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The historic headframe at Laurentian Goldfields' Madsen gold project in northwestern Ontario. Credit: Laurentian Gold

The new and improved Laurentian Goldfields

VANCOUVER — With a new project, a new board of directors, a refreshed treasury and new membership in a successful group of Vancouver-based exploration companies, Laurentian Goldfields (TSXV: LGF; US-OTC: LRTNF) is being reborn.


Twelve diamonds recovered from the bulk sample of the CH-6 kimberlite at Peregrine Diamonds' Chidliak project on Baffin Island. The largest stone is an 8.87-carat octahedron. The other stones range from 0.39 to 5.83 carats in size. Credit: Peregrine Diamonds

Peregrine: ‘Good things to come’ at Chidliak

When Brooke Clements of Peregrine Diamonds (TSX: PGD) spoke at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention a year ago, the diamond-exploration company was getting ready to collect a 250-tonne bulk sample from its…





At the Weebigee gold project near Sandy Lake, Ontario, from left: geological technician Nick Bain, senior geologist David Jamieson, Minotaur Drilling's Kevin Holmgren, and field assistants Manashe Rae, Curtis Linklater and Dan-Dan Meekis. Credit: Goldeye Explorations

Goldeye rises on golden Weebigee results

VANCOUVER — Good gold results from a 22-hole program at the Weebigee project in Ontario have doubled Goldeye Explorations’ (TSXV: GGY; US-OTC: GEYEF) share price since the start of the year.



TSX Venture loses ground, March 10-14

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 9.35 points during weekly trading en route to a 1,033.64-point close. Reports out of China indicated growth rates across industrial sectors had dropped to multi-year lows, while markets also…




George R. Burns, executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Goldcorp.

COO Burns on Goldcorp’s cost-cutting drive

VANCOUVER — In a climate of lower gold prices and rising costs, gold producers have been focusing on improving operations at established mines, and Vancouver-based Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is no exception. The company’s…


Drills in the Triangle zone at Integra Gold's Lamaque gold project in Quebec. Credit: Integra Gold

Integra eyes low-cost underground mine at Lamaque

VANCOUVER — Integra Gold’s (TSXV: ICG; US-OTC: KALRF) efforts to advance its Lamaque gold project in Val-d’Or, Que., to production were just rewarded with a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) predicting a mine with a 38%…


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