Gold

The camp at Eastmain Resources' Clearwater gold project in Quebec's James Bay region. Credit: Eastmain Resources

Eastmain resource turns heads

When RBC Capital Markets recently screened for undeveloped open-pit gold projects in North America with a resource of more than 500,000 oz. gold in the measured and indicated category and a grade of greater than 1.5 grams gold per tonne, it…





A field worker stands by the outcropping Shumagin vein at Redstar Gold's Unga gold project in Alaska. Credit: Redstar Gold

Redstar Gold drills the Aleutian Islands

If you ask Redstar Gold (TSXV: RGC; US-OTC: RGCTF) for comparables to the mineralization at its Unga gold project in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, the management team will tell you that it is similar to the high-grade, low-sulphidation…


Drill rigs probing Agnico Eagle Mines's Amaruq gold property in western Nunavut, 50 km northwest of its Meadowbank gold mine.

Agnico grows Amaruq discovery under Whale Lake

Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) is off to a strong start in this year’s exploration program at its promising Amaruq gold discovery, located 50 km northwest of its Meadowbank gold mine in western Nunavut, 300 km west of Hudson Bay.


Capstone Mining's  Minto mine in the Yukon.  Photo by Gwen Preston.

Capstone ends Q1 in the red

Copper producer Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) widens its loss in the first quarter of 2015 due to impairments at the Pinto Valley mine in Arizona and the Minto mine in the Yukon.  


Wall Street gains, April 20-24

U.S. equities swung back into the positive territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 1.4% to 18,080.14 points and the S&P 500 Index added 1.8% to 2,117.69. The Nasdaq rose 3.2% to 5,092.08. The gold price, however, fell US$15.30…


A box cut under development at Sirius Resources' Nova nickel-copper-cobalt project in Western Australia. Credit: Sirius Resources

Sirius pushes Nova towards production in Australia

VANCOUVER — It’s been two and a half years since Mark Bennett, managing director and CEO of Australian-explorer Sirius Resources (ASX: SIR; US-OTC: SRQUF), struggled to keep his 5¢-per-share company above water.




Workers at a drill site in the Artavasdes zone, part of Lydian International's Amulsar gold project in Armenia. Credit: Lydian International

New Armenian legislation is a plus for Lydian

Lydian International (TSX: LYD; US-OTC: LYDIF) says new mine ramp gradients will help it save up to $100 million in operating costs, and trim total cash costs to US$600 per oz. from US$642 per oz. at its Amulsar gold project in southern Armenia.


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