Before Chaarat Gold (LON: CGH) launched an US$800-million, cash-and-share proposal to acquire Centerra Gold’s (TSX: CG) Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan, very few North Americans had even heard of the junior…
The global aluminum markets have been in an uproar since April 6, when the U.S. government imposed tough sanctions on Russia’s oligarchs. Caught in the net are aluminum giant Rusal…
This episode is all about base metals, with the latest developments in iron ore, copper and zinc. But the biggest news of all is the imposition of sanctions by the…
A strong recovery followed an industry-wide diamond inventory buildup in 2014-2015 and another slide after India’s demonetization in late 2016. However, lately, the diamond industry’s momentum has begun to stall….
In the three years leading up to Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine in 2014, Black Iron (TSX: BKI) was making headway at its flagship Shymanivske iron ore project, 330 km…
VANCOUVER — The last five years have seen large-cap gold miners shelve and write down many ambitious, greenfield development projects that carry significant price tags and heightened risk. Miners instead refocused…
VANCOUVER — Geophysical surveys are frequently used by the mining and exploration industry to detect potential mineral deposits hidden beneath the subsurface. However, the results of geophysical surveys can be…
Rick Rule, president and CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings, shared his top investment ideas and views on exploration in an interview on the sidelines of the recent Prospectors & Developers…
Cobalt seems to be making a comeback.Current spot prices of US$17 per lb. are well above the US$10 per lb. mark of late 2015, and the metal’s steady march higher…
The Northern Miner put together the largest global gold reserves at operating mines in 2016, using the Intelligence Mine database from sister company Infomine. The list excludes combined reserves at…
U.S. equities slipped into negative territory, as oil prices retreated and gold rose. The S&P 500 Index dipped 0.1% to 2,274.64, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4% to…
KHABAROVSK, FAR EAST RUSSIA — IG Copper (IGC), a privately held U.S. company, is making headway at its 51% held Malmyzh copper-gold porphyry project in Far East Russia, near the…
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