US stocks finish strong, May 27-30
U.S. equities ended the holiday-shortened trading week in positive territory.
Gold
Midway expands Gold Rock resource
Midway Gold (TSX: MDW; NYSE: MDW) may be in the thick of building its first gold mine at the Pan project in Nevada — with the first gold pour expected in the fourth quarter — but that hasn’t stopped the junior developer from…
Rye Patch touts Nevada’s Oreana Trend
VANCOUVER — A year ago explorer Rye Patch Gold (TSXV: RPM; US-OTC: RPMGF) scored a chunk of cash and a net smelter return royalty (NSR) thanks to some savvy staking around Coeur Mining’s (TSX: CDM; NYSE: CDE) Rochester…
Edgewater spins out Ghanaian gold into Pinecrest
VANCOUVER — Several months ago junior Edgewater Exploration (TSXV: EDW; US-OTC: EDWZF) was hit with a permitting delay at its flagship Corcoesto gold project, 35 km southwest of the port city of La Coruna in Spain. Edgewater had been…
Alamos adding Cerro Pelon and La Yaqui to the mix
Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) has scored a major victory at its Mulatos gold mine operation in Mexico with the acquisition of surface rights for two satellite gold deposits that could add low-cost production growth as early as 2016.
Iamgold becomes Calibre’s third partner in Nicaragua
Calibre Mining (TSXV: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) saw its shares surge 43% after reporting that Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) had signed an option to spend US$10.9 million to earn up to 70% of the junior’s Eastern Borosi gold–silver project…
Barrick inks deal with locals at Pascua-Lama
VANCOUVER — In the first step of what would be a long road to reconciliation, Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) has signed an initial agreement with most of the indigenous groups in Chile that oppose the company’s suspended…
Relief Canyon grows under Pershing
Steve Alfers cut his teeth as a transactions lawyer on international mining deals and as a privatization specialist working in some of the world’s most challenging jurisdictions — including Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine, Zambia and…
Timmins Gold under proxy fire from Sentry Investments
VANCOUVER — Proxy battles were a hot topic roughly two years ago, and now producer Timmins Gold (TSX: TMM; NYSE-MKT: TGD) is the latest to be targeted by dissident shareholders looking to remake the company’s board of directors. On…
Centerra threatens to shut down Kumtor
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) said that it would start shutting down its Kumtor gold operation in Kyrgyzstan if it doesn’t receive approval for its 2014 mine plan and related operating permits by June 13.
RTG Mining has big plans in the Philippines
The former management team of CGA Mining, which redeveloped and opened the Masbate gold mine in the Philippines and then merged last year with B2 Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) in a deal worth US$1.1 billion, is hoping to repeat some of that…
TriMetals Mining rises from the ashes of Bolivia
In the nearly half-century he has worked in the mining industry, Ralph Fitch has pretty much seen it all.