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First Quantum produces first nickel at Kevitsa

First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) has started commercial production at its Kevitsa open-pit, nickel-copper mine in northern Finland. The wholly owned project is the company’s second major foray into nickel, following the 2011 relaunch…


Pilot Gold's TV Tower Project. Source: Pilot Gold

Turkish assays delight Pilot Gold

Drill results from Pilot Gold’s (PLG-T) early stage joint-venture project with a Turkish subsidiary of Teck Resources (TCK.A-T, TCK.B-T, TCK-N) sent the junior explorer’s shares up 3.4% to $1.87 with 1.8 million…


Astur surges on EIS

Shares of Astur Gold (AST-V) jumped 50% to $1.08 on news that authorities in Spain had issued a positive Environmental Impact Statement on its 100%-owned Salave gold project, which the junior describes as one of the largest and highest grade…



Tirex Resources CEO Bryan Slusarchuk (second from right) on a drill platform in the Letitna area of the Mirdita volcanogenic massive sulphide project in Albania. Source: Tirex Resources

Tirex scores mining licences at Mirdita VMS project in Albania

Vancouver-based explorer Tirex Resources (TXX-V) is making mining history in Albania. On Oct. 29, Tirex acquired 25-year mining licences that encompass six past-producing deposits in the Mirdita volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) district…


Slater talks early-mover status in Kazakhstan

VANCOUVER — Business partners Ian Slater and Robert Bell have had their sights set on potential mining plays in Kazakhstan since the country declared independence from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Roughly twenty years later, it…


Roskill: Turbulence in store for iron ore

London-based resource market analyst Roskill Information Services predicts continued volatility in the iron ore market to 2020, based on the findings of its recent report entitled: Iron Ore: Market Outlook to 2020 (7th ed.).


The first ore blast at Northland Resources' Kaunisvaara iron ore mine in October. Source: Northland Resources

Northland starts its engines

Northland Resources (NAU-T) has been given the green light to get the big trucks rolling, which could mean that Sweden’s next iron mine is only weeks away from entering production.


Eldorado Gold sees higher costs in Q3

Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-N) forecasts gold production this year from its operating mines in China, Turkey, Greece and Brazil will reach 660,000 oz., at cash-operating costs of US$465 per oz.


Taranis Resources' vice-president of exploration Jim Helgeson (background) and technician Thomas Gardiner sampling and mapping a trench at the Naakenavaara copper-gold project in northern Finland. Source: Taranis Resources

Finland’s next one?

Taranis Resources (TRO-V) thinks it’s about time a junior mining company hit the big time in northern Finland’s world-class Kittila copper-gold district.


Trucks in Agnico-Eagle Mines' Meadowbank gold mine in Nunavut. By Salma Tarikh.

Agnico-Eagle’s Meadowbank, Kittila see improvements

Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) has bulked up its full-year production guidance following a solid third quarter, where both the Meadowbank and Kittila gold mines reported record quarterly output and improved costs.


Tirex scores ground-breaking Albanian mine permits

VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based explorer Tirex Resources (TXX-V) is set to make history in the small Balkan nation of Albania. On Oct. 29, Tirex succeeded in acquiring 25-year mining licenses that encompass six past-producing deposits in…


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