United States

A drill rig at Corvus Gold's North Bullfrog gold-silver project in Nevada. Photo by Corvus Gold

Corvus shares surge 50% on Nevada gold

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 sunny outlook for gold juniors, helped push the company’s share up 50% since…


Material passes through a screening machine at NovaDx's Rex coal mine in Campbell County, northeastern Tennessee. Photo by NovaDx Ventures

NovaDx looks to specialty coal

NovaDx Ventures (NDX-V), once a pharmaceutical shell turned merchant bank, has found itself on more solid footing as a specialty coal company.



Freegold hunts Alaskan gold at Golden Summit

Vancouver — Freegold Ventures (FVL-V) hopes to be the next big thing in Alaskan gold country with projects in areas that have proven resource-rich for Sumitomo Metal Mining and Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N).



BHP and Rio double-down on copper

Vancouver — BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BHP-L, BHP-A) and Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) are feeling optimistic about copper. Six weeks into the first quarter of 2012, the two mining giants unveiled plans to commit over U$4 billion to expand…




Marathon Gold vice-president of exploration Sherry Dunsworth (far left), CFO Jim Kirke (third from left), and CEO Phillip Walford (centre) with colleagues at the Golden Chest gold project in Idaho. Photo by Marathon Gold

Marathon Gold goes the distance in Idaho, Newfoundland

Newfoundland-focused explorer Marathon Gold (MOZ-T) is ramping up its U.S. presence with a 20,000-metre drill program at its Golden Chest gold mine project in Idaho and a historic Bonanza gold mine acquisition across the state line in Oregon.


Romarco tops 4M oz. gold at Haile

Romarco Minerals (R-T) has boosted the resource at its Haile gold project in South Carolina by 29% after concluding a 118,000-metre step-out drill program in November. 


Drillers at work at Terraco Gold's Almaden gold project, 126 km northwest of Boise, Idaho. Photo by Terraco Gold

Idaho: More than just the Midas touch

Ask a mining investor about gold in Idaho and Midas Gold (MAX-T) will likely be the first name that pops  up. 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…


Pilot Gold searches for next Long Canyon

On the hunt for the next Long Canyon gold deposit, Fronteer Gold spin-out Pilot Gold (PLG-T) has found encouragement some 75 km southeast of its original Nevada discovery.


By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. To learn more, click more information

Dear user, please be aware that we use cookies to help users navigate our website content and to help us understand how we can improve the user experience. If you have ideas for how we can improve our services, we’d love to hear from you. Click here to email us. By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. Please see our Privacy & Cookie Usage Policy to learn more.

Close