Gold



The landscape at the Quimsacocha gold project in Ecuador, which INV Metals is acquiring from Iamgold. Photo by INV Metals

Iamgold ‘not bailing’ on Ecuador: INV

Headlines in the mainstream media that Iamgold (IMT-T, IAG-N) is giving up on Ecuador are fundamentally incorrect, Candace MacGibbon, president and chief financial officer of junior explorer INV Metals (INV-T), tells The Northern Miner.INV…


Semafo hits new gold zone in Niger

Taking the time to have a look through old data has led to a new discovery for Semafo (SMF-T). The Montreal-based, West Africa-focused miner found a new mineralized trend at Samira Hill in Niger after pouring over a patchwork of historical…


Gran Colombia builds up Marmato

Gran Colombia Gold (GCM-T) has boosted the resources at its Marmato gold project in Colombia, although it cost a bit of grade to do so.The company says measured and indicated resources stand at 409.7 million tonnes grading 0.9 gram gold…


New Gold starts up New Afton in BC

New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-N) has brought a fourth mine online with the timely start-up of its New Afton gold-copper mine near Kamloops, B.C.  The Vancouver-based producer says the first ore from the newly minted underground mine was processed…


Centerra drops as Kyrgyz gov’t reviews Kumtor

Centerra Gold (CG-T) plunged more than 30% on June 22, as the Kyrgyzstan parliament debated the fate of the company’s Kumtor gold project in the country while investors worried about the possibility of Centerra losing its mining…


Gold takes the spotlight at Aldridge’s Yenipazar

Aldridge Minerals (AGM-V) aims to capitalize on Turkey’s mining boom, which has drawn substantial international curiosity and investment.  Aldridge has been on a bit of a roll recently with upgraded metallurgy and an expanded…


Workers build a drill pad at Red Eagle Mining's Santa Rosa gold project near Medellin, Colombia. Photo by Ian Bickis

Red Eagle tickled pink with Santa Rosa in Colombia

Colombia-­focused junior Red Eagle Mining (RD-V) has hit encouraging high-grade gold intercepts in a phase-two drill program at its Santa Rosa project near Medellin, although the final drilling from phase one did not fare as well.Hole 42…


The exploration crew at WCB Resources' Misima Island copper-gold project in Papua New Guinea. Photo by WCB Resources

WCB hunts gold, copper on PNG’s Misima Island

When  Xstrata (XTA-L) put its share of the  US$5.3-billion Frieda River copper project in Papua New Guinea on the market in late June, there were a few raised eyebrows at the state of affairs in the country — especially given…


Avala unveils maiden resource in Serbian goldfields

VANCOUVER — Canadian explorer Avala Resources (AVZ-V) is making strides towards establishing a multi-million ounce, near-surface gold deposit in the historic mining region of Timok in eastern Serbia — a Balkan country formerly part…



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