Film Review: Bre-X goes to Hollywood in ‘Gold’
The Bre-X Minerals scam was practically made for the big screen. In 1997 many surely felt like they were living something out of a movie when 200 million ounces of…
Volume 103 Number 2 January 23 – February 5, 2017
Companies and projects worth noting in BC
Despite the weakened metal markets of the past few years, B.C. is still a magnet for mineral explorers and mine developers. The following are six such companies with active programs…
Editorial: Kazatomprom’s cuts and uranium’s rebound
What a difference a month makes. After an absolutely desultory past few years for uranium oxide prices — which saw the spot price of yellowcake hit 11-year lows of only…
Commentary: Mine development and exploration in BC — where we stand in 2017
Thousands of members of the global mineral exploration and development industry are meeting in Vancouver from Jan. 23 to 26 at the Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference. Roundup…
Kinross investment in Nighthawk Gold points to Colomac’s potential
Nighthawk Gold’s (TSXV: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) Colomac deposit was previously mined by Royal Oak Mines and produced just over 500,000 oz. gold from a shallow open-pit operation. The deposit is…
TSX Venture rises, Jan. 9-13
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 3.1 points to a 794.51-point close. Spot gold prices hit seven-week highs, gaining US$24.71, or 2.1%, to US$1,197.34 per oz., whereas Comex copper prices…
TSX posts slight increase, Jan. 9-13
The gold price climbed US$24.70 per oz., or 2.1%, to finish at US$1,196.90 per oz., driven higher by uncertainty about what the upcoming presidency Donald Trump will mean for the…
Wall Street dips, Jan. 9–13
U.S. equities slipped into negative territory, as oil prices retreated and gold rose. The S&P 500 Index dipped 0.1% to 2,274.64, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4% to…
Site visit: IDM Mining pursues dual upside at Red Mountain
STEWART, B.C. — An aura of history surrounds IDM Mining‘s (TSXV: IDM; US-OTC: RVRCF) Red Mountain gold property, 18 km northeast of the town of Stewart, British Columbia. That history…
Yukon Snapshot: Three advanced projects
While Canada’s Yukon Territory has only one operating mine at the moment — Capstone Mining’s (TSX: CS) Minto copper mine, 240 km north of capital city Whitehorse — it has…
TerraX Minerals advances Yellowknife gold project
Joseph Campbell has had his fair share of success in the mining industry. He was part of the team that discovered the Meliadine gold project in Nunavut, which Agnico Eagle…
When the east pushed back: The geology and metal districts of BC and Yukon
VANCOUVER — In 1971, two geologists from the Geological Survey of Canada, Jim Monger and Charlie Rouse, proposed an idea that helped radically shape how we view the geological history…