Wesdome’s biggest-ever exploration campaign pays off
Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO) is spending more money on exploration this year than at any other time in its 29-year history. “This has been an aggressive exploration program for…
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Stornoway CEO ‘happy’ with Renard’s first diamond sale
Stornoway Diamond’s (TSX: SWY) CEO Matt Manson says he’s “perfectly satisfied” with the results of the company’s first-ever diamond sale from its new Renard mine in northern Quebec, despite selling…
Site visit: Alexco hopes Bermingham will drive Keno Hill revival
KENO CITY, YUKON — Rolling into Alexco Resource’s (TSX: AXR; NYSE-MKT: AXU) Keno Hill silver camp outside of the long-standing — though now sparsely populated — mining hamlet of Keno…
Site visit: Fission poised for growth at Patterson Lake South
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN — Handling drill core caked with uraninite — a radioactive, uranium-rich ore mineral — isn’t exactly for the faint of heart, but with grades north of 25% U3O8,…
G4G Capital’s stock surges with option on Shawn Ryan’s claims
Renowned Klondike prospector Shawn Ryan and his wife and business partner Cathy Wood require little introduction. The Yukon-based couple made it big finding two large gold deposits near Dawson City,…
TSX gains, Nov. 14-18
Canada’s S&P/TSX Composite jumped 2.1% to 14,864.03, after gains in the energy sector and belief that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump would help boost the American economy. The S&P/TSX Global Mining…
The millennial mindset and diamonds: Editorial
Born between 1981 and 2000, the millennial generation will reach their highest earning potential in another 10 years. That makes them an important age group in terms of current and…
Bob Gannicott’s lasting legacy
Robert Gannicott, the man who built Canada’s largest diamond mining company, Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) and a pioneer of Canada’s diamond scene for 25 years, has died. Gannicott…
Peregrine eyes first production by 2021
Peregrine Diamonds (TSX: PGD) hopes to have its Chidliak project producing diamonds by 2021, as outlined in a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) released in July. Chidliak sits 120 km northeast…
Northern Shield sheds light on finds
In the last two years, Northern Shield Resources (TSXV: NRN) has made two discoveries in the Labrador Trough, 100 km north of Schefferville, Quebec. The first, Huckleberry, was staked in…
Abitibi Snapshot: Five companies to watch
The renewed strength in gold prices this year has reinvigorated the historic mining camps throughout the Abitibi region of Ontario and Quebec. Here’s a look at what a few Canadian…
Kelvin kimberlite earns high grades
The results of a second bulk sample at Kennady Diamonds’ (TSXV: KDI) Kennady North diamond project in the Northwest Territories confirm the high grade potential of the Kelvin kimberlite. The…