United States Snapshot: Ten companies with projects on the go in the USA
Mining and mineral exploration in the U.S. has been on an uptick in recent years, thanks to higher gold and silver prices, and an easing in some regulatory burdens. Here’s…
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Ascendant doubles resource of Lagoa Salgada in Portugal
Ascendant Resources (TSX: ASND; US-OTC: ASDRF) has nearly doubled the number of tonnes at both its North and South deposits, part of the Lagoa Salgada polymetallic project in Portugal’s Iberian…
Facts ‘n’ figures: Central banks buoyed gold demand in 2018
The following is an edited summary from the World Gold Council, based on its Gold Demand Trends Full Year and Q4 2018 report. To access the full report, visit www.gold.org. Global gold demand…
Commentary: Mining in the digital age
Early traditional miners would have never believed that the industry tools of choice would one day shift from shovels and pickaxes to automation and artificial intelligence. Mining companies are now…
BMO: Silvercrest Metals an attractive takeover candidate
Silvercrest Metals (TSXV: SIL) expects to update the resource estimate and complete a preliminary economic assessment in the first quarter of the year on its Las Chispas silver project in…
Continental Gold expands resource at Buritica
Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) has tabled an increased resource estimate for its Buritica gold development project in northwestern Colombia that also reinterprets the way the company sees its…
First Cobalt extends mineralization at Iron Creek in Idaho
First Cobalt (TXSV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has extended copper-cobalt mineralization along strike at both its Waite zone and No Name zone, part of its Iron Creek cobalt project in Idaho….
Editorial: Iron ore prices surge higher on Vale disaster
All of those supply and demand, and price forecasts carefully assembled in late 2018 for iron ore have become obsolete in the wake of Vale’s devastating Corrego do Feijao tailings…
Roxgold acquires Newcrest’s Seguila project in Cote d’Ivoire
Roxgold (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) is purchasing from Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) a large and carefully assembled land package in Cote d’Ivoire that includes the Seguela gold project and its…
Kerr Mines targets 2020 production at Copperstone
Kerr Mines (TSX: KER; US-OTC: KERMF) expects to mine and stockpile mineralized material from its Copperstone gold project in Arizona in the fourth quarter of this year, with production starting…
TSX rises, Feb 4-8: RNC, Wallbridge and First Quantum
Canada’s benchmark index rose 1% to end the trading week at 15,663.33. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 0.65% to 71.90, and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 1.3% to…
US markets post slight gains: Vale, Cleveland Cliffs, Buenaventura, Franco-Nevada, Peabody Energy
The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a marginal 0.17% gain to 25,106.33, while the S&P 500 Index ended 0.05% higher at 2,707.88. Despite a rising dollar, spot gold held above…