US markets fall, Feb. 5-9
Gold closed at US$1,315.7 per oz., down 1.2% over the previous week. U.S. markets suffered as the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index fell 6.6% to 78.35, and the Dow Jones…
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Premier plans ‘big year’ in Nevada
Having lopped off more than half of its debt last year and with over $100 million in the bank, Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG) is primed and ready for a…
Liberty Gold tables maiden resource for Goldstrike
Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD) has completed the first resource estimate on its flagship, wholly owned Goldstrike oxide gold project in southwestern Utah. The project lies near the Nevada border in…
Klondex sees grades drop at Fire Creek gold mine
VANCOUVER — Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX; NYSE-AM: KLDX) is drilling its Fire Creek underground gold-silver mine in northern Nevada, but grades and ounces in the wider deposit have fallen year-on-year. Klondex…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Gold mine production hit all-time high in 2017, WGC finds
The following is an excerpt from the World Gold Council’s new 18-page report, Gold Demand Trends Full Year 2017. View the entire report and more for free at www.gold.org. Gold…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 91: The US mining special ft. Mickey Fulp
Subscribe, rate and follow us on SoundCloud, iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, Stitcher or RSS Feed! This week we’re digging into the recent wild ride on North American equity markets (1:00) and talking about the current mining climate…
Roundup 2018: AME’s Edie Thome on BC’s mineral politics
VANCOUVER — The Association for Mineral Exploration’s (AME) Roundup conference in Vancouver serves as a bellwether for the mining industry as the first major technical event of the new year. The…
New DRC mining code upsets miners
A new mining code in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that would raise royalties on metal production and eliminate a stability clause enshrined in the previous 2002 charter that…
Catherine Raw, Stephen de Jong named ‘Young Mining Professionals of the Year’
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) — a non-profit group with chapters in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and London, U.K. — has given its Mining Professional of the Year awards for 2017…
Atlantic Gold outlines expansion plans at Moose River
VANCOUVER — Atlantic Gold (TSXV: AGB) might well be a regular fixture in Nova Scotia based on new expansion plans at its Moose River Consolidated gold project. On Jan. 29, the…
Pretium’s Ovsenek explains Brucejack ramp-up troubles
VANCOUVER — Shares of Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) dropped after a Jan. 23 production update for its flagship Brucejack underground gold mine in northwestern B.C.’s Golden Triangle district….
Chakana surges on Venture debut
Shares of Chakana Copper (TSXV: PERU) gained 78% on their first day of trading and the release of assays from five shallow drill holes at the company’s Soledad copper-gold-silver project…