The Sleeper gold mine in Nevada operated as a high-grade open pit from 1986-1996 and according to operations reports by its then owner, Amax Gold, about 54 million tonnes of waste were cast off in waste dumps over the course of the mine life….
Atna Resources (ATN-T, ATNAF-O) will start commercial underground mine production at its Pinson mine project near Winnemucca in the fourth quarter of this year, but in the meantime it’s also exploring the possibility of developing an open pit…
The bulls continued to have their way in U.S. markets over the Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 period as a strong jobs report combined with continued signs a strengthening U.S. economy to lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average to heights not seen since before…
Over the last month Great Western Minerals (GWG-T) has completed a joint-venture with the Chinese to build a rare earth separation plant near its Steenkampskraal mine in South Africa, about 350 km north of Capetown, and successfully carried out…
U.S. rare earths producer Molycorp (MCP-N) is giving Chile-based Molibdenos y Metales (Molymet) 12.5 million shares in exchange for US$390 million. That works out to US$31.20 apiece – a 10% premium to Molycorp’s 20-day volume weighted average…
When Rob McEwen first proposed the combination of US Gold (UXG-T, UXG-N) and Minera Andes (MAI-T, MNEAF-O) in June 2011, the chairman, chief executive and largest shareholder of both companies thought the deal easily could be completed by early…
Vancouver – With the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia celebrating its 100th anniversary at this year’s Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver, it was only fitting that most of the projects highlighted in Tuesday’s sessions…
Mining analyst Chris Lichtenheldt of UBS Investment Research has cut his 12-month target price on Hecla Mining (HL-N) to US$8 per share from his earlier forecast of US$9.85 per share, after the silver miner announced it has been forced to close…
Shares of new Vancouver-based gold explorer Auracle Resources (AAL-V) spiked 51% last week to 46¢ apiece before the company releasing assay results from a first round of drilling at its Mexican Hat gold property in Arizona.
In an updated resource estimate that includes less than half of the new assay results from holes drilled in 2011, Rare Element Resources (RES-T) has boosted the measured and indicated resources of its Bear Lodge rare earths project in Wyoming…
Just six months after completing its $45.2-million initial public offering in July, Midas Gold (MAX-T) has firmly emerged as the top gold explorer in Idaho following the state’s recent resurgence as a prospective mining jurisdiction.
Shares of Crosshair Energy (CXX-T, CXZ-X) were up 11.90% or 5¢ at 47¢ per share in mid-morning trading in Toronto after the junior announced it had raised the resource estimate for the Bootheel uranium project in southern Wyoming’s…
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