Gold



Drilling at Midas Gold's Golden Meadows gold project in Idaho. Photo by Midas Gold

‘Rediscoveries’ among featured projects at Roundup 2012

Modern technologies combined with robust metal prices helped generate many of the domestic and international exploration successes featured at Mineral Exploration Roundup hosted by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME…


Red Eagle Mining's chief project geologist Tim Neall at the colonial sluice mine at the Santa Rosa gold project, near Medellin in Colombia. Photo by Ian Bickis

Red Eagle spreads its wings

In recent years as drugs and violence fade from the headlines, Colombia has seen a deluge of juniors pouring in and looking to take part in the gold-rich country’s seemingly endless untapped potential.


A dill rig at Seafield Resources' Miraflores gold project in Central Colombia. Photo by Seafield Resources

Colombia surging ahead

The past year has been a pivotal one for the Colombian gold sector, as explorers demonstrated much more of the geological promise the country holds.


Drillers probe Kilo Goldmines' Adumbi gold deposit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Orientale Province. Photo by Kilo Goldmines

Kilo juggles projects in the DRC, Afghanistan

In late January Kilo Goldmines (KGL-V) announced that its iron ore joint-venture project with Rio Tinto (RIO-N) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to host direct shipping ore. In the same announcement the junior…


Drillers at Seafield Resources' Quinchia gold project in Colombia's Risaralda Department. Photo by Seafield Resources

Sea change at Seafield

Sometimes a little change can do a company a lot of good. In the case of Seafield Resources (SFF-V) change comes in the form of a new management team, and the good it hopes to do is revive investor interest in what was briefly one of the…




Drillers at Pretium Resources' Brucejack gold project in British Columbia. Photo by Pretium Resources

Pretium sketches larger mine at Brucejack

Pretium Resources’ (PVG-T, PVG-N) updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Brucejack gold-silver project in northern B.C. foresees an even larger and more robust mine.


The landscape at Newmont Mining's Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut, 150 km north of the Arctic Circle. The Northern Miner archive photo

Newmont writes off Hope Bay

Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N)has written down the entire US$1.6-billion net book value of its Hope Bay gold project in remote Nunavut. The decision comes just weeks after the company announced it was placing the project on care and maintenance…



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