Wesdome confirms high-grade gold in Falcon 7 zone at Eagle River mine
Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO) says it has confirmed high gold grades as it drills volcanic rocks near the Eagle River gold mine 50 km west of Wawa, Ont. The…
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Pebble mine stakeholders up pressure as EPA’s final decision nears on Alaska project
Opponents and supporters of Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (TSX: NDM; NYSE: NAK) long-stalled Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska are stepping up pressure on the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make…
Exploits hopes to make the next big gold discovery in Newfoundland
Exploits Discovery (CSE: NFLD) chief executive officer Jeff Swinoga has come from away, leaving high-crime Mexico for the warm-hearted community of Gander, N.L. After helping raise US$400 million as chief…
GMS: Lessons from Great Bear’s smashing $2B success at Dixie
One of the most exciting gold exploration stories in recent years has been Great Bear Resources and its Dixie gold project near Red Lake, Ont. The company was acquired by…
Centerra extends Mount Milligan mine by four years to 2033
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) has provided an updated life of mine plan for its Mount Milligan mine located in central B.C. that would extend the open pit mining…
Torex Gold secures final enviro permit for Media Luna project in Mexico
Torex Gold (TSX: TXG) can begin operations at its flagship Media Luna gold project in Mexico, part of the company’s Morelos property, after securing a key and final environmental permit from…
Gatos Silver shares rise on revised reserve at Cerro Los Gatos
Gatos Silver (TSX/NYSE: GATO) shares rose almost 10% Monday despite the release of a revised update that reduced reserves at its Cerro Los Gatos (CLG) mine in northern Mexico by…
TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays for the week Sept 23-30
Our TNM Drill Down feature highlights the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining…
Minera Alamos estimates 111% IRR for Cerro de Oro gold project in Mexico
Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) has released an encouraging preliminary economic assessment for its Cerro de Oro gold project in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas. Using a gold price of…
Business as usual despite military coup, Burkina Faso miners say
Miners in Burkina Faso say operations have not been affected by spreading social unrest following an internal coup d’état over the weekend that saw the country’s president, Lt.-Col. Paul Henri…
Mexican legislator calls for public release of mining companies’ financial, environmental records
Mexican MP Adriana Bustamante Castellanos has presented an amendment to Article 7 of the country’s Mining Law, which would allow for the public release of information regarding the production, processing…
Omineca produces placer gold from underground at Wingdam
Omineca Mining and Metals (TSXV: OMM) and Lightning Creek Mining (LCM), its joint venture partner on the Wingdam project, have contracted Saskatoon-based Fortis Mining Engineering and Manufacturing to provide additional…