McEwen bolsters Black Fox with new resource
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) has tabled a maiden resource for its Stock East gold deposit and an updated resource for its Froome gold deposit to go with numerous…
Gold
BHP buys SolGold stake for US$35M
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP; LON: BLT) is acquiring a 6.1% stake in SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG), which is developing its Cascabel porphyry copper-gold project in Ecuador. BHP is buying…
Southern Silver extends mineralization at Cerro Las Minitas
Southern Silver (TSXV: SSV; US-OTC: SSVFF) is seeing some encouraging results from its 12,000 metre drill campaign at its Cerro Las Minitas silver-zinc project in Durango State, Mexico. An early…
Alamos boosts Island Gold’s reserves, grades
After incorporating 65,600 metres of exploration drilling in the first half of the year, Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) has increased the reserves and resources at its Island Gold…
Osisko bumps Cariboo royalty to 4%
Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR) has agreed to acquire an additional 1.75% net smelter return royalty (NSR) for $20 million on the Barkerville Gold Mines’ (TSXV: BGM; US-OTC:…
Aztec chases silver-zinc deposits at Tombstone
Aztec Minerals (TSXV: AZT; US-OTC: AZZTF) has started surface exploration at its newly optioned Tombstone silver-zinc district, 104 km southeast of Tucson, Arizona. The company is chasing multiple mineralization types,…
Continental Gold employee killed in Colombia
Two mining engineers employed by Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) in Colombia were attacked by armed men in the town of Buritica, near the company’s gold project. One of…
Nevsun agrees to $1.86B Zijin takeover bid
Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE: NSU) has agreed to Zijin Mining’s (HGK: 2899) friendly take-over bid which values Nevsun at $6 per share or $1.86 billion. Nevsun shares jumped nearly…
Semafo’s Boungou mine achieves commercial production
Since its first gold pour at the end of June, Semafo’s (TSX: SMF) Boungou mine in Burkina Faso has produced more than 12,000 ounces of gold. The mine officially moved…
Mawson improves gold-cobalt grades at Rajapalot
Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW; US-OTC: MWSNF) recently announced results from 46 diamond drill holes spanning six prospects at its Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland. The company assayed previously gold-only drill…
Marathon discovers gold trend
Prospecting and trenching southwest of Marathon Gold’s (TSX: MOZ) Victory deposit in central Newfoundland have uncovered a 1,500-metre-long gold trend. A channel sample returned 2.71 grams gold per tonne over…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 119: Love me or hate me – The Margaret Kent (Peggy Witte) story, part 3
Part 3: Some people love me and some people hate me. “I’d been burned. You wake up and you don’t have a friend in the world. You don’t have…