Eagle Plains drilling program on their Iron Range Project near Creston, southeastern British Columbia. Click here for animated slide.Eagle Plains Resources Inc. [EPL-TSXV; OTC-EGPLF] said Wednesday April 11 it has received approval from the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, marking the final step in completing the spin-out of Taiga Gold Corp. [TGC-CSE]. Shareholders of record on April 12, 2018, w...Read More
Can a light railway system work successfully in a heavy, bulk commodity business such as iron ore?Tim Treadgold Economics of MinRes' BOSS not yet clear11 APRIL 201811/04/2018commentsshare In a nutshell, that's the critical question behind the proposed A$280 million (US$217 million) merger of two Australian companies which have ore in the ground that needs a cheaper transport solution.Read More
The Canadian base metals stocks on our list have suffered severe YTD price declinesSmallCapPower | April 11, 2018: Many base metals have seen significant decreases from their peaks earlier this year, with copper declining 6% YTD, and zinc and lead declining 5% and 6%, respectively. The Canadian base metals stocks on our list today have had an average YTD decline of 44%, and that trend appears to b...Read More
Madsen Project portal and ramp entrance. Source: Pure Gold Mining Inc.Pure Gold Mining Inc. [PGM-TSXV] on Wednesday April 11 said drilling continues to reinforce the current resource and expand the mineralized zones at its 100%-owned Madsen Gold Project in Red Lake, northern Ontario.Investors reacted to the news, sending Pure Gold shares up 4.5% or $0.03 to 69 cents on active volume of 908,931.Rec...Read More
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government held an emergency cabinet meeting Tuesday aimed at salvaging the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion but did not come up with plan - at least not one ministers are prepared to talk about yet.Hours earlier, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley upped the ante, saying Alberta is not only prepared to invest in the pipeline, it is prepared to take it over entirely if need be....Read More
When he's right, he's right.Yesterday, Christian DeHaemer laid out one of the best cases for why you should be tapping into the oil sector right now.It's simple, really.As my cubicle cellmate pointed out, the fundamentals are too good to ignore. It's only a matter of time before global crude demand tops 100 million barrels per day, and that psychological benchmark could come as early as 2019.If no...Read More
West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc. (CSE: RLG, FWB: HYK, OTCQB: RLGMF) is based in Toronto and focused on gold exploration and development, in the prolific Red Lake Gold District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The Red Lake Gold District is host to some of the richest gold deposits in the world and has produced nearly 30 million ounces of gold, from high grade zones, including 18 million ounces from th...Read More
All assays were completed by ALS Chemex in Hermosillo, Mexico, and North Vancouver, BC, Canada.Drill holes BA18?EUR?66, 67, 69, 71, 73, 76, 78, 79, and 80 intercepted anomalous mineralization, but are below the Company's 150 gpt AgEq cutoff. Holes BA18?EUR?68, 70, 77, and 81 intercepted grades greater than 1,000 gpt AgEq, consisting of acanthite, argentite, electrum, native silver and visible gold...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - April 11, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Para Resources Inc. (TSXV: PBR) (WKN: A14YF1) (OTC Pink: PRSRF) (the "Company" or "Para") is pleased to announce that an NI 43-101 Technical Report entitled "2018 Technical Report on the Oatman Gold District Properties" dated April 10, 2018 and authored by James R. Guilinger, a Qualified Person under NI 43-1...Read More
Predictive Discovery Limited (ASX: PDI) is a prospect generator, focusing principally on exploration for gold in West Africa, with one additional project for gold in Australia. The company has a distinctive technological capability, known as Predictore (R),that sets it apart from its peers. We learned from Paul Roberts, Managing Director of Predictive Discovery, that the company is currently opera...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - April 11, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Advance Gold Corp. (TSXV: AAX) ("Advance" or "the Company") is pleased to announce promising underground sampling results from its Tabasquena Silver Mine, in Ojocaliente, Mexico. Follow up drilling is now underway, with a first phase, which will be 500 metres of core drilling on two holes of 250 metres each....Read More
Africa-focused drilling services firm Capital Drilling (LN:CAPD) has converted a short-term deal for Resolute Mining's (AU:RSG) Mali operations into a three-year contract, continuing a refocus for the group away from operations in Tanzania where miners are currently struggling with government relationships.A three-year deal with Resolute Mining in Mali is helping Capital Drilling diversify away fr...Read More
April 11, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) The Responsible Mining Index 2018, covering companies that produce 25% of all mined commodities globally, is launched in Geneva, Switzerland today. Among the key findings are:The vast majority of the assessed mining companies show responsible policies or practices on several economic, environmental, social and governance (EESG) issues. However, very few...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - April 11, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) EMX Royalty Corporation (TSXV: EMX) (NYSE: EMX) (the "Company" or "EMX") is pleased to announce the execution of a purchase agreement (the "Agreement") for the Njuggtr??skliden and Mj??vattnet nickel-copper-cobalt projects in Sweden (the "Projects"), the latest of a series of transactions with Boreal Energy...Read More
At a Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) event nearly 40 years ago an American mining engineer told an incredulous computer programmer and one-time physicist from Melbourne his mine optimisation software wasn't going to cut it - certainly not in the US of A. "My granddaddy showed me how to mine, and that's good enough for me," Jeff Whittle this week recalled hearing all those years...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - April 11, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO) (NYSE AMERICAN: BTG) (NSX: B2G) ("B2Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce its gold production and gold revenue for the first quarter of 2018. All dollar figures are in United States dollars unless otherwise indicated.First Quarter 2018 HighlightsRecord quarterly consolidated...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - April 11, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Rise Gold Corp. (CSE: RISE) (OTC Pink: RYES) ("Rise" or the "Company") announces a non-brokered private placement of up to 35,000,000 units at a price of CDN$0.10 per unit for gross proceeds of CDN$3,500,000 (the "Private Placement"). Each unit will consist of one share of the Company's common stock and one...Read More
Granada Gold Mine Inc. (TSXV:GGM) is preparing for a bankable Feasibility Study in 2018Angela Harmantas | April 11, 2018 | SmallCapPower: It has been a busy year for Granada Gold Mine Inc. (TSXV:GGM) leading into PDAC 2018. After undergoing a rebranding in early 2017, the Company put drills in the ground at the Granada gold project in Quebec to further define the resource. In January 2018, Grana...Read More
Shares in Pretium Resources Inc (NYSE:PVG) surged on Wednesday after the company announced blockbuster production numbers from its Brucejack gold-silver mine in British Columbia.During early afternoon trade the Vancouver-based producer was exchanging hands for $8.27 a share, up 19.4% on the New York Stock Exchange, in massive volumes of more than 8m shares traded. Pretium is now worth $1.5 billion...Read More
The price of gold shot to an 11-week high on Wednesday as escalating geopolitical risks saw investors seeking safe haven assets.Gold reached its highest point since January 25 after the most active gold futures contract on the Comex market in New York jumped 2% from its opening levels to reach $1,369.40 an ounce.Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and 'smart!'Wednesday saw...Read More