Lucara to exit Mothae in Lesotho
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC; US-OTC: LUCRF) plans to sell its 75%-held Mothae diamond project in Lesotho after the project failed to meet the company’s investment criteria.
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ICYMI: Most popular stories of 2014
Let’s take a stroll through the most-clicked and highest rated stories of 2014:
Skeena seeks next discovery in BC’s Golden Triangle
VANCOUVER — It’s been more than two decades since veteran geologist Ron Netolitzky won the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada’s Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year award for his role in exploring and financing…
Chinese driving copper demand: ICSG
The following is a summary of the International Copper Study Group’s (ICSG) December 2014 Copper Bulletin. For more information and to buy the bulletin, visit www.icsg.org.
Suppliers news: Johnson Matthey, Cabo, BSIC, Apollo Safety
Johnson Matthey sells gold and silver refining business
Timmins Gold picks up Caballo Blanco from Goldgroup
Timmins Gold (TSX: TMM; NYSE-MKT: TGD) has been looking at Goldgroup Mining’s (TSX: GGA) Caballo Blanco project in Mexico for a couple of years now, and has finally signed a deal to acquire 100% of the asset.
Alacer boosts leaching capacity at pler
Alacer Gold (TSX: ASR) says it can increase the heap-leach capacity at its 80%-held Copler gold mine in Turkey to extend oxide gold production beyond 2017.
Trevali, Teck and Vedanta well-positioned for coming zinc revival
With all the talk of improving fundamentals for zinc, Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) may soon find itself in a sweet spot.
Wall Street rebounds, Dec. 15-19
The U.S. market climbed into positive territory following higher oil prices and the U.S. Federal Reserve reporting that it was in no hurry to raise interest rates.
TSX surges, Dec. 15-19
A rebound in oil prices and news the U.S. Federal Reserve would take a patient approach to hiking interest rates helped Canada’s benchmark index achieve its best weekly gain in three years. The S&P/TSX Composite Index soared 736.21…
California Gold unlocking Fremont’s potential
California Gold Mining (TSXV: CGM; US-OTC: CFGMF) is raising more funds to explore its flagship Fremont gold project in Mariposa County, Calif.
Editorial: Yukon government’s knuckles rapped by courts
The year 2014 closed out with yet another court decision regarding land use in a remote stretch of Canada, this time in northeastern Yukon’s vast Peel watershed.