SilverCrest pushes ahead with Las Chispas
Three years into exploring the Las Chispas district in Sonora, Mexico, SilverCrest Metals’ (TSXV: SIL; NYSE-AM: SILV) Las Chispas project is picking up speed. The company secured financing shortly after…
Canada
Midland to drill for gold in Labrador Trough
Midland Exploration (TSXV: MD) will start drilling its wholly-owned Willbob gold project in Quebec in early September. Willbob is in the Labrador Trough, 65 km west of the town of Kuujjuaq,…
Great Bear drills more high-grade gold at Dixie
Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR) released the latest drill results from its wholly owned Dixie project in the Red Lake district in Ontario. A new, high-grade sub-zone was discovered to…
Probe Metals expands gold zone at Val-d’Or East
Probe Metals (TSXV: PRB) has intersected gold mineralization on its wholly-owned Val-d’Or East property, located 1.5 km west of the New Beliveau deposit in Quebec. Results from 22 followup drill holes…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 148: Yukon open for business, ft Silver, Downs, Macdonald, West-Sells
This episode features the Yukon Territorial Panel at The Northern Miner’s annual Canadian Mining Symposium held at Canada House in London, U.K., earlier this year. The panel consisted of Yukon…
FireFox Gold acquires property in Finland
Vancouver-based FireFox Gold (TSXV: FFOX) has acquired property covering 984 sq. km in the Kierinki Schist belt in northern Finland’s Lapland region. The company says the two blocks, collectively known…
Giyani Metals completes study on manganese project in Botswana
Giyani Metals (TSXV: EMM) has published a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 88%-owned K.Hill manganese project in Botswana. The early-stage study forecast total production of 245,000 tonnes of high-purity,…
Fremont sells Gold Canyon interest to McEwen
Fremont Gold (TSXV: FRE) has signed an agreement to sell its rights and interest in the Gold Canyon gold project in Nevada to McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX) in exchange for…
‘As goes mining, so goes the Yukon’: Government and corporate leaders on territory’s potential
With 11 of 13 First Nations reaching settlements on land claims and a new gold mine set to ramp up production, Yukon was the focus of discussion during the Territorial…
Rockridge reports first resource for Knife Lake in Saskatchewan
Rockridge Resources (TSX-V: ROCK) has completed the first resource estimate for its flagship Knife Lake project in Saskatchewan. The project has an indicated resource of 3.8 million tonnes grading 0.83%…
TSX rises, Aug. 5-9: Wheaton; First Majestic; Pan American; Asanko Gold
The S&P/TSX Composite Index posted a 0.43% gain to 16,341.30. Spot gold finished the trading week at US$1496.20 per oz., up US$56.20 per oz., or 3.9%. The S&P/TSX Global Gold…
TSX Venture down, Aug. 5-9: SilverCrest; Chesapeake Gold; Garibaldi Resources; Barksdale Capital
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 0.49% to 592.82 during the trading week. SilverCrest Metals recorded the biggest value gain, rising $1.08, or 15.3%, to $8.16 per share. The company…