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Mercator's Mineral Park copper-molybdenum-silver mine in northwestern Arizona. Source: Mercator Minerals

Mercator weighs its options

Mercator Minerals (TSX: ML; US-OTC: MLKKF) is delving into a strategic review that is considering any or all of the following: selling the company; a business combination; or selling all or part of its assets, in light of lower commodity…




Inside the core shack at Corvus Gold's North Bullfrog gold-silver project, 10 km north of Beatty, Nevada. Source: Corvus Gold

Corvus rallies on Bullfrog drill results

VANCOUVER — Good news has been rolling in for explorer Corvus Gold (TSX: KOR) at its wholly owned North Bullfrog gold-silver project, 10 km north of Beatty, Nev. Corvus started a 20,000-metre drill program at the project in mid-May, after…


The headframe at Nevada Copper's Pumpkin Hollow copper project under construction in Nevada. Source: Nevada Copper

Nevada Copper models open-pit expansion at Pumpkin Hollow

VANCOUVER — Markets have become hesitant towards projects with large development costs, so many companies are contemplating mine development that allows for smaller initial operations that are later expanded. For Vancouver-based Nevada…


The drill site at Midas Gold's Yellow Pine deposit. Credit: Midas Gold.

Midas optimizes Golden Meadows

Midas Gold (TSX: MAX) is assessing ways to lift the economics of its wholly owned Golden Meadows gold project in Idaho’s historic Stibnite mining district ahead of a prefeasibility study that’s due in mid-2014.


Moroccan state-owned phosphate producer Office Chrifien des Phosphates' Merah-Lahrach washing plant near Khouribga, Morocco. Source: OCP

Western phosphate producers look east for growth

AGADIR, MOROCCO — Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) may be the largest producer of finished phosphate products in the world, with four phosphate-rock mines, three processing plants in Florida and a second plant in Louisiana, but permitting new mines or…



Rodinia Lithium's flagship Salar de Diablillos lithium project in Salta province, Argentina. Credit: Rodinia Lithium

Rodinia Lithium gives up costly Nevada claims

When the Nevada office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management raised its annual mining claim fees last year by 700%, from US$140 per claim to US$1,120 — at a time capital markets were even more challenging for miners — juniors like…


McEwen Mining president Ian Ball.

Ian Ball takes the reins at McEwen Mining

Outside the tech industry, there aren’t too many sectors of the economy where you can find 31-year-old presidents of major companies, and certainly not in the field of mining, where the demographics in management are often skewed in the…


The view from Pilot Gold's new Karaayi property, looking east towards the TV Tower gold project in northwest Turkey. Source: Pilot Gold

Pilot Gold sees district-scale potential in Turkey, Nevada

VANCOUVER — Pilot Gold’s (TSX: PLG; US-OTC: PLGTF) large TV Tower property in Turkey has returned a stream of promising drill results over the past few months, including well-mineralized intercepts from the project’s silver…


A drill rig at the Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska. Source: Northern Dynasty Minerals

Anglo American kicks aside Pebble

VANCOUVER — The massive and controversial Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska is solely owned again by junior Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE-MKT: NAK), now that its joint-venture partner Anglo American (LSE: AAL; US-OTC:…


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