El Teniente’s tailings offer dividends for Amerigo
Over the last forty years Klaus Zeitler has financed, built and managed base metal and gold mines in Europe, Africa, North and South America, and the Pacific.
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Colt gets mining licences for its tungsten, gold projects
Montreal-based explorer Colt Resources (GTP-V) tumbled to a new 52-week low after announcing it received two experimental mining licenses allowing it to advance its tungsten and gold exploration projects in Portugal, likely not the…
Northern Gold takes it small to go big
TIMMINS, ONT. — Greg Gibson is all about the big score, even if he has to take small steps to get there.
Northern Freegold advances flagship project with initial economic assessment
VANCOUVER – Less than four years after establishing an initial resource at its Freegold Mountain project in the Yukon, Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) has a positive preliminary economic analysis (PEA) for the project.
Uranerz set to benefit from uranium upswing
VANCOUVER — Uranium juniors have had a tough time over the past two years, but Wyoming-focused developer Uranez Energy (URZ-T, URZ-X) looks poised to capitalize on a recent uptick in the nuclear market with an enviable land position in…
Victoria moves closer to Eagle Gold construction
Victoria Gold’s (VIT-V) goal of turning its Eagle Gold project into the Yukon’s next gold mine moved closer to realization.
Sona gets Chinese help for Blackdome-Elizabeth in BC
Executive chairman Nick Ferris of Sona Resources (SYS-V) had been trying to source financing for some time to advance the junior’s Blackdome-Elizabeth gold project in the Clinton and Lillooet mining districts of B.C., 220 km north of…
Dividend cut and losses hurt Cliffs
Investors beat up Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) after it cut its dividend and reported a quarterly loss.
Tasiast purchase weighs down Kinross
Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) will have to take the bad with the good.
Oyu Tolgoi’s feasibility study delayed
Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ-T, TRQ-N) updated the market with good and bad news about its 66%-held Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia’s South Gobi desert.
San Gold sinks on higher costs, lower guidance
San Gold (SGR-T) shares tumbled 42% over three trading days after the gold miner missed market expectations with its 2012 production results, three-year guidance and updated reserve-and-resource estimate, all published on Feb. 8.
Commentary: Capital cost overruns, part III: Where are the owners in all this?
Mining has always been a very risky but high reward industry. But times have certainly changed to today, when shareholders tend to ignore the high risks and expect grandiose success regardless. But, despite the risk that won’t go away,…