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A drill site at Corvus Gold's North Bullfrog gold project, 15 km north of Beatty, Nevada. Credit: Corvus Gold

Corvus uncovers high-grade zone at North Bullfrog

VANCOUVER — It’s been a bountiful year for explorer Corvus Gold (TSX: KOR) at its North Bullfrog project, 15 km north of Beatty, Nev. The company is in the midst of a 20,000-metre drill program at the site, and has kept a strong…


Injection wells at Curis Resources' wholly owned Florence in situ copper project beside the town of Florence in south-central Arizona. Credit: Curis Resources

Taseko to buy Curis

B.C. copper miner Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) has tabled a friendly, all-share bid for Vancouver-based junior copper developer Curis Resources (TSX: CUV; US-OTC: PCCRF) and its wholly owned Florence in situ copper project beside the…



The Mineral Park copper-molybdenum mine in Arizona. Credit: Mercator Minerals

Mercator on life support

Financially troubled producer Mercator Minerals (TSX: ML; US-OTC: MLKKF) has filed for protection from its creditors in Canada and the U.S.


Robbie Grubbs, environmental engineer, collects baseline ground water samples at Rare Element Resources' Bear Lodge REE property, in support of the Wyoming project's environmental impact statement, currently underway. Credit: Rare Element Resources

Rare Element sees ‘significant change’ in REE markets

VANCOUVER — It’s been over two years since U.S.-based Rare Element Resources (TSX: RES; NYSE-MKT: REE) released an economic study on its Bear Lodge rare earth minerals property in northeastern Wyoming, and according…


US stocks advance, Aug. 18-22

U.S. equities had a strong run during the Aug. 18–22 week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 338 points to 17,001.22. The S&P 500 Index rose 33 points to 1,988.40, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 74 points to…



Ousted Cliffs CEO to receive US$11M payment

Struggling iron ore and coal miner Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) will have to make close to $28 million in severance payments to executives and other key staff that have been turfed following a proxy battle.


A worker handles drill rods at Duluth Metals and Antofagasta's Twin Metals copper-nickel-PGM project in Minnesota. Credit: Duluth Metals

Price tag for Duluth’s Twin Metals nears US$3B

The release of a prefeasibility study estimating that its Twin Metals copper-nickel-platinum group metals joint-venture project would cost US$2.8 billion to build sent Duluth Metals (TSX: DM; USOTC: DULMF) shares tumbling by more than 25%.


Cliffs to buy back shares

A month after activist hedge fund Casablanca Capital succeeded in gaining control of the board at Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF), the troubled iron ore and metallurgical coal miner says it plans to buy back US$200 million worth of its own…


Stillwater Mining's East Boulder PGM mine in Montana. Credit: Stillwater Mining

Stillwater keeps its PGM costs down

Stillwater Mining (TSX: SWC.U; NYSE: SWC) has gone back to the basics and is refocused on its platinum group metals (PGM) assets in Montana, under the direction of its relatively new board, with noticeably good results.


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