…
Vale green-lights underground mine at Voisey’s Bay
The natural resources industry of Newfoundland and Labrador — beaten down as it is by the steep decline in iron ore and oil prices — has received a most welcome board-level confirmation from Vale that it will indeed pursue…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Coal, nuclear and renewables to boost Vietnam’s electricity capacity
Vietnam is poised to transform its electrical power generation mix over the next two decades, as it modernizes the country’s agrarian economy to become a more industrialized nation. To accommodate greater industrial expansion and support…
Eldorado invests $15M in Integra
VANCOUVER — Integra Gold’s (TSX-V: ICG; US-OTC: ICGQF) performance at its Lamaque gold project in the prolific Abitibi greenstone belt, 3 km from the city of Val-d’Or, Quebec, has attracted international miner Eldorado Gold…
Ur-Energy churns out a profit, defying weak uranium market
Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-MKT: URG) produced its first net profit during the quarter ended June 2015 at its Lost Creek in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium facility in Wyoming, after bringing the mine online in August 2013.
Suppliers news: DRA to design ship-mounted plant, partners with BGC in Australia
Engineering and project delivery firm DRA has signed a contract to carry out the detail design of a ship-mounted processing plant for Nautilus Minerals’ (TSX: NUS; US-OTC: NUSMF) Solwara 1 seafloor copper-gold project, off the coast…
Suppliers news: Wolseley Industrial shakes things up
Wolseley Industrial Canada (WIC) has had a busy summer, announcing in July that it has acquired QIP Equipment and sold a business division to Emco.
Suppliers news: Safety, productivity to drive vehicle investments at North American mines: Timetric
A survey of 100 mine managers shows firms in North America are planning to invest in vehicle-related technologies.
Suppliers news: Gowlings and WLG to join forces
Canadian legal firm Gowlings and U.K-based Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co. (WLG) plan to mergee. The combined company is set to launch in January 2016, and will be branded Gowling WLG.