Yukon-Nevada restarts production at Jerritt Canyon
Yukon-Nevada Gold (YNG-T) has released a slew of positive drill results as it advances its Jerritt Canyon gold mining complex in northeast Nevada.
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Atna’s Pinson project has open-pit potential
Atna Resources (ATN-T) plans to start commercial underground mine production in this year’s fourth quarter at its Pinson gold project near Winnemucca, Nev., and is exploring the possibility of developing an open-pit mine on the property…
Midway Gold de-risks Nevada projects
Nevada-focused Midway Gold (MDW-V, MDW-X) shares have climbed 145% to $2.01 apiece since the beginning of 2011.
Best intercept yet for Bellhaven in Colombia
Bellhaven Copper & Gold (BHV-V) hit its best intercept yet at its La Mina gold-copper project in Colombia, and the good news came out of an emerging zone on the property.
Malaysia gives Lynas temporary REE plant licence
Shares of Lynas (LYC-A) closed 19% higher at A$1.59 on the Australian Stock Exchange following news that, after a year of delay, the Malaysian government has approved a temporary operating licence for the rare earth separation plant the…
JV partners Regulus and Pachamama to merge
Already equal partners in the headline-grabbing Rio Grande copper-gold project in Argentina, Regulus Resources (REG-V) and Pachamama Resources (PMA-V) are making the arrangement formal and merging into one company.
Gold sniffs for Benton at Sewell-West project
Last December Benton Resources (BTC-V) launched a 1,500-metre drill program at its Sewell-West Timmins grassroots gold project in northern Ontario, 60 km west of Timmins and 40 km west of Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T) Timmins gold mine.
Positive prefeasibility for Silvercorp
AMC Mining Consultants has given the thumbs-up to Silvercorp Metals’ (SVM-T, SVM-N) Gaocheng silver-lead-zinc project in southern China in a prefeasibility study that outlines a $73.7 million net present value at an 8% discount rate, a…
Zambian copper mine yields lower-than-expected margins for Barrick
Half a year in, Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) newly purchased Lumwana copper mine in Zambia has done little to rebut the critics who denounced Barrick’s contentious and expensive move into copper through its June 2011 takeover of…
Talon hits iron in fresh and weathered rock at Trairao
Vancouver – Talon Metals (TLO-T) has released a slew of drill results from its extensive 2011 exploration program, showing significant iron content in both weathered and fresh rock at its Trairao project in Brazil.
Commentary: Mining execs’ pay jumps as industry rebounds
This is one of those “good problems” you hear about from time to time in business. After weathering the punishing collapse in demand for commodities that began in 2008 and dragged on for more than two years, the mining industry has…
Positive PEA for Queenston’s Upper Beaver
A preliminary economic assessment of Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T, QNMNF-O) flagship Upper Beaver project in northern Ontario envisions production of 120,000 ounces of gold and 5.3 million pounds of copper a year at attractive cash costs…