East Coast Snapshot: Eight juniors on the hunt in Atlantic Canada
Although many of the mineral deposits in Atlantic Canada are on the smaller side, the region is nonetheless home to dozens of junior explorers and developers with active programs in…
Volume 103 Number 16 August 7 – 20, 2017
Commentary: One theory on the root of Acacia’s troubles in Tanzania
Long-simmering resource nationalism in Tanzania heated up this March with a sudden export ban on ore concentrates by Tanzanian President John Magufuli, who said that “based on the information that…
Editorial: Barrick’s Acacia, Tanzanian gov’t stay on collision course
The months-long showdown between Barrick Gold’s 63.9%-owned subsidiary Acacia Mining and the Tanzanian government heated up in the last days of July, with Acacia reporting that one of its senior…
NexGen says Arrow ‘in a class of its own’
VANCOUVER — NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE; NYSE-MKT: NXE) has unveiled its first tentative mine plan for the Rook I uranium project along the southwestern edges of Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin. The company’s…
Shawn Ryan turns attention to Labrador gold
VANCOUVER — Prodigious Yukon prospector Shawn Ryan is on the move again, but this time his sights are on Labrador. In June, Ryan staked 1,696 sq. km of claims over…
GT Gold surges on greenfield discovery
VANCOUVER — GT Gold (TSXV: GTT; US-OTC: GTGDF) has unearthed the first noteworthy greenfield gold discovery of the current exploration wave in northwestern B.C.’s historic Golden Triangle region. On July 25, the…
Atlantic Gold builds critical mass
VANCOUVER — Atlantic Gold (TSXV: AGB) is on the fast track to first production at its Moose River Consolidated gold project in Nova Scotia. Its district-scale vision, however, extends beyond the mine…
Anaconda Mining branches out in Atlantic Canada
Since Dustin Angelo joined junior gold producer Anaconda Mining (TSX: ANX) as president and CEO in September 2010, he and his management team have grown the company’s footprint on the…
Ascendant explores El Mochito’s upside
VANCOUVER — Ascendant Resources (TSX: ASND) has delivered fresh exploration drill results at its El Mochito zinc-lead-silver mine, 88 km southwest of San Pedro Sula in northwest Honduras. The 32,000-metre…
Puma beats staking rush in NB
Puma Exploration (TSXV: PUM) has been active in northern New Brunswick’s Bathurst mining camp for more than a decade, but stepped up its involvement last year with agreements to acquire…
Nighthawk Gold extends high-grade zone at Colomac
Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK), which graduated to the TSX in May, is halfway through a 25,000-metre drill program at its Colomac project in the Northwest Territories, and all of the…
Cardinal Resources delineates 4.2M oz. gold at Namdini in Ghana
Archie Koimtsidis, cofounder and CEO of Cardinal Resources (TSX: CDV; ASX: CDV), is confident that the company’s Namdini gold deposit will become the first big gold mine ever built in…