Editorial: Gold majors jostle for attention in Denver
The pecking order within the global gold mining industry is never more on display each year than at the Denver Gold Forum in September, with miners and developers of all…
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Metallic finds more veins at Keno and McKay Hill districts
Metallic Minerals (TSXV: MMG; US-OTC: MMNGF) is wrapping up its $2.5-million summer work program in the Yukon. The company fanned out across both its Keno silver district and McKay silver-lead-zinc…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: My three ‘Eureka!’ moments as a Canadian explorer
The excitement of a mineral discovery is a “Eureka!” moment, and this is the story of my three Eureka moments. I’m 77 years old now, so some of the details…
Phoenix value soars for Denison as costs drop
A new prefeasibility study on Denison Mines’ (TSX: DML; NYSE-AM: DNN) flagship Wheeler River uranium project in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin says underground in-situ recovery methods would lower cash-operating costs…
Cameco scores victory over CRA
The Tax Court of Canada has ruled in favour of Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) in the company’s decade-long dispute with the Canada Revenue Agency over tax reassessments for the…
Copper Mountain leverages existing assets in New Ingerbelle PEA
Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC; US-OTC: CPPMF) recently tabled a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its New Ingerbelle copper project, just 1 km away from its producing Copper Mountain mine…
Quebec Snapshot: Eight companies pushing projects towards production
There’s been a buzz of activity in La Belle Province throughout 2018, with junior and mid-level gold explorers and developers taking the lead. Here is a look at eight companies…
Mason Graphite’s Lac Guéret leads the field in Quebec
If graphite mining has a home in Canada, it is surely in Quebec. The earliest known producing graphite mine in the province, and possibly the country, was the Miller mine,…
First Cobalt tables initial resource at Iron Creek in Idaho
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has tabled its first resource estimate for its 100%-owned Iron Creek cobalt project in Idaho. The project contains 29.6 million tonnes grading 0.08% cobalt…
TSX Venture inches higher, Sept. 17-21
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 0.66% to 719.91. Shares of White Gold rose 65% to $1.07. The company released strong drill assays from the Vertigo target on its JP…
92 Resources finds lithium pegmatites at Corvette
Four new spodumene-bearing pegmatites have been unearthed by 92 Resources (TSXV: NTY; US-OTC: RGDCF) on its 100% owned Corvette lithium property in the James Bay region of Quebec. It has…
TSX posts solid gains, Sept. 17-21
Canada’s benchmark index rose 1.31% to 16,224.13 during an improved trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 5.4% to 66.73 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 2.7% to…