Galleon Gold begins engineering at West Cache in Ontario
Galleon Gold (TSXV: GGO) is making progress in permitting of a bulk sample and other activities at its 100% owned West Cache gold project in Timmins, Ont., with the company…
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Benchmark PEA projects $493M capex for 12-year open pit mine at Lawyers
Benchmark Metals (TSXV: BNCH; OTC: BNCHF) has completed a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its flagship Lawyers gold-silver project that presents a robust open pit mining scenario with attractive economics…
Magna Mining to acquire Sudbury nickel-copper-PGE assets in ‘transformational’ deal
Magna Mining (TSXV: NICU) has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire Lonmin Canada (Loncan), whose assets include the Denison project and the past-producing Crean Hill nickel-copper-PGE (platinum…
VIDEO: VMS deposits present exciting new zinc-copper-gold discovery opportunities in Mexico
Volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits have been a core source of copper, zinc and sometimes gold mineralization for over 150 years and remain the mainstay of some major mining camps…
TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays of the week Aug 4-12
Our weekly TNM Drill Down feature focuses on the top gold assays of the past week. Assays are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company…
Turquoise Hill rejects Rio Tinto’s US$2.7B takeover offer
Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) has rejected majority shareholder Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) bid to buy the 49% stake it doesn’t already own in…
Karora completes PEA for nickel resources at Beta Hunt mine
Karora Resources (TSX: KRR; US-OTC: KRRGF) says a preliminary economic assessment for the nickel resources at its Beta Hunt mine in Western Australia has outlined a low capex project with…
The View from England: Unsighted, so expect the unexpected
Only newsletter writers and commodity analysts see the future with perfect clarity, the rest of us must muddle along with probabilities and best guesses. A strategist was quoted recently in…
Canadian miners in Mexico Snapshot: Eight companies to watch
With its mining friendly policies, highly prospective mineral belts, and well-developed infrastructure and regulatory regimes, Mexico is an attractive jurisdiction for mining companies of all sizes. Below are eight companies…
Prismo prepares to drill-test Palos Verdes near-surface high-grade shoot
Prismo Metals (CSE: PRIZ) is preparing to drill-test an important near-surface target at its flagship Palos Verdes gold project in Sinaloa state, Mexico, after receiving an extension to its environmental…
Monarch grows resources at Croinor gold project in Quebec
Monarch Mining (TSX: GBAR; US-OTC: GBARF) has released a mineral resource estimate for its 100% owned Croinor gold project located 55 km east of Val-d’Or, Que. The resource estimate is…
Vizsla Silver reports more high-grade at Panuco in Mexico
Drilling at the Copala vein at Vizsla Silver’s (TSXV: VZLA; NYSE: VZLA) Panuco project in southern Sinaloa, Mexico has yielded high grades over broad intervals near surface with intercepts grading…