Volume 101 Number 32 Sept 21 - 27, 2015

TSX Venture moves lower, Sept. 8-11

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index closed in the red for the second week after a loss of 1%, or 5.41 points, en route to a 547.20-point close. Falling energy futures drove losses , while the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England…


William Chornobay, Goldstrike Resources chief operating officer, examines a core sample from the Plateau South gold project, 300 km east of Dawson City in the Yukon. Credit: Goldstrike Resources

Goldstrike strikes again at Plateau South in Yukon

VANCOUVER — Goldstrike Resources (TSXV: GSR) is gaining traction over a new gold district at its Plateau South project, 300 km east of Dawson City, Yukon, as recent drilling has expanded its high-grade gold targets.


A drill rig, surrounded by sound walls, in the Central zone at Premier Gold Mines' Hasaga gold project in northwestern Ontario. Credit: Premier Gold Mines

Premier’s Downie bullish on Hasaga in Red Lake

VANCOUVER — Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) is taking a new approach to exploration at its past-producing Hasaga gold property in the prolific Red Lake mining district of northwestern Ontario, and Ewan Downie, president and…



Workers at Kirkland Lake Gold's mill at the Macassa gold-mining complex in northern Ontario. Credit: Kirkland Lake Gold

Kirkland Lake benefits from high grades at SMC

VANCOUVER — Kirkland Lake Gold’s (TSX: KGI; LSE: KGI; US-OTC: KGILF) quarterly results reveal that it has two advantages at its Macassa gold complex in northeastern Ontario: higher grades at its South Mine Complex (SMC), and a…


Otto Perez Molina, President of Guatemala, looks at his notes during the Forum Debate: 'Winning the War on Drugs' at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 24, 2013. Credit: World Economic Forum, Photo by Michael Wuertenberg.

Editorial: Political risk never far in Guatemala

As miners active in Guatemala sit on the sidelines with furrowed brows, Guatemala has been embroiled in a political turmoil stoked by an anti-corruption drive that has led to the arrest of President Otto Perez Molina and the rise of a genial…


Workers inside the mill at Detour Gold's Detour Lake gold mine in Ontario, 300 km northeast of Timmins. Credit: Detour Gold

Detour Gold surmounting weak gold prices, CEO says

VANCOUVER — Detour Gold (TSX: DGC; US-OTC: DRGDF) is picking up momentum at its Detour Lake gold mine, 300 km northeast of Timmins, as the company anticipates first-ever positive cash flows since the operation reached commercial…


Project geologists Adam Larsen (left) and Paul Dunbar examine a map of Treasury Metals' Goliath gold project. Credit: Treasury Metals

Treasury Metals upgrades Goliath resource

Ahead of a feasibility study due before year-end, Treasury Metals (TSX: TML; US-OTC: TSRMF) has increased by 44% the measured and indicated resources of its Goliath gold project near Dryden in northern Ontario.


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