March 7, 2016

Celebrating 125 years of the Ontario geological survery

The Ontario Geological Survey is celebrating 125 years of documenting the geology of Ontario and providing modern, independent and credible geoscience data and knowledge to the public.

March 7, 2016

Behold the new golden bandwagen

Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger says we are actually back in a bona fide, brand-spanking-new bull market in gold and the gold miners.

March 7, 2016

Silver Standard to buy fellow Canadian miner Claude Resources

The deal values Claude Resources at Cdn$377 million in total or the equivalent of about $1.65 per share.

March 4, 2016

Mining to boost Peruvian GDP this year despite low copper prices

The country expects around $56 billion worth of mining projects to come on stream this year.

March 3, 2016

Faulty barometer

A cacophony of recession chatter is filling the airwaves.

March 2, 2016

Royal Nickel on a tear after northern Quebec find

Toronto junior's shares up 14% after grabbing samples ranging from 5g/t to 198g/t gold over 15km of strike length at its newly-consolidated Qiqavik project.

March 2, 2016

World’s top copper miner sees metal at $2 a pound for at least two years

Codelco says current copper rally will be short-lived.

March 2, 2016

Barrick announces ‘drastic revision’ of Pascua-Lama, may add partner

Analysts believe that Barrick’s partner in Papua New Guinea, Zijin Mining Group, could be the one to help turn Pascua-Lama into a success.

March 1, 2016

Warning of another string of mining bankruptcies in 2016

Rate of corporate defaults could be double historical average going back to 1920 says new study.

February 26, 2016

Proven & Probable: Interview with Rick Rule

Maurice Jackson interviews the Chairman of Sprott U.S. Holdings, Rick Rule.