Torex Gold continues to rise
Torex Gold (TXG-T) has seen heavy trading and a boost in share price after finding more high-grade gold mineralization while defining and expanding its El Limon deposit in Mexico.
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Lassonde donates $25M to York U’s engineering program
Pierre Lassonde, the current chairman of Franco-Nevada (FNV-T, FNV-N) and one of Canada’s most successful mining entrepreneurs, has once again stepped up in a big way as a major benefactor for a Canadian university.
Golden Predator continues aggressive growth in Yukon
Dawson City, Yukon – Few companies embody the modern Yukon gold rush more than Golden Predator (GPD-T).
Auriga looks to put Maverick back in the saddle
Auriga Gold (AIA-V) is looking to bring new life back to the Maverick Gold project 65-km northeast of Flin Flon, Manitoba.
Western Potash hits a milestone with PFS
Western Potash (WPX-T) has put a spotlight on its Milestone potash project in Saskatchewan with a positive prefeasibility study (PFS) estimating annual production at 2.8 million tonnes for at least 40 years. This has some analysts speculating…
Seabridge Gold advances Courageous Lake
Infill drilling this year at Seabridge Gold’s (SEA-T) Courageous Lake property in Canada’s Northwest Territories is helping upgrade inferred resources to higher categories and increasing the size and grade of the deposit, the company says,…
Commentary: Eight reasons why Taseko’s New Prosperity will fail
Investors hoping to cash in on Taseko Mines’ second bid to develop the Prosperity copper-gold mine (“New Prosperity”) should think back a year. At that time, despite assurances from the company and its president that the original Prosperity…
NMC doubles resource at moly mine
Vancouver – South Korea-focused NMC Resource (NRC-V) has substantially increased contained resources at its high-grade Moland molybdenum mine.
Royal Nickel unveils Dumont prefeasibility
Royal Nickel (RNX-T) is targeting first production at its Dumont nickel project in western Quebec by the end of 2015 and once in full production expects it to be among the top five sulfide nickel assets in the world based on yearly nickel…
Will Japan’s disasters derail the diamond recovery?
As the human toll of Japan’s devastating triple disaster becomes clearer, the world is beginning to take stock of the potential economic impacts of the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear…
Boom times around the corner for diamond producers?
Nearly 20 years ago, when Dia Met and BHP Billiton announced the discovery that would become the Ekati diamond mine, there were more than a few skeptics who doubted that…
Solid gains for the TSX during Oct.24-28
The TSX Composite Index surged during the Oct. 24-28 trading week, finishing up 570.02 points higher than where it began at 11,949.49.