Orsu finds silver at Sergeevskoe in Russia
Orsu Metals (TSXV: OSU; US-OTC: ORSUF) is drilling 12,500 metres at its 90% owned Sergeevskoe gold project, 40 km southwest of the town of Mogocha, Russia, on its way to…
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Azarga releases PEA for Unkur project in Russia
Azarga Metals (TSXV: AZR; US-OTC: EUUNF) has tabled a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Unkur copper-silver project in eastern Russia. The company acquired 60% of the project in 2016 and…
Orsu Metals encounters gold in Siberia
Orsu Metals (TSXV: OSU) has identified a 200 metre-wide, steeply-dipping gold stockwork in the Klyuchi West zone at its Sergeevskoe gold project in Russia. Drill results from that zone are…
Minerals commentary: Replenishing the diamond pipeline is a daunting task for miners
Given that most of the highly economic diamond deposits in the world have already been put into production, diluted via expansion or depleted, going forward the economics of diamond mines…
Centerra rebuffs Chaarat’s $800M offer for Kumtor mine
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…
Editorial: Rusal sanctions sow market turmoil
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…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 99: Rusal sanctions sow chaos in aluminum markets
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…
Diamond market slows after strong recovery
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….
Black Iron restarts in Ukraine three years after Russian invasion
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…
BMO: Gold miners may revisit dormant megaprojects
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…
Seven questions investors should ask about geophysical anomalies
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…
PDAC 2017: Rick Rule likens prospect generators to ‘partial lottery tickets’
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…