B2Gold eyes 35% production growth in 2015
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) expects another record production year in 2015, building upon the solid output it had in 2014.
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Franco’s Harquail: ‘My belief in exploration has been shaken’
VANCOUVER — It’s hard to find a better value-builder over the past decade than Franco-Nevada (TSX: FNV; NYSE: FNV), which essentially pioneered the royalty-stream finance model in its previous incarnation and has seen its share…
Integra’s Sigma purchase a game changer at Lamaque
VANCOUVER — According to Integra Gold (TSXV: ICG; US-OTC: ICGQF) president and CEO Stephen de Jong, his company’s recent acquisition of the 2,200-tonne-per-day Sigma mine and mill complex for $7 million brings a “better…
Seabridge proves permits still attainable for big BC mines
VANCOUVER — It’s shaping up to be a big year for Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) at its large-scale Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell (KSM) gold-copper project, 65 km northwest of Stewart, B.C. In late December the company received a…
Banks Island hits commercial production at Yellow Giant
Banks Island Gold’s (TSXV: BOZ) Yellow Giant gold-silver project is the latest mine to achieve commercial production in northwestern B.C.
Is Osisko Gold charting a new course for Falco?
Falco Resources (TSXV: FPC) is the only junior to control the last of the large Abitibi mining camps not owned by a major gold producer and Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR; US-OTC: OKSKF) is a key partner and shareholder, owning just over 11% of…
Sabina pushes permitting forward at Back River
Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB) expects to submit a final environmental impact statement (EIS) on its Back River gold project in southwestern Nunavut by mid-year.
Detour gains 7% after achieving 2014 guidance
Detour Gold (TSX: DGC; US-OTC: DRGDF) has started the year off on the right foot. It shares rose 7% after it reported hitting its 2014 operating targets and provided a conservative guidance for 2015.
Aura Minerals suspends mining at Aranzazu
Aura Minerals (TSX: ORA; US-OTC: ARMZF) has become the latest casualty of slumping commodity prices, unresponsive financing markets and fixed costs: It is suspending mining operations temporarily at its Aranzazu copper-gold-silver mine in…
Goldcorp bids $526M for Probe Mines
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is acquiring gold junior Probe Mines (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF) in a friendly all-share deal worth $526 million.
TSX slips, Jan. 12-16
Despite a large one-day gain as oil prices stabilized, the S&P/TSX Composite Index lost 0.5%, or 75.53 points, to close the trading week at 14,309.41.
Imperial Metals raises $50M
Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) may be nursing a black eye from the August tailings dam failure at its Mount Polley mine in central B.C., but the company says it’s pleased with its cleanup efforts so far, and that it is also…