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Pouring gold at the  Detour Lake mine in northeastern Ontario. Source: Detour Gold

Detour Lake gets a jump on commercial production

Earlier-than-expected commercial production at the Detour Lake mine has caught analysts by surprise. Detour Gold (TSX: DGC; US-OTC: DRGDF) reported the milestone at the open-pit gold mine in northern Ontario on Aug. 12, noting that the…


Kirkland Lake presses on towards lofty goals

Its latest quarterly results weren’t perfect, but Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KGI; US-OTC: KGILF) is making steady progress towards its goal of becoming a substantial gold producer in Ontario.




An outcrop at Probe Mines' Borden gold project in northern Ontario. Source: Probe Mines

More high grade for Probe

The more Probe Mines (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF) drills out its Borden Gold project near Chapleau, Ont., the more it looks like it may have Ontario’s next big gold deposit on its hands.


The pit at Wesdome Gold Mines' Mishi gold mine in Wawa, Ontario, part of its Eagle River gold-mining complex. Photo by Alisha Hiyate.

Wesdome discovers new gold structures at Eagle River

VANCOUVER — Toronto-based producer Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO; US-OTC: WDOFF) enjoyed a warm reception from markets following news of underground drilling success at its wholly owned Eagle River mine, located 50 km west of Wawa, Ont….


Trucks enter Brigus Gold's Black Fox mine in Ontario. Source: Brigus Gold

Brigus improves at Black Fox, boosts guidance

VANCOUVER — Halifax-based producer Brigus Gold (TSX: BRD;  NYSE-MKT: BRD) is adjusting to challenging market conditions at its Black Fox gold mine in the town of Matheson, Ont. Despite volatile gold prices — which hit a…


Drill core at Colorado Resources' North ROK copper gold project. Source: Colorado Resources

Colorado shares slide despite stepout hits

VANCOUVER — Since hitting 333 metres of copper-gold porphyry in its first hole at the North ROK property in B.C. just four months ago, Colorado Resources (TSXV: CXO) has completed 6,000 metres of drilling and hit mineralization in 10 of…


Alpha Minerals' father-son duo Garrett Ainsworth, vice president of exploration  (left), and Ben Ainsworth, president, CEO and director (right) pose for a picture at the Patterson Lake South project in Saskatchewan. Source: Alpha Minerals

Fission, Alpha hammer out $185M deal

VANCOUVER — After a bit of back and forth, fifty-fifty joint-venture partners Fission Uranium (TSXV: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) and Alpha Minerals (TSXV: AMW; US-OTC: ESOFF) have nailed down an agreement that will see Fission acquire full…


Illustration by JK.

Editorial: Unifor – what is it good for?

Nicely timed for the lead up to the Labour Day holiday, the Canadian labour movement celebrated the creation of Unifor on Aug. 31 at its founding convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, attended by 4,000 people.


TSX Venture Exchange, Aug. 19-23

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index overcame a slow start to register its second consecutive weekly gain during the trading period, finishing up 6.33 points en route to a 946.56-point close. Stronger commodity prices continue to drive…


From left: Imperial Metals' VP of corporate affairs Steve Robertson, VP of corporate development Gordon Keevil and construction manager Bryan Alexander near the tailings facility under construction at the Red Chris copper-gold project in northwestern B.C. Photo: Gwen Preston

The majestic rise of Imperial’s Red Chris

DEASE LAKE, B.C. — Buying used equipment. Building the small mine envisioned by previous project owners because it was already permitted. Funding the $500-million capital cost from cash flow, supplemented by a loan from a single…


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