NovaGold boosts costs for Donlin
NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) has updated the cash needed to build its joint-venture Donlin (formerly Donlin Creek) gold project in Alaska, to US$7 billion from US$4.5 billion.
Canada
Strong drill results from Queenston
Queenston Mining (QMI-T) has completed nine new drill holes at its wholly owned Upper Beaver gold-copper deposit in Kirkland Lake, Ont.
Magino holds promise for Prodigy Gold
Results from infill and resource expansion drilling at Prodigy Gold’s (PDG-V) Magino gold project near Wawa, Ont., sent the junior’s shares up 10% to close at 64¢ on Aug. 30.
Positive results for Lake Shore’s Thorne
Promising assays from Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T) Thorne gold property in Timmins, Ont., did little to lift the company’s shares. The junior has been trading near its 52-week low of $1.91 on Aug. 15, 2011, since releasing dismal second-quarter…
Nunavut gold find leaves Prosperity investors wanting more
Prosperity Goldfields (PPG-V) has drilled 157.6 metres of 1.7 grams gold per tonne at its main Kiyuk gold project in southern Nunavut, including a higher-grade section of 30.5 metres grading 4.9 grams gold. The results are from the company’s…
Lawrence Roulston’s top stock picks
“There is a huge amount of uncertainty in the financial markets right now,” says Lawrence Roulston, a geologist and the editor of the newsletter Resource Opportunities, at the recent Cambridge show in Toronto. “There is so much negativity with…
TerraX up 26% on assay-less Newfoundland drilling update
TerraX Minerals (TXR-V) has released its second assay-less drilling update in less than a month from its Stewart gold-copper project in the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland. Shares of the company climbed 8¢ or 26% on the news, closing at…
Difficulties of mining in Africa
Mining companies looking to do business in an African country need to be aware of the complexities they will likely face, from securing debt financing to political risks to complying with local anti-bribery laws.
Takeover bid for Hathor turns nasty
Cameco Corp.’s (CCO-T, CCJ-N) hostile takeover bid for Hathor Exploration (HAT-V) turned uglier today when the uranium producer slammed the credibility of the junior’s preliminary economic assessment of its Roughrider deposit in northern…
Venture slips in shortened Sept. 6-9 period
Vancouver – The oscillations on the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index continued in the shortened September 6 to 9 period, this time dropping 25.26 points to end at 1,785.10 points. Volume edged up again, averaging 79.2 million shares traded…
Copper Mountain opening marks new era in BC mining
With the simple snip of a copper-tinged ribbon, Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) CEO Jim O’Rourke, Mitsubishi Materials CEO Hiroshi Yao and Consul General of Japan Hideki Ito officially opened B.C.’s first major metals mine of the twenty-first…
Agnico’s two pearls in Nunavut
It’s been a tough and ambitious foray in Canada’s Arctic for Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N), but one that holds much promise.