First Mining grows indicated resource at Goldlund
First Mining Gold (TSX: FF; US-OTC: FFMGF) has updated the resource estimate at its Goldlund gold project in northwestern Ontario. The company added 248,700 oz. gold to its indicated resource…
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Rubicon begins PEA for Phoenix
After a 20,000-metre drill program last year at its Phoenix project in Red Lake, Ont., Rubicon Minerals (TSX: RMX; US-OTC: RBYCF) has increased measured and indicated resources by 110% to…
TSX mixed, March 18-22: Barrick, INV and Seabridge
Canada’s benchmark index fell 0.31% to 16,089.22. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 1.4% to 75.07 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 2.8% to 199. The gold price rose…
Argo confirms historic grades at Woco in Ontario
Initial results from Argo Gold’s (CNSX: ARQ; US-OTC: ARBTF) 2,500-metre winter drill program at its 100%-owned Woco gold project near Ontario’s Red Lake district have confirmed high-grade results reported by…
Skeena grows resource at Eskay Creek
Skeena Resources (TSXV: SKE; US-OTC: SKREF) has tabled an updated resource estimate for its Eskay Creek gold project in northwestern British Columbia, divided between pit constrained and underground mining scenarios….
Eastmain extends gold zone at Percival in Quebec
A new hole, drilled 150 metres east of recent discovery holes at Eastmain Resources’ (TSX: ER) Percival target in James Bay, Que., shows identical rock type and style of mineralization,…
Troilus drills ‘land that time forgot’ in central Quebec
Between listing on the TSX Venture Exchange in January 2018 and graduating to the Toronto Stock Exchange in October the same year, Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) drilled 36,000…
Scrapbook: YMP Awards gala
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) — a non-profit group with chapters in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Sudbury, Perth, Brisbane, Johannesburg and London — held its third annual YMP Awards gala in…
Monarch Gold targets multiple projects
Since the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference wrapped up in early March, Monarch Gold (TSX: MQR; US-OTC: MRQRF) has fielded calls from three mining companies about possible…
Apex confirms gold anomaly at Ore Hill in BC
Apex Resources (TSXV: APX; US-OTC) has confirmed a 1.5 km by 150-metre gold in soil anomaly at its Ore Hill gold property near Salmo, B.C., after compiling historic and modern…
Ontario Minister Rickford pledges to cut red tape, slams C-69
The Ontario government has put together a new mining taskforce to help it overhaul the Mining Act. Whereas the previous Liberal government also passed legislation to modernize the Mining Act,…
PDAC Interview: PM Justin Trudeau speaks on Canadian mining innovation, aboriginal engagement
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a visit to the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) in Toronto on March 5, 2019, for a sit-in…