2013

Exploration ramp development at Goldcorp's lonore gold project in Quebec. Source: Goldcorp

Goldcorp’s earnings squeezed

Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) may have surpassed its long-time rival Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) in terms of market capitalization, but that doesn’t mean the company has been insulated from the same bear market that has felled other…


Athabasca Minerals' Kearl aggregate mine, 105 km northeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Source: Athabasca Minerals

Athabasca finds aggregate demand remains strong

VANCOUVER — Despite recent uncertainty surrounding production in Canada’s oil sands — due to issues like volatile crude prices and ongoing pipeline debates — growth remains the word for supply-oriented companies in the…



Mills spin at Fortuna Silver Mines' Caylloma silver-gold-zinc-lead mine in southern Peru. Source: Fortuna Silver

Drilling returns more silver and gold at Fortuna’s mines

VANCOUVER — Gold and silver prices struggled in April, which meant most precious metal producers saw their share prices slide. For Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T, FSM-N), however, a slumping share price belies strong financials and promising…


Husky Energy's Sunrise oilsands project under construction in Alberta. The project is two-thirds away from completion, according to the company.

Husky ready to make the Sunrise

There are an estimated 170 billion barrels of oil in Alberta’s oilsands, but getting them all out is proving to be a costly venture. As with the metal mining industry, mining for oil has been subjected to steep cost inflation over the…


Logging core at Sunridge Gold's Asmara copper-zinc-gold project in Eritrea. Source: Sunridge Gold

Sunridge brightens Asmara’s economics

Sunridge Gold (SGC-V) has outlined stronger economics for its prized Asmara copper-zinc-gold project in Eritrea in a feasibility study that outshines last year’s prefeasibility study. 




Canadian Natural on track with Horizon expansion

Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ-T) is moving along with its staged expansion at its prized Horizon oilsands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, to boost the current production capacity to 250,000 barrels.


JV partners grow resource at Woodjam

In a little over a year, partners Consolidated Woodjam Copper (WCC-V) and Gold Fields (GFI-N) have grown the inferred resource at the Southeast zone on their Woodjam property in the Cariboo region of central British Columbia from 146.5 million…



TSX Venture Exchange, May 6-10

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index treaded water during the trading period despite a rally across North American stock markets. The Venture gained 0.2%, or 2.05 points, en route to a 966.73-point close, as commodity prices stayed soft and…


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