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Reconnaissance work by Osisko Exploration (OSK-V) has turned up two new surface gold zones on its flagship Canadian Malartic gold property, 25 km west of Val d’Or, Que….

Vancouver — Palmarejo Gold‘s (PJO-V, PMJOF-O) drill program on its namesake gold-silver project, in the Temoris District of northern Mexico’s Chihuahua state, has returned wide, hi…

Calgary-based Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V) will try to raise $3.5 million to further finance operations at its Schaft Creek copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia….

The Labrador Trough straddling eastern Quebec and western Labrador is attracting attention from a handful of companies hoping to break into the iron-ore mining business. Among the interested parties i…

Despite high gold prices, grassroots exploration is a tough sell these days, with most juniors preferring projects with existing resources or near-term production potential. One company keeping the ar…

One need look no further than the Internet recruitment pages of some of the bigger mines under development in North America to gauge the gravity of the labour shortage in the mining sector….

With Placer Dome‘s (PDG-T, PDG-N) shareholders less than eager to tender to its original takeover offer, Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has stuffed a bit more green…

Exploration drilling east of the proposed open pit at the Kemess North copper-gold deposit in northwestern British Columbia has intersected similar mineralization to a hole drilled earlier in the year…

Vancouver — The world’s top gold producer, Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N), is planning to acquire a 9.9% stake in aspiring Nunavut gold developer Miramar Mining (…

Despite a brief dip back below US$500 per oz. in the spot price of gold, the TSX Venture Exchange closed out the pre-Christmas trading session in a festive spirit, gaining 2.2% or 47.84 points to set…