It has been a rough year for junior explorer Sandspring Resources (SSP-V), with its share price plummeting 67%, or $1.60, to lows of 57¢ in May. The company has suffered from questions concerning the economics of its low-grade,…
Nearly two months after Baja Mining (BAJ-T, BAJFF-O) initially disclosed cost overruns of US$246 million at its Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc project in Baja California Sur, Mexico, one of the company’s largest shareholders, Louis Dreyfus…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index sunk to a new low, dropping 45 points to close at 1,206.03. The closing position puts the index at a new 52-week low, and at its lowest level since September 2009. With no spikes in volume during the week…
Edgewater Exploration (EDW-V) has secured in principle a $120-million debt financing for its flagship Corcoesto gold project in Spain as it moves it towards production.The company has entered into a mandate letter with Credit Suisse…
International gold producer La Mancha Resources (LMA-T) unveiled good news at its Ity mine in Côte d’Ivoire in June, when the company released drill results that indicate gold mineralization beyond the operation’s in-pit…
Have you ever felt the whole game was rigged? Well, there’s some justification for that feeling, as the month of June closed out with British banking giant Barclays doing the perp walk and agreeing to pay out a relatively miniscule US$453…
Recently listed Atico Mining (ATY-V) has joined the rush of companies exploring for gold in Colombia, but the company plans to set itself apart with its unique management team and strategy.The team includes many of the people behind the success…
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A lot has changed since Vancouver-based Capstone Mining (CS-T) kick-started production at its Minto open-pit copper mine, 240 km north of Whitehorse, Yukon, in 2007. At the time the mine had an eight-year life and a throughput rate of 1,600…
Golden Reign Resources (GRR-V) wants to help return Nicaragua to its former vaunted status in the gold world.Before the Sandinista revolution of 1979, Nicaragua was one of Central America’s largest gold exporters.And…
I am an advocate of change for the better, as well as the preservation of those things that work well, but there seems to be a lack of good balance between the two these days when it comes to project development in mining. It seems to me that…
More than 200 alumni, faculty and friends gathered for a June weekend to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Haileybury School of Mines (HSM), including luminaries such as Mining Technologies International president and CEO Bob…
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