Sabina pushes permitting forward at Back River
Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB) expects to submit a final environmental impact statement (EIS) on its Back River gold project in southwestern Nunavut by mid-year.
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Imperial Metals raises $50M
Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) may be nursing a black eye from the August tailings dam failure at its Mount Polley mine in central B.C., but the company says it’s pleased with its cleanup efforts so far, and that it is also…
Seabridge proves permits still attainable for big BC mines
VANCOUVER — It’s shaping up to be a big year for Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) at its large-scale Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell (KSM) gold-copper project, 65 km northwest of Stewart, B.C. In late December the company received a…
Capstone’s 2015 outlook ‘disappointing,’ BMO says
VANCOUVER — On Jan. 20 copper producer Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) released its production and capital expenditure guidance for 2015, and the results don’t have analysts at BMO Capital Markets particularly enthusiastic….
First Nickel slashes jobs at Lockerby mine
First Nickel (TSX: FNI; US-OTC: FNKLF) is cutting 109 jobs at its Lockerby nickel-copper mine in Ontario’s Sudbury basin, as part of a restructuring plan to lower costs, resume exploration and extend the mine’s life.
TSX Venture in the red, Jan. 12-16
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite struggled under the weight of multi-year low crude oil prices during the trading period, as it lost 2.9%, or 19.9 points, en route to a 667.31-point weekly close. Bloomberg data indicates that U.S.-based…
Banks Island hits commercial production at Yellow Giant
Banks Island Gold’s (TSXV: BOZ) Yellow Giant gold-silver project is the latest mine to achieve commercial production in northwestern B.C.
Coeur buys Goldcorp’s Wharf mine for US$105M
VANCOUVER — U.S.-based gold and silver producer Coeur Mining (TSX: CDM; NYSE: CDE) is wading into the acquisition pool for the second time in as many months with an all-cash deal for Goldcorp’s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) Wharf heap-leach…
Rockwell Diamonds expands footprint with new acquisition
Johannesburg-based alluvial miner Rockwell Diamonds (TSX: RDI; US-OTC: RDIAF), which owns three diamond mines near the midpoint of South Africa’s Orange River, is buying assets close to its operations that will enlarge its resource base…
Argonaut Gold advances San Agustin
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR; US-OTC: ARNGF) bought the San Agustin project, 10 km west of its producing El Castillo open-pit mine in Durango, Mexico, for $75 million in cash and shares in December 2013, and a recent preliminary economic assessment…
Ivanhoe tables prefeasibility study on Platreef PGM project
In Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) first-ever conference call on its massive Platreef project in South Africa, executive chairman and company founder Robert Friedland declared that the orebody “is destined to change the…
TSX falls 2.5%, Jan. 5-9
Oil prices were down for a seventh straight week, dipping below US$50 per barrel, while Statistics Canada reported job losses for the second month in a row. The unemployment rate in December remained unchanged at 6.6%, with full-time employment…