Mining has always been a risky but high-reward industry. But times have certainly changed: today, shareholders tend to ignore the high risks, and expect grandiose success regardless. But despite the risk that won’t go away, shareholders…
VANCOUVER — A preliminary feasibility study has concluded the East and West iron ore deposits at Champion Iron Mines’ (CHM-T) Consolidated Fire Lake North (CFLN) project could produce 9.3 million tonnes of concentrate grading 66%…
TIMMINS, ONT. — Greg Gibson is all about the big score, even if he has to take small steps to get there.
Over the last 40 years, Klaus Zeitler has financed, built and managed base metal and gold mines in Europe, Africa, North and South America and the Pacific.
Delays to drill programs will translate into a weak first half of 2013 for drilling companies, CIBC analysts forecast in a new report.
If you manage a mining company with assets abroad, sooner or later you will have to consider whether you are going to staff the key positions with local nationals, or send someone from the home office.
MOCORITO, SINALOA, MEXICO — The state of Sinaloa is a narrow strip of land hugging 650 km of coastline in northwestern Mexico that makes up 3% of the country’s land mass, 2% of its population and a hefty 30% of its food production.
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA — Rising out of the sea at the collision of the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, Papua New Guinea is the stuff of legend for both its geological potential and punishing working environment.
VANCOUVER — Curis Resources (CUV-T) bucked two of the mining sector’s most persistent problems — creeping capital costs and rising operating expenses — with a prefeasibility study for its Florence copper project in…
Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) is getting a firmer handle on its recently acquired Cerro Moro gold project in Argentina.
VANCOUVER — Uranium juniors have had a tough time over the past two years, but Wyoming-focused developer Uranerz Energy (URZ-T, URZ-X) looks poised to capitalize on a recent uptick in the nuclear market, with an enviable land position in…
Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) could become a consolidator in B.C., or prey to companies like Lundin Mining (LUN-T), Capstone Mining (CS-T) or Teck Resources (TCK-T, TCK-N), Christopher Chang of Laurentian Bank Securities argues.
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