2014

The Cerro Pelon deposit, 3 km from Alamos Gold's Mulatos gold mine in northwestern Mexico's Sonora state. Credit: Alamos Gold

Alamos adding Cerro Pelon and La Yaqui to the mix

Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) has scored a major victory at its Mulatos gold mine operation in Mexico with the acquisition of surface rights for two satellite gold deposits that could add low-cost production growth as early as 2016.


Calibre Mining president and CEO Greg Smith (left) and senior geologist Marc Cianci at the Eastern Borosi gold-silver project in northeast Nicaragua. Credit: Calibre Mining

Iamgold becomes Calibre’s third partner in Nicaragua

Calibre Mining (TSXV: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) saw its shares surge 43% after reporting that Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) had signed an option to spend US$10.9 million to earn up to 70% of the junior’s Eastern Borosi gold–silver project…


Midway expands Gold Rock resource

Midway Gold (TSX: MDW; NYSE: MDW) may be in the thick of building its first gold mine at the Pan project in Nevada — with the first gold pour expected in the fourth quarter — but that hasn’t stopped the junior developer from…


A mine tour of Pershing Gold's Relief Canyon project, a past-producing mine with three open pits and a fully permitted and operational heap-leach facility, about 153 km north of Reno in Pershing County.

Relief Canyon grows under Pershing

Steve Alfers cut his teeth as a transactions lawyer on international mining deals and as a privatization specialist working in some of the world’s most challenging jurisdictions — including Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine, Zambia and…






Processing facilities at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's Tenke Fungurume mine in 2011. Credit: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold

Commentary: Copper price rises on supply worries

These are interesting times for copper investors. Concerns on the supply side, questions over sustained demand due to sluggish global economic growth and a forward curve that defies the normal contango situation are some of the major issues…


Miners drag down TSX, May 26-30

It was a tough week for the Toronto Stock Exchange. The S&P/TSX Composite Index dropped 103.94 points, or 0.71%, to end the trading week at 14,604.16, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 33.82 points, or…


An aerial view of KWG Resources' mining camp at the Big Daddy project, located in the McFaulds Lake area, in the Ring of Fire. Credit: KWG Resources

Editorial: Ring of Fire funding – A Wynne-win?

In a rare turn, mining has emerged as an issue in a provincial election campaign in Ontario: the ruling Liberal party is promising to unilaterally pump up to $1 billion into infrastructure development in the remote Ring of Fire chromite camp in…



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