ONTARIO – Battle North Gold, previously Rubicon Minerals, has released an updated resource estimate for its flagship Bateman gold project (formerly known as Phoenix), which grows the measured and indicated tonnes by 18% with no major changes in grade. …
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NOVA SCOTIA – ScoZinc has released the results of a preliminary feasibility study (PFS) on its wholly owned and permitted Scotia mine project, 62 km northeast of Halifax. The study outlines a 2,700 t/d open-pit operation, producing zinc and lead……
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ONTARIO – Underground drilling at Pure Gold Mining’s Red Lake mine has returned high-grade intercepts from both step-out and infill holes. The company released 10 initial assays from a 30,000-metre drill program, which started in June: these drillholes…
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ECUADOR – Lundin Gold has restarted operations at its Fruta del Norte (FDN) gold mine and expects to resume concentrate shipments in the next few days. Operations at the site were suspended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based…
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Tanzanian Gold (TSX: TNX; NYSE: TRX) has produced commercial-grade gold for the first time from the oxide processing plant at its Buckreef gold project, south of Lake Victoria and 110 km southwest of the city of Mwanza in north-central Tanzania. “The&#…
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YUKON – Victoria Gold’s Eagle gold mine reached the commercial production milestone on Jul. 1 – all of the facilities required for this stage of the mine life are now complete and, according to Victoria, the mining and processing operations…
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The Northern Miner has compiled a list of the top-10, Canadian headquartered base metal and uranium juniors – with no production and which are not a royalty or streaming company. The ranking is based on market capitalization as of mid-June.…
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RED LAKE – PureGold’s Red Lake mine is expected to pour first gold in the fourth quarter of this year as development progresses ahead of schedule. The company has purchased 95% of the major equipment items for the site and…
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VANCOUVER – Alexco Resource has received a draft water licence from the Yukon Water Board for its Keno Hill silver operation, and is moving forward with plans to produce its first concentrate before the end of the year. While the draft…
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Canadian gold and silver juniors are leading project advancement at home and abroad. The following are the top 10 Canadian-headquartered precious metals companies that are developing projects but not yet in commercial production, ranked according to ma…
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