Site visit: Saturn adopts locally rare heap‑leach
Saturn Metals (ASX: STN) is planning to build a large-scale heap leach operation at its Apollo Hill project in Western Australia, making it a bit of an outlier in the…
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Site visit: Blue Lagoon reopens Dome Mountain
Blue Lagoon Resources (CSE: BLLG; US-OTC: BLAGF) reopened the Dome Mountain mine in British Columbia this month, more than 30 years after the last major exploration activity at the gold-silver property. Located…
Site visit: New Found Gold works to bring the mine to the community
GANDER, N.L. — There are just a handful of producing mines that sit near the Trans-Canada Highway across the country, and New Found Gold’s (TSXV: NFG, NYSE: NFGC) Queensway could be…
Site visit: FireFly Metals seeks high-grade copper crown
BAIE VERTE, N.L. – Hundreds of metres underground inside a tunnel in northwest Newfoundland, and illuminated only by head lamps, is the precise area where FireFly Metals’ (ASX, TSX: FFM)…
Site visit: Cerro de Pasco Resources aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings
CERRO DE PASCO, PERU — Standing on a hilltop over central Peru’s Cerro De Pasco at 4,300 metres above sea level, two sites are visible that show the mining city’s…
EarthLabs videos Madsen mine’s first gold pour
EarthLabs (TSXV: SPOT; US-OTC: SPOFF) has released a new episode of its flagship series EarthLabs Expeditions, offering an up-close look at West Red Lake Gold Mines (TSXV: WRLG, US-OTC: WRLGF)…
Site visit: Fortuna Mining drives value at Lindero pit
In a lunar-like landscape high in the Argentinian Andes, workers in white hazmat suits pace the cyanide-damp heap-leach pad. They have begun stacking ore on a second stage of Fortuna…
Site visit: One of the strangest chapters in copper mining is drawing to a close
With so much happening in copper – from all-time highs mixed with price collapses – it’s easy to lose sight of the giant hole that exists in the industry where…
Site visit: Legacy probes past for next big find
Australian junior Legacy Minerals Holdings (ASX: LGM) is exploring a 170-year-old Drake mining district property that might see production and a multimillion-ounce discovery within a few years. The Drake project…
Site visit: Native Mineral seeks Forrest-inspired phoenix at Blackjack in Australia
Native Mineral Resources (ASX: NMR) only recently acquired its primary asset in Queensland, but it has set an aggressive schedule to restart production. The Sydney-based explorer bought the Far Fanning…
Site visit: NMR seeks Forrest-inspired phoenix at Blackjack in Australia
Native Mineral Resources (ASX: NMR) only recently acquired its primary asset in Queensland, but it has set an aggressive schedule to restart production. The Sydney-based explorer bought the Far Fanning…
Video: Gold miners face skepticism, even as metal price rises, Denver Gold exec says
Gold at all-time highs has pushed up miners’ margins, but companies are opting for restraint and avoiding the temptations of past bull cycles, Denver Gold Group executive director Tim Wood…