Victoria Gold boosts Eagle deposit in Yukon
Victoria Gold (TSXV: VIT) has increased the tonnage, gold grade and ounces in the measured and indicated category at its Eagle deposit in the Yukon, where the Toronto-based company expects…
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Troilus Gold builds strategic land position in Quebec
Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) has tripled its land position with the acquisition of 11,300 hectares to the northeast of its Troilus mine project in Quebec. Troilus is advancing…
Letter to the Editor: Time to re-open prospector programs in Manitoba
Since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, a healthy mineral exploration industry has been the major driving force that has uncovered northern Manitoba’s economic mineral deposits to the benefit of…
Spanish Mountain drills flagship BC gold project
Spanish Mountain Gold (TSXV: SPA; US-OTC: SPAZF) is infill drilling its flagship Spanish Mountain gold project in British Columbia. The company is targeting near surface areas of the project’s First…
TSX Venture falls, Nov. 26-30
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 2% to 589.52. It has been on a slow but steady decline since the start of 2018. Shares of SilverCrest Metals rose 28¢ to…
Wealth Minerals to spin out copper company
Lithium-focused Wealth Minerals (TSXV: WML; US-OTC: WMLLF) says it will spin out a copper company, containing two copper exploration projects, that it plans to acquire in Chile. Wealth Copper will…
Carube expands gold anomaly at Main Ridge in Jamaica
Carube Copper (TSXV: CUC) has expanded the gold-in-soil anomaly at its Main Ridge gold project in Jamaica east to a 5.5 km total strike length. Though Carube has several copper…
TSX mixed, Nov. 26-30
Canada’s benchmark index rose 1.24% to end the trading week at 12,197.82. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.19% to 62.58 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 1.4% to…
US markets post significant gains, Nov. 26-30
U.S. markets surged in the trading week with a revised North American trade pact. The U.S.–Mexico–Canada (USMCA) agreement, signed on Nov. 30, replaces the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement….
Semafo reports more killings near mines in Burkina Faso
On Nov. 30, Burkina Faso government security forces were attacked on the road between Semafo‘s (TSX: SMF) Fada and Boungou mine, about 40 km away, leaving four gendarmes and a driver…
Marathon hits more high-grade intercepts in Newfoundland
Infill drilling in the southwestern part of the Marathon gold deposit in Newfoundland continues to return high-grade gold intercepts, Marathon Gold (TSX: MOZ) reports. The company recently completed its 41,000-metre stepout and…
Maple Gold Mines finds drilling success at Douay
Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM; US-OTC: MGMLF) has completed its first drill campaign on its Douay gold project in Quebec since assembling a technical committee and exploration team a year…