2015

National Mining Hall of Fame to induct five more

U.S. mining industry leaders TS Ary, Frank F Aplan, Ralph E Bailey, John Campbell Greenway and Edward Steidle will be inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame at a banquet on Oct. 23, 2015, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Based in Leadville, Colo.,…


Wellgreen Platinum president and CEO Greg Johnson in the core shack at the company's namesake project in southwest Yukon, 315 km west of the capital Whitehorse. Photo by Matthew Keevil.

Site visit: Wellgreen eyes revival under new management

DESTRUCTION BAY, YUKON – Roughly 30 km southeast from the small settlement of Destruction Bay along the Alaska Highway, which traces the picturesque shores of Kluane Lake in southwestern Yukon, lies Wellgreen Platinum’s (TSX: WG;…


Golden Arrow may point to more ore for Silver Standard

Silver Standard Resources’ (TSX: SSO; NASDAQ: SSRI) Pirquitas silver mine in northern Argentina’s Jujuy province is 35 km from Golden Arrow Resources’ (TSXV: GRG) wholly owned Chinchillas silver-lead-zinc project, and the…


Higher oil and gold lift TSX, Oct. 2-8

Stocks gained ground as higher oil prices lifted the energy-heavy Toronto Stock Exchange, while the prospects of an interest rate increase in the U.S. receded further into the background. Brent crude futures posted four straight closes above…


US stocks rise, Oct. 2-8

U.S. equities advanced, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing 4.8% to 17,050.75. The S&P 500 Index advanced 4.7% to 2,103.43 for its highest level in seven weeks. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 4% to 4,810.79. The spot price for gold…


Scotiabank’s Mohr: Palladium ‘oversold’

Scotiabank economist and commodity specialist Patricia Mohr says palladium offers the greatest upside within the platinum group metals (PGMs) due to rising demand for car ownership in China and the central government’s wish to improve…





Amerigo secures new resource in old tailings

Amerigo Resources (TSX: ARG; US-OTC: ARREF) hasn’t lost much time since it cut a deal with Codelco in April 2014 to treat a new source of tailings from the miner’s El Teniente mine — the world’s largest underground…




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