Aurion discovers gold in Finland
VANCOUVER — Prospect generator Aurion Resources (TSXV: AU) has uncovered gold-rich subcrop within a 700 by 1,100 metre (1.1 km) wide area at its Risti project in northern Finland’s Central…
Agnico Eagle Mines
From teen prospector to PDAC president
Glenn Mullan, president and CEO of Golden Valley Mines (TSXV: GZZ) and chairman of Abitibi Royalties (TSXV: RZZ), has spent the last 40 years working in the mining industry. He…
NewCastle punches above its weight class at Castle Mountain
Six months ago, NewCastle Gold (TSX: NCA) enticed Gerald Panneton to join the company as president and CEO to help put its past-producing Castle Mountain project in California back into…
TerraX Minerals advances Yellowknife gold project
Joseph Campbell has had his fair share of success in the mining industry. He was part of the team that discovered the Meliadine gold project in Nunavut, which Agnico Eagle…
Goldcorp drops $35M into Auryn
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is taking a 12.5% stake in Auryn Resources (TSX: AUG; US-OTC: GGTCF) for $35 million — a sum that will be used to fund a…
14 of 100 highest paid Canadian CEOs are miners, study says
A study on executive compensation by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the 100 highest-paid CEOS working at companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2015 earned the…
Palmer’s Probe Metals consolidates ground
A recent flurry of deals has almost doubled Probe Metals’ (TSXV: PRB) land position at its Val-d’Or East project in Quebec, and the latest set of assay results suggest why….
Abitibi Snapshot: Five companies to watch
The renewed strength in gold prices this year has reinvigorated the historic mining camps throughout the Abitibi region of Ontario and Quebec. Here’s a look at what a few Canadian…
Radisson Mining advances O’Brien gold project in Quebec’s Abitibi
The O’Brien gold mine in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec was the richest mine by grade along the Larder Lake-Cadillac Fault between 1926 and 1957, when miners intermittently made…
Osisko calls Windfall a ‘company maker’
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) says it will hang “for sale” signs on most of its properties — except for its wholly owned Windfall project in Quebec,…
US equities edge higher, Sept. 12-16
U.S. markets remained buoyant despite uncertainty ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve meetings scheduled for Sept. 20–21. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% to 18,123.80 and the S&P 500…
Osisko takes stake in Barkerville
Osisko Mining’s (TSX: OSK) acquisition of a 17% stake in Barkerville Gold Mines (TSXV: BGM) is part of a broader strategy of accumulating direct and indirect interests in what Osisko…