NovaDx looks to specialty coal
Vancouver – NovaDx Ventures (NDX-V), once a pharmaceutical shell turned merchant bank, has now found itself on more solid footing as a specialty coal company.
United States
Nyrstar’s meteoric rise as a miner
Vancouver — Born of two established metals companies as a pure smelting play in 2007, Brussels-listed Nyrstar NV has since grabbed a commanding position in the zinc supply chain with no sign of slowing down.
Corvus shares surge 50% on Nevada gold
Vancouver — Corvus Gold (KOR-T) has started the year with a bang. Positive assay results from its North Bullfrog gold-silver project outside of Beatty, Nev., combined with a generally sunny outlook for gold juniors helped push the…
MAX hopes to find ‘silver lining’ in Majuba Hill
Vancouver — MAX Resource (MXR-V) continues to search for a copper-silver porphyry system at its Majuba Hill property in Pershing County, Nevada. Assays were released in early February from a second quarter 2011 drill campaign.
Eagles, Buffalos and America the Beautiful: Investing in US Coins
From gold- or silver-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to high-risk junior exploration plays, options, futures, coins, bars or shares in senior mining companies, the modern investor has no shortage of ways to invest in precious metals.
The shine is back on uranium stocks
Korea Electric Power Corporation is taking a 13.9% stake in Strathmore Minerals (STM-T) in a deal that will also give the Korean energy giant off-take rights to a portion of the uranium junior’s future production.
Pilot Gold hits high grade in search for next Long Canyon
Vancouver – On the hunt for the next Long Canyon deposit, Fronteer spin-out Pilot Gold (PLG-T) thinks it has found just that some 75 km southeast of its original Nevada discovery.
Round-up of explorers in Idaho
Ask a mining investor about gold in Idahoand Midas Gold (MAX-Tt) will likely be the first name that pops to mind. The company has put itself at the forefront of the conversation by proving up 5.8 million oz. of the yellow metal at its Golden…
Marathon Gold going the distance in Newfoundland, Idaho
Vancouver – While Marathon Gold’s (MOZ-T) flagship project sits in the centre of Newfoundland, the company is also ramping up its U.S. presence with a 20,000-metre drill program on its Golden Chest mine in Idaho and its recent acquisition of…
Romarco expands resource following extensive 2011 exploration campaign
Vancouver – Romarco Minerals (R-T) has announced an updated mineral estimate for their Haile Gold Project located along the Carolina Slate Belt in the South-eastern United States.
Yukon-Nevada restarts production at Jerritt Canyon
Vancouver – Yukon-Nevada Gold (YNG-T) has released a slew of drill results as it continues to advance its Jerritt Canyon gold mining project in Nevada.
Midway Gold derisks Nevada projects
Shares of Midway Gold (MDW-V, MDW-X) have climbed 145.12% to about $2.01apiece since the beginning of 2011, a fruitful year that saw the junior update the resource and complete a feasibility study on its Pan project, more than double its…