VANCOUVER — Prominent Canadian gold miner Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) has proven to be more resilient in the face of falling precious metal prices than many of its peers. And if the company’s production guidance for 2014 is any…
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is launching a hostile $2.6-billion takeover bid for Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK; US-OTC: OSKFF) to acquire the smaller rival’s Canadian Malartic gold mine in Quebec, with many analysts arguing the…
It’s been a tough couple of years for the gold-mining industry, so some much-needed comic relief came along at just the right time in mid-January in the form of a purported unsolicited, all-cash, $7.50-per-share bid for U.S. gold miner…
The following is an excerpt from the newly published biography “Mining exploration – the life and times of Duncan R. Derry” by his son Douglas L. Derry. Over a half century, Duncan Derry travelled extensively internationally working as an…
The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index continued its rally to start the new year, with a late-December run fueling a 2.8% or 25.7 point gain during the Dec. 27-Jan. 3 trading sessions en route to a 944.71 point close. Gains were driven by…
Since April 2013, Fission Uranium (TSXV: FCU; US-0TC: FCUUF) has released assay results from its Patterson Lake South discovery a total of 23 times—including in its most recent press release on the second last day of 2013.
Champion Iron Mines (TSX: CHM; US-OTC: CPMNF) has increased the historic resource at its Penguin Lake iron project tenfold in the southern portion of the Labrador Trough, 110 km southwest of the town of Fermont.
Sherritt International (TSX: S) is firming up its balance sheet and putting itself in a position to take advantage of perceived low prices for non-coal mining assets.
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KGI; US-OTC: KGI) kicked off 2014 with news that it is exploring alternatives to “enhance shareholder value that include a potential sale of the company’s shares or assets” and has set up a special…
A pillar of the Toronto mining community, Ed Thompson kicked off the new year by resigning from his many directorships in junior mining companies. As he tells The Northern Miner, part of the reason for doing so all at once was that he was…
It was a record breaking year for Lake Shore Gold (TSX: LSG; NYSE: LSG) and the market finally seems to be taking notice.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 6.29 points during the trading sessions en route to closing at 888.18. Markets reacted positively late in the trading period after the U.S. Federal Reserve opted to modestly cut its bond-buying…
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