Wolfden digs into Armstrong
Wolfden Resources (TSXV: WLF) is looking to repeat the success of its former namesake, and if it can do it, it will take the province of New Brunswick along for the ride.
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Ivanhoe outlines major copper mine at Kamoa
VANCOUVER — Years ago, he called Voisey’s Bay a game-changer for the global nickel game. After that he labelled Oyu Tolgoi a world-class copper project. Only a few weeks ago he called a high-grade platinum, palladium, rhodium and…
Coastal Gold makes headway
Coastal Gold (TSXV: COD) has updated the resource estimate for its Hope Brook gold project on the southwestern coast of Newfoundland, with grades in the indicated category 30% higher than in the last resource estimate completed in October 2012.
Second Keno Hill mine is key to Alexco’s plan
VANCOUVER — There are over 40 million oz. of indicated silver resource sitting alongside a modern mill at Alexco Resource’s (TSX: AXR; NYSE-MKT: AXU) historic Keno Hill property in the Yukon, but, with the price of silver struggling…
Slam keeps busy at Menneval
Slam Exploration’s (TSXV: SXL; US-OTC: SLMXF) CEO Mike Taylor, a veteran geologist, had more than a hunch that there should be other gold deposits near Saint-Quentin, N.B., after local prospector Tim Lavoie discovered a gold deposit there…
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, December 10, 2013 Precious MetalsPrice…
Commentary: Jeffrey Christian of CPM Group bullish on gold – post-2015
Negative sentiment regarding gold and fears over the U.S. Federal Reserve Board “tapering” its QE3 stimulus program have pushed the gold price down to US$1,241 per oz. at press time from close to US$1,700 at the start of the year.
Pilot Gold finds high-grade structures at Kinsley
VANCOUVER — A 36.6-metre intercept grading 8.53 grams gold per tonne has Pilot Gold (TSX: PLG; US-OTC: PLGTF) convinced anew the Kinsley Mountain project in Nevada could contain a lot of gold.
Vale commissions hydromet nickel plant at Long Harbour
VANCOUVER — Twenty years after Diamond Fields Resources discovered nickel in at Voisey’s Bay in Labrador and eight years after Vale (NYSE: VALE) predecessor Inco started mining, work is now wrapping up on a state-of-the-art…
Stratabound unbound in New Brunswick
VANCOUVER — It has been a bit of a tough year for Calgary-based junior Stratabound Minerals (TSXV: SB; US-OTC: SBMLF) at its wholly owned Captain North Extension (CNE) zinc–lead–silver deposit in the prolific Bathurst…
Editorial: The two lions of Southern Africa
The mining community in Canada probably has more connections to South Africa than any other group in the country, and so the death of Nelson Mandela on Dec. 5 provided many miners here with time to reflect on the man’s leadership, as well…
Carlisle Goldfields unveils economics for Lynn Lake camp
VANCOUVER — It has been a busy 18 months for Toronto-based junior Carlisle Goldfields (TSX: CGJ; US-OTC: CGJCF) at its wholly owned, 285 sq. km property package across the historic Lynn Lake greenstone belt in northern Manitoba….