Skyline scours BC’s Golden Triangle
Skyline Gold (SK-V) is hunting for high-grade gold at its Iskut property in northwest B.C.’s Golden Triangle region, with hopes of striking it big.
2012
Silver Wheaton rises on record 2011 revenues
Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-N) is the reigning king of silver-stream financing, and saw notable growth in 2011.
Jaguar Mining licks its wounds
Jaguar Mining (JAG-T, JAG-N) saw costs rise and profits fall in 2011 despite an increase in gold production and gold prices.
First Majestic to merge with Silvermex
First Majestic Silver (FR-T) believes Silvermex Resources ’ (SLX-T) key asset can take it to the next tier of silver producers.
Fortuna sees a reversal of fortunes
Fortuna Silver Mines(FVI-T, FSM-N) is the latest company to get hammered for cost escalations after missing 2011 projections and forecasting higher costs for 2012.
Rockex advances island iron ore deposits in Ontario
The iron ore deposits on Eagle Island, Fish Island and Wolf Island at the southwestern end of Lake St. Joseph in northwestern Ontario were first detected at the turn of the century by employees of the Hudson’s Bay Company, long before…
Editorial: CSR office shoots another blank
There have been a couple of new precedents set in Canada’s evolving corporate social responsibility (CSR) landscape.
Metals Commentary: Pullback in gold a buying opportunity, Macquarie says
Since the 2007 global financial crisis, March has been the worst month for the gold price with average declines of 1.6%. But David Doyle, a Toronto-based strategist and economist at Macquarie Capital Markets, believes the recent pullback is a…
Miner killed at Lake Shore’s Timmins West mine
Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T, LSG-X) share price continued to slide following the death of a miner at its newly producing Timmins West gold mine in Ontario on April 2.
Land deal paves way for Torex
Torex Gold Resources’ (TXG-T) work on the community relations side of the mining business is bearing fruit.
Correction
The article “Lundin’s NGEx targets copper and gold in Chile” (TNM, April 9–15/12) incorrectly stated that Teck Resources had earned a 51% interest last year in NGEx Resources’ GJ-Kinaskan project in B.C. In fact, Teck is an…
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