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Uranerz set to benefit from uranium upswing

VANCOUVER — Uranium juniors have had a tough time over the past two years, but Wyoming-focused developer Uranez Energy (URZ-T, URZ-X) looks poised to capitalize on a recent uptick in the nuclear market with an enviable land position in…


Curis' Florence copper project in Arizona. Source: Curis Resources

Florence prefeasibility lifts Curis to 52-week high

VANCOUVER – Curis Resources (CUV-T) managed to buck two of the mining sector’s most persistent problems – creeping capital costs and rising operating expenses – with a prefeasibility study for its Florence copper project in…


Getting it right at Comstock

Struggling with broken balance sheets and non-progressive management philosophies is part of his DNA, Corrado DeGasperis says.


Kelly Cluer, Altan Nevada's director of exploration, inspects a sample at the Radar gold-silver property in Nevada. Photo by Matthew Keevil.

Altan on the trail for Nevada’s next gold discovery

CARSON CITY, NEVADA — Driving along a broad stretch of freeway on the outskirts of Reno, it is obvious that Altan Nevada’s (ANE-V) director of exploration Kelly Cluer calls Nevada home. He spent the first 10 years of his career here…


Processing facilities at Atna Resources' Briggs gold mine in Inyo County, California. Source: Photo by Matthew Keevil.

Atna poised to capitalize on US gold portfolio

INYO COUNTY, CALIF. — If all goes according to plan, 2013 could be a banner year for junior gold producer Atna Resources (ATN-T) and its portfolio of advanced-stage gold assets in the southwestern U.S. With one gold mine cranking out cash…


Back Forty gains grade but work still suspended

VANCOUVER — A new resource estimate for the Back Forty poly-metallic project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has boosted the deposit’s metal grades. But despite the improvement, no work is underway at the site because project…


Garfield MacVeigh (left), president of Constantine Metal Resources, shakes hands with Nobuo Yamazaki, president of Dowa Metals & Mining, after reaching a joint-venture agreement for the Palmer VMS project in Alaska. Source: Constantine Metal Resources

Constantine finds perfect partner for Palmer

VANCOUVER — For the last few years, the Palmer project in Alaska almost had it all: a high-grade polymetallic deposit with thick, continuous zones that could be mined using short lateral drifts to deposit ore beside a highway running to a…


Shaking it up at Klondex

Last June Klondex Mines (KDX-T) replaced its board with a new slate of directors and in September hired Paul Huet as its chief executive, a mine engineer and expert in narrow vein gold mining best known for building and permitting Great Basin…



The historic pit at Meadow Bay Gold's Atlanta gold project in Lincoln County, Nevada. Source: Meadow Bay Gold

Meadow Bay doubles Atlanta gold resource

VANCOUVER — Shareholders of Meadow Bay Gold (MAY-T) enjoyed a share price jump after the Vancouver-based explorer doubled resources at its wholly owned Atlanta gold-silver project in Lincoln County, Nev.


Getting it right at Comstock

Struggling with broken balance sheets and non-progressive management philosophies is part of his DNA, Corrado DeGasperis says.



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