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Capstone Mining's   Santo Domingo iron oxide-copper-gold project in Chile. Source: Capstone Mining

Santo Domingo feasibility expected in less than a year

When Capstone Mining’s (CS-T) Santo Domingo iron oxide-copper-gold project in Chile eventually enters commercial production in 2017 or 2018 — at an estimated capital cost of between US$1.5 billion and US$1.8 billion — the…


Atna Resources' Pinson mine in Nevada. Source: Atna Resources

Atna sinks on Pinson review

Atna Resources (ATN-T) took a beating after notifying the market that it would reduce underground mining rates at its Pinson gold mine near Winnemucca, Nev.


Northern Dynasty Minerals and Anglo American's Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project in Alaska. Source: Northern Dynasty Minerals

Northern Dynasty’s scuffle with the EPA continues

VANCOUVER — When it comes to media campaigns and social relations in the mining world, there might not be a more interesting case study than Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (NDM-T, NAK-N) ongoing defense of its large Pebble…


Partners prove up copper potential at Pyramid project

VANCOUVER — It took less than three years and only 30 holes for Full Metal Minerals (FMM-V) and Antofagasta (ANTO-L) to define a resource at their Pyramid project in Alaska that contains more than 1.3 billion lb. copper, as well as…




A Merrill-Crowe processing plant under construction at Allied Nevada Gold's Hycroft gold mine in Nevada. Source: Allied Nevada

Allied Nevada ponders scale-back

Allied Nevada Gold (ANV-T, ANV-N) is considering a more modest proposal for expanding its Hycroft mill in Nevada, and that has dismayed the markets.


Coeur’s revamp

Idaho-based silver producer Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) is charting a new course to thrive in the changing and turbulent market by optimizing assets and trimming costs, while still keeping an eye out for growth.



Passport Potash CEO Joshua Bleak (centre) with colleagues at Holbrook. Photo by John Cumming.

Passport sees potash aplenty in Arizona

Is it possible to build a potash mine right beside Arizona’s treasured Petrified Forest National Park? Vancouver-based Passport Potash (PPI-V) believes so, and has in hand a new preliminary economic assessment that’s giving it the…


Capstone buys BHP’s Pinto Valley

VANCOUVER — Most of the world’s mining majors are selling non-core assets so that they can optimize key operations, shore up earnings and cut back capital outlays. The shift follows a few years of overspending spurred by commodity…


A bucket wheel excavator at BHP's Spence open pit mine in northern Chile. Source: BHP Billiton

Capstone buys Pinto Valley mine from BHP

VANCOUVER – Most of the world’s mining majors are selling non-core assets to focus on optimizing key operations, shoring up earnings, and cutting back capital outlays. The shift follows a few years of overspending spurred by commodity…


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