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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%…




Enexco's flagship project is the Contact copper project in northern Nevada. It also holds a 20% interest inDenison Mines' (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) Bachman Lake uranium project in the Athabasca basin.Credit: Cameco

Enexco jumps on uranium hit at Mann Lake

International Enexco (TSXV: IEC) saw its shares climb 23% after announcing the thickest and highest grade hit yet from its 30%-held Mann Lake uranium property in Saskatchewan’s prolific Athabasca basin.  


Headframes at the Cigar Lake uranium project in Saskatchewan. Credit: Cameco

Cigar Lake production shines spotlight on Denison Mines

The start of ore production at Cameco Corp.’s (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) Cigar Lake uranium mine is good news for Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN), which owns 22.5% of the McClean Lake mill where all of Cigar Lake’s ore will be…


TSX Venture bounces back, Mar. 3-7

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index returned to the black during the week, as it posted a 1.7%, or 17.6-point gain, en route to a 1,043.01-point weekly close. The political turmoil in the Ukraine is fuelling market volatility, with…


Processing facilities at Kirkland Lake Gold's  Macassa project. Credit: Kirkland Lake Gold

Kirkland Lake Gold drills shallow high grade

Near-surface drilling that has returned an intercept of 1,718.06 grams gold per tonne over a true width of 0.6 metre from 280 metres below surface — 1.5 km from Kirkland Lake Gold’s (TSX: KGI; US-OTC: KGILF) operating Macassa…


Alderon Iron Ore has secured access to the Pointe-Noire deepwater port in Sept-les, Quebec. Credit: Alderon Iron Ore

Alderon secures power for Kami project

Alderon Iron Ore (TSX: ADV; NYSE-MKT: AXX) has confirmed a power supply for its Kami iron-ore project in the Labrador Trough, passing another milestone this year.



Moneta finds new gold zone at Golden Highway

Toronto-based Moneta Porcupine Mines (TSX: ME; OTC: MPUCF) is up on strong assays from a hole drilled outside of the current resource at its 100% owned Golden Highway gold project in Timmins, Ont.


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