Tower Hill tallies Livengood resource
VANCOUVER — International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-X) sees major potential for its flagship Livengood project, in Alaska, now that an initial resource estimate has outlined a significant gold dep…
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Platinum cracks US$2,000-per-oz barrier
A meteoric rise in platinum prices grabbed the mining sector’s attention during the week ended Feb. 16, the seventh trading week of 2008.
Barrick buys rest of Cortez from Rio Tinto for US$1.7B
One of the best gold assets in the world is now solely in the hands of the world’s biggest gold miner.Barrick G…
Ascendant closes in on SGV
Ascendant Copper (ACX-T) and St. Genevieve Resources (SGV) managed to hammer out a deal whereby Ascendant will up i…
3.1M oz. gold resource at Tower Hill’s Livengood
Vancouver – International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-X) sees significant potential for its flagship Livengood pro…
Strathmore nearly doubles Reno Creek resource
A new resource estimate for Strathmore Minerals’ (STM-V, STHJF-O) Reno Creek deposit in northeastern Wyoming’s Powder River basin is nearly twice previous estimates.
Newmont, Fronteer, fast-track Sandman
VANCOUVER — Keen to see some near-term benefit from its recently acquired Nevada mineral assets, Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-X) has signed an agreement with Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) t…
Allied Nevada readies for Hycroft reopening
As Allied Nevada Gold (ANV-T, ANV-N) gets ready to reactivate the Hycroft heap-leach gold mine near Winnemucca, Nev., by the fourth quarter, the company has shifted its drill program into high gear.
Midway doubles Spring Valley gold resource
Midway Gold (MDW-V, MDW-X) has boosted the inferred gold resource at its Spring Valley project in Nevada.
Fury completes Taylor purchase
VANCOUVER–Fury Explorations (FUR-V, FURXF-O) is inching closer towards production with the recent closure of its deal to purchase the historic Taylor silver mine and mill complex, near Ely, Nev.
Gryphon Gold awaits new resource for Borealis
“You know the old saying: the best place to find gold is near the head shaft of an old mine,” Tony Ker, president and chief executive of Gryphon Gold (GGN-T, GYPH-O), told a group of investors at a re…
Piedmont takes on Nevada one JV at a time
Piedmont Mining (PIED-O) doesn’t want it all.