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Recently built surface infrastructure at North American Palladium's Lac des Iles palladium mine near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Source: North American Palladium

NAP raises funds for Lac des Iles

North American Palladium (PDL-T, PAL-N), or NAP, secured some much-needed cash to keep expanding its Lac des Iles (LDI) primary palladium mine near Thunder Bay, Ont. 


Anaconda Mining's Pine Cove open-pit gold mine in Newfoundland's Baie Verte Peninsula. Source: Anaconda Mining

Anaconda improves with age

If you ask Dustin Angelo about Anaconda Mining (ANX-T) and its operating Pine Cove gold mine just east of Baie Verte on Newfoundland’s northeast coast, the first thing he’ll tell you is that it was a turnaround project that has…


A worker prepares samples at Mega Precious Metals' Monument Bay gold-tungsten project, 570 km northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Source: Mega Precious Metals

Mega Precious Metals adds ounces at Monument Bay

VANCOUVER — A lot has changed over the past 18 months for junior explorer Mega Precious Metals (MGP-V) and its Monument Bay gold-tungsten project located 570 km northeast of Winnipeg, Man. Though gold markets have taken a beating, Mega…



Editorial: Building glass mines

Canada’s extractive industries got some high-profile international attention in mid-June. Prime Minister Stephen Harper used the lead-up to the G8 summit in London to announce that the federal government intends to establish new mandatory…


An aerial view of Lake Shore Gold's Timmins West mine. Source: Lake Shore Gold

Lake Shore soars 56% on expected strong Q2

Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T, LSG-X), one of the weakest performers on the Toronto stock exchange last week  losing over 45%, soared 56% when the company said  it expects strong production and lower costs in the second quarter.


Avanti Mining's Kitsault molybdenum project in British Columbia. Source: Avanti Mining

Avanti locks down off-take agreement with ThyssenKrupp

VANCOUVER — Pitching a large-scale molybdenum mine is likely not an easy task in today’s market, but Vancouver-based junior Avanti Mining (AVT-V) has proven that there is still a global demand for the industrial metal. The company…


Herv Thiboutot, Integra Gold senior VP of exploration, leads a tour of the historic Lamaque gold mine in Quebec. Source: Integra Gold

Integra Gold expands drill program at Lamaque

Integra Gold (ICG-V) is delaying the release of an updated resource estimate that was scheduled for later this month, not because it has fallen on hard times like so many other juniors these days, but because new results from its 2013 drill…


TSX Venture Exchange, June 10-14

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost ground for the second consecutive week during the trading period, with the exchange dropping 1.9%, or 17.83 points, en route to a 933.57-point close. The Venture lost ground early in the week on…


Correction

In last week’s story “Selwyn’s boardroom battle hits fever pitch,” Benedict Cubitt was incorrectly identified as being with Resource Capital Funds, when in fact he is with Samara Capital. We apologize for the error.


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