Lead and zinc demand set to rise strongly in 2016, says ILZSG
The following is an edited release by the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG), which held its spring meetings in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 27. For lead, the ILZSG…
2016
Suppliers news: Geotech keeps busy with surveying contracts
Aurora, Ont.-based Geotech recently won a pair of contracts to fly airborne geophysical surveys in the northern U.S. and the Yukon. The U.S. Geological Survey tapped the firm to fly…
Suppliers news: Galaxy Broadband offers faster satellite Internet service
Telecommunications provider Galaxy Broadband has launched its first high-throughput “Ka-band” network in Canada, which provides burst speeds of up to 100 MB per second and committed information rates of 50…
Fasken Martineau named mining law firm of the year
Fasken Martineau has been named Global Mining Law Firm of the Year for 2016 by Who’s Who Legal, a London-based legal news and information service. The win represents the eighth…
Suppliers news: SRK merges with Mine Ventilation Services
Mining consultancy SRK has announced it is merging its U.S. practice with Mine Ventilation Services (MVS), a firm that specializes in underground engineering and ventilation solutions. “Over the past five…
Shanghai Gold Exchange launches benchmark price
The following is an edited release from the London-headquartered World Gold Council. For more information, please visit www.gold.org. A year and half after it was established in September 2014, the…
Barrick posts Q1 loss
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) swung into the red in the first quarter on the back of declining production due to asset sales in the second half of 2015…
Roxgold reports maiden resource on Bagassi South’s QV1 target
Roxgold (TSXV: ROG; US-OTC: ROGFF) expects to become a junior producer in June when it pours the first gold from its Yaramoko project in Burkina Faso. In the meantime, the…
Pretium boosts confidence in Brucejack
VANCOUVER — Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) is proceeding on schedule and US$50 million under budget at its Brucejack gold project in northwestern B.C., moving steadily towards its goal…
Colorado hunts for high-grade gold at KSP
VANCOUVER — Colorado Resources (TSXV: CXO) has a plethora of targets to choose from at its rugged 305 sq. km KSP property in northwest B.C, but this year the junior…
Explorers ‘cautiously optimistic’ at Kamloops confab
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — With technical talks and trade show displays hosted alongside magicians and saxophone players, it’s fair to say that this year’s Kamloops Exploration Group (KEG) conference held in…
Water act woes hit BC explorers
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Exploration companies and prospectors in B.C. will not be impacted this year by new regulations imposed under the Water Sustainability Act (WSA), B.C.’s Minister of Energy &…