Resolute Mining to invest $21M in Orca Gold
African-focused gold miner Resolute Mining (US-OTC: RMGGF) is investing nearly $22 million in Orca Gold (TSXV: ORG: US-OTC: CANWF) in a two-tranche deal that Orca expects will close this July….
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Revival Gold tables maiden resource at Beartrack
Like its name implies, Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTCQB: RVLGF) aims to bring brownfield and past-producing gold projects back to life. The company is focused on reviving its past-producing Beartrack…
Altius spins out copper play Aethon Minerals
Newly formed copper explorer Aethon Minerals (TSXV: AET) is adding to its already large Chilean land package with an option agreement to acquire full interest in the Llanos de Llahuin…
Rio2 to merge with Atacama Pacific
Alex Black and his team have built two mines in Peru — La Arena and Shahuindo — and in the process nurtured Rio Alto Mining from a $12-million company in…
Equinox Gold nears production at Aurizona
Equinox Gold (TSXV: EQX; US-OTC: EQXGF) expects to pour the first gold at its Aurizona open-pit project in northeastern Brazil before year-end. The past-producing mine — which was put on…
US markets dip, Feb. 19-23
Gold closed at US$1,328.20, down 1.36% over the previous week, as U.S. markets slipped. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index fell 3.24% to 80.53 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Newcrest takes 27% stake in Lundin Gold
Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM), Australia’s largest-listed gold producer, is investing US$250 million for a 27.1% stake in Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG), a Canadian junior whose Fruta del Norte gold mine…
Premier plans ‘big year’ in Nevada
Having lopped off more than half of its debt last year and with over $100 million in the bank, Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG) is primed and ready for a…
Yorbeau tables Scott Lake PEA
Yorbeau Resources (TSX: YRB) has announced a new resource estimate and preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its wholly owned Scott Lake polymetallic project in the Chibougamau area of Quebec. Scott…
Aurania sees shares jump, identifies target in Ecuador
Shares of Aurania Resources (TSXV: ARU) skyrocketed in the first week of January after a senior analyst at The Casey Report recommended to his subscribers that they buy the junior…
Orca drills Morondo in Côte d’Ivoire
Orca Gold (TSXV: ORG) has begun drilling its Morondo gold property in Côte d’Ivoire, as the company expands its exploration portfolio outside its flagship gold asset in Sudan. “We’ve been…
Site visit: Victoria explores the blue sky at Eagle
DAWSON CITY, YUKON — Most geologists wouldn’t even strike a hammer against the discovery outcrop for Victoria Gold’s (TSXV: VIT; US-OTC: VITFF) Eagle gold deposit, 49 km northeast of Mayo,…