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Peregine Diamonds and Diamexstrat Botswana personnel in the field in Botswana, from left: Mike Shaw, Gerard de La Valle Poussin, Tom Peregoodoff, Herman Grtter and Barry Bayly.  Photo by Andr Fourie.

Peregrine Diamonds teams up with old Africa hands in Botswana

In its first meaningful venture in diamond exploration outside of North America, Peregrine Diamonds (TSX: PGD) expects to drill kimberlite targets in Botswana before year-end, thanks to the wisdom of three exploration geologists whose previous…


Workers at a drill site in the Artavasdes zone, part of Lydian International's Amulsar gold project in Armenia. Credit: Lydian International

New Armenian legislation is a plus for Lydian

Lydian International (TSX: LYD; US-OTC: LYDIF) says new mine ramp gradients will help it save up to $100 million in operating costs, and trim total cash costs to US$600 per oz. from US$642 per oz. at its Amulsar gold project in southern Armenia.


QMX Gold's past-producing Snow Lake gold mine in Manitoba, which Hudbay Minerals has agreed to buy for $12.3 million in cash and a conditional $5-million payment.   Credit: QMX Gold

Hudbay picks up QMX Gold’s Snow Lake mine

The opportunity to acquire the past-producing Snow Lake gold mine and mill in Manitoba from financially strapped QMX Gold (TSXV: QMX) emerged a couple of months ago, Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) has confirmed, but says “there is…



TSX retreats, April 13-17

Canada’s benchmark index fell on renewed concern over Greece’s debt and China’s new trading regulations. The S&P/TSX Composite Index slipped 28 points, or 0.2%, to 15,360.55, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals…



A Nautilus owned ship suspends underwater drilling equipment in the air. Source: Nautilus Minerals

Nautilus targets 2018 for undersea mining

VANCOUVER — It’s been a bounce-back 12 months for junior Nautilus Minerals (TSX: NUS; US-OTC: NSUMF), which has overcome a major sociopolitical hurdle to get back on track to develop the world’s first undersea mining operation…


TSX posts solid gains, April 6-10

A slight rally in oil prices and reports of encouraging employment data in Canada helped lift Canada’s benchmark index. The S&P/TSX Composite Index advanced 2.4% to 15,388.43, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals &…


Looking north along the deposit's axis at Newmont Mining's Long Canyon gold project in northeast Nevada. Source: Newmont Mining

Newmont green-lights Long Canyon gold mine

VANCOUVER — Denver-based Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) is poised to open up a new gold district at its Long Canyon project along the eastern flank of the Pequop Mountains in northeastern Nevada. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)…


Geologists working at Panoro Minerals' Cotabambas copper project in Peru. Source: Panoro Minerals

Panoro’s Cotabambas PEA a good start

Analysts believe Panoro Minerals’ (TSXV: PML; US-OTC: POROF) preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Cotabambas project shows the copper-gold-silver-molybdenum porphyry deposit is viable, despite failing to impress investors. 


Wall Street marches higher, April 6-10

U.S. stocks rose for a second straight week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 294.41 points to 18,057.65 and the S&P 500 Index gained 35.1 points to finish at 2,102.06. Both indexes were up 1.7%. The Nasdaq Composite rose 2.2% to…


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