VANCOUVER — It’s been nearly three years since developer Rubicon Minerals (TSX: RMX; NYSE-MKT: RBY) started construction at its high-grade Phoenix gold mine in Ontario’s prolific Red Lake camp.
Sudbury played host to this year’s Energy and Mines Ministers’ Conference in late August. The annual gathering of federal and provincial mining and energy ministers is meant to foster discussion and collaboration to advance…
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) has been so growth-oriented over the past decade — building new mines across the Americas and snapping up gold assets left and right — that it’s easy to forget sometimes just how productive its…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite took a step back during the shortened trading period, as it lost 2.8%, or 29.1 points, en route to a 994.89-point weekly close. Precious metal and commodity futures were on the decline, and Statistics Canada…
VANCOUVER — Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) had been eyeing Cayden Resources’ (TSXV: CYD; US-OTC: CDKNF) exploration efforts since early 2012, but on Sept. 8 finally made its move with a $205-million offer…
The holiday-shortened trading week saw the S&P/TSX Composite Index fall 55.81 points, or 0.4%, to 15,569.92, and the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index drop 2.01 points, or 0.2%, to 877.98. The S&P/TSX Global Gold…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a bountiful year for explorer Corvus Gold (TSX: KOR) at its North Bullfrog project, 15 km north of Beatty, Nev. The company is in the midst of a 20,000-metre drill program at the site, and has kept a strong…
It worked so well for silver — next up is gold.
U.S. equities ended the week on a positive note, despite a weak jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 39 points to 17,137.36, while the S&P 500 Index added 4 points to 2,007.71. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite…
Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) says its 80%-held Ekati mine and 40%-held Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories performed “exceptionally well” in the second fiscal quarter of 2015, with rough diamond production and sales…
We are a group of 11 companies operating in West Africa. We are understandably concerned about the impact of the Ebola virus on affected countries’ economies and the well-being of their people, which is being compounded by subsequent…
For some, the grass always appears greener for mining projects in distant and foreign jurisdictions. Why? Perhaps it’s the mining industry’s persistent optimism and the belief that these jurisdictions could never be as bad or…
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