Amarc to drill Joy copper-gold project in BC
Amarc Resources (TSXV: AHR; US-OTC: AXREF) has identified five clusters of drill ready targets that cover areas ranging from 1.5 sq. km to more than 5 sq. km during 2018…
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Newmont forecasts ‘growing margins and reserves’
Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) expects its attributable gold production will reach 5.2 million ounces in 2019 and 4.9 million ounces in 2020, while attributable copper production will be 45,000 tonnes…
Delrey expands portfolio with BC vanadium properties
Delrey Metals (CNSX: DLRY) has acquired two B.C. vanadium projects by issuing 5.5 million shares to BC Vanadium, a private company. The Star and Porcher vanadium properties cover a combined…
International Lithium estimates 25-year mine life at Mariana
International Lithium (TSXV: ILC; US-OTC: ILHMF) could produce 10,000 tonnes lithium carbonate equivalent per year over a 25-year mine life at its Mariana lithium brine project, according to a recent…
Exploration Snapshot: Eight companies looking for precious and base metals
While prices for most precious and base metals have been subdued throughout 2018, there has nevertheless been a high level of mineral exploration around the world, as companies seek to…
Canadian budget update full of goodies for miners
In a move long sought by mineral explorers active in Canada, Canada’s federal government has extended its mineral exploration tax credit (METC) for five years, in contrast to the prior…
Victoria Gold boosts Eagle deposit in Yukon
Victoria Gold (TSXV: VIT) has increased the tonnage, gold grade and ounces in the measured and indicated category at its Eagle deposit in the Yukon, where the Toronto-based company expects…
Troilus Gold builds strategic land position in Quebec
Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) has tripled its land position with the acquisition of 11,300 hectares to the northeast of its Troilus mine project in Quebec. Troilus is advancing…
Letter to the Editor: Time to re-open prospector programs in Manitoba
Since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, a healthy mineral exploration industry has been the major driving force that has uncovered northern Manitoba’s economic mineral deposits to the benefit of…
Spanish Mountain drills flagship BC gold project
Spanish Mountain Gold (TSXV: SPA; US-OTC: SPAZF) is infill drilling its flagship Spanish Mountain gold project in British Columbia. The company is targeting near surface areas of the project’s First…
TSX mixed, Nov. 26-30
Canada’s benchmark index rose 1.24% to end the trading week at 12,197.82. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.19% to 62.58 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 1.4% to…
Marathon hits more high-grade intercepts in Newfoundland
Infill drilling in the southwestern part of the Marathon gold deposit in Newfoundland continues to return high-grade gold intercepts, Marathon Gold (TSX: MOZ) reports. The company recently completed its 41,000-metre stepout and…