Osisko Metals’ Gaspé copper assays beat outlook
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM) said initial drilling results at its Gaspé copper project in eastern Quebec topped expectations. Shares jumped. All five holes drilled in the past three months intersected…
Precious Metals
Calibre rises on record gold output
Calibre Mining (TSX: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) increased first-quarter gold production by 16% to a record 71,539 oz. from its three producing mines in Nicaragua and Nevada. Shares rose. The quarter…
Goldman Sachs upgrades gold forecast to $3,700
Goldman Sachs has once again lifted its year-end price target for gold — this time to $3,700 an oz. — amid uncertainty surrounding the state of the global economy. In…
Gold Fields to shut Damang after Ghana denies lease
Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) will cease operations at its Damang mine in Ghana after the government rejected the company’s application to extend the site’s lease expiring on Friday. The…
PDAC video: Newcore Gold expands drill program for Enchi resource upgrade, CEO says
Newcore Gold (TSXV: NCAU; OTCQX: NCAUF) has increased its drilling to 35,000 metres at the Enchi gold project in Ghana, CEO Luke Alexander says in a video interview. Upgraded and…
PDAC Video: Blue Lagoon preps for July gold production start in BC
Blue Lagoon Resources’ (CSE: BLLG; US-OTC: BLAGF) Dome Mountain gold project is the most recently permitted mine in British Columbia and it’s looking to start producing in July. Through its…
PDAC JV video: New Zealand aims to fast-track mining
New Zealand is holding up its fast-track and “one-stop shop” legislation as ways to streamline project approvals and reinvigorate the economy, resources minister Shane Jones says. The new processes are…
Power Metallic CEO sees ‘monster-size’ deposit at Nisk
Power Metallic Mines’ (TSXV: PNPN; US-OTC: PNPNF) Nisk polymetallic property is probably at least as large as Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL; US-OTC: AAUK) 44-million-tonne Sakatti copper-nickel-platinum project in Finland, CEO…
Dryden encounters ‘significant’ visible gold at Elora
Canadian junior miner Dryden Gold (TSXV: DRY; USOTC: DRYGF) says it encountered “significant” visible gold during deeper drilling at its Elora property in Ontario. The newly discovered section in hole…
Barrick eyes over $2B in financing for Reko Diq
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) plans to secure more than $2 billion (C$2.84 billion) in financing for its Reko Diq copper and gold project in Pakistan, with term sheets…
PDAC video: Eldorado targets 43% output surge
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) is aiming for a 43% increase in output over the next three years over 2023 gold production levels as new projects enter operations and…
Renforth boosts Parbec gold project’s size by 29%
A new resource estimate for Renforth Resources’ (CSE: RFR; US-OTC: RFHRF) Parbec gold project in western Quebec raises the deposit’s size by about one-third, the company says. Measured and indicated…