Canada


The old Leprechaun offers up challenges to Marathon

Marathon Gold (MOZ-T) and Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) had to fight through some heritage issues at the Leprechaun deposit in Newfoundland, but its latest resource update outlines a resilient deposit.


Richmont drops on Wasamac’s PEA

Richmont Mines (RIC-T, RIC-X) saw it shares tumble after publishing a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Wasamac gold project in Rouyn-Noranda, Que.


Mitsubishi takes stake in Marathon

Mitsubishi Corp. of Japan will invest US$94.9 million for a 25% stake in Stillwater Mining’s (SWC.U-T, SWC-N) Marathon project, a platinum group metals and copper deposit near the north shore of Lake Superior about 10 km north of the town…


Class actions now in session

Vancouver — The numbers are sobering: A $4-billion class action lawsuit against Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N), a $1-billion claim against Baffinland Iron Mines, a $250-million claim against Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N), a $66-million…




Studying a map at Sego Resources' Miner Mountain project in Princeton, British Columbia, from left: CEO J. Paul Stevenson, project manager Curt Kauss, director Al Hilton and reclamation and site preparation manager Bob Dennis. Photo by Ian Bickis

Sego set to scale Miner Mountain

If you’ve ever been to Princeton, home to the recently opened Copper Mountain mine, you’ve also seen Sego Resources’ (SGZ-V) Miner Mountain copper property. 


Glorious royalties

Financing was a recurring theme at this year’s eightieth Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto. With debt markets in Europe faltering and equity markets globally not performing up to snuff, miners…


Xstrata expands Canadian coal footprint

Swiss-based mining giant Xstrata (XTA-L) has struck a deal to buy the Sukunka coking coal deposit in northern B.C.’s Peace River region from Calgary-based Talisman Energy (TLM-T, TLM-N) for a cool US$500 million in cash.




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