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An Ontario Provincial Police officer poses with a freshly poured gold bar at the Mishi gold mine opening in Ontario in 2012. Credit: Wesdome Gold Mines

Wesdome ‘proud’ of its Ontario gold mines

For a company that hasn’t had to raise equity since 2006 and whose last financing was a $7-million convertible debenture in 2012, which isn’t due until 2017, Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO; US-OTC: WDOFF) has performed fairly well…


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…



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.




Wenco wins work at Siberian gold mine

Polyus Gold (LSE: POLG) has tapped Wenco International Mining Systems to provide high-precision guidance for shovels and drills at its Blagodatnoye gold mine in eastern Siberia. The technology will be installed by the end of 2015.



Letter to the editor: PM Harper at the PDAC

Stephen Harper is the only Canadian prime minister to ever attend the annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto. As a show of respect on election day Oct. 19, he’ll have my vote.


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…


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