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Operating facilities at  Gainey Capital's El Colomo project in Mexico. Credit: Gainey Capital

Gainey Capital aims to fast-track El Colomo

VANCOUVER — Over two years ago Gainey Capital (TSXV: GNC) CEO David Coburn saw promise in a private Mexican precious metal operation 135 km southeast of Mazatlan — along the border of the States of Nayarit and Durango…


Metals, mining and money markets

Spot prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $1,238.75 -17.25 Silver $18.75 -0.25 Platinum $1,369.00 -26 Palladium $839.00 -42       Base…


A drill rig at Zenyatta Ventures' Albany graphite project in northern Ontario. Credit: Zenyetta Ventures

Zenyatta advances Albany graphite project toward PEA

With a preliminary economic assessment on its Albany graphite project in northern Ontario due in the fourth quarter, Zenyatta Ventures (TSXV: ZEN; US-OTC: ZENYF) is nailing down the details of how the operation would work, including the…




Bear Creek Mining's Corani silver-lead-zinc project in southern Peru. Credit: Bear Creek Mining

Bear Creek keeps Corani on track, reduces costs

As Bear Creek Mining (TSXV: BCM) works to produce an updated feasibility study for its flagship Corani silver–lead–zinc project in southern Peru by year-end, its efforts to reduce costs are already paying off.


The historic headframe at Premier Gold's Hardrock project, 250 km northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Credit: Premier Gold Mines

Dundee: Premier ‘living up to its name’

When it comes to development-stage assets, those offering a combination of higher-grade, simple mining and low-operating costs, and favourable jurisdictions are typically the ones that are acquired by larger producers, analysts at Dundee…


GoGold Resources' geological team in 2014 at the Santa Gertrudis project in Mexico. Credit: GoGold Resources.

Robust economics in GoGold’s PEA for Santa Gertrudis

After clinching a deal earlier this year to secure Animas Resources and its past-producing Santa Gertrudis gold mine in Mexico’s Sonora state, GoGold Resources (TSX: GGD) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) outlining the…



Vale's Totten nickel-copper-precious metals mine in Sudbury, Ontario. Credit: Vale

Vale’s Q2 nickel production plunges in Sudbury

Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) companywide nickel production in the second quarter of 2014 was 61,600 tonnes, an 8.6% drop from the first quarter and 5.3% fall from the year-ago period. Vale says the decline mainly reflects the impact of four weeks…




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