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Site visit: Integra Gold’s Lamaque Project

For those unfamiliar with french, Val d’Or translates as Valley of Gold. And it’s an appropriate name: the city grew up around two gold mines and mining remains the only significant game in town.

Gwen Preston - Resource Maven | August 9, 2016 | 1:34 pm

Marathon shares surge 18% on Newfoundland drilling

Toronto junior bulks up deposit at central Newfoundland project – best intercept 2.1 g/t gold over 68.3m true width including 10.6 g/t over 3.3m.

Frik Els | August 9, 2016 | 11:49 am

Surprise natural gas drawdown signals higher prices ahead

The U.S. electric power sector burned through a record amount of natural gas in recent weeks, a sign of the shifting power generation mix and also a signal that natural gas supplies could get tighter than many analysts had previously expected.

Oilprice.com | August 9, 2016 | 10:43 am

Investors cheer Sprott, Osisko, Barkerville deal

Osisko buys 17% of Vancouver gold explorer from company controlled by Eric Sprott for $40m in cash and shares.

Frik Els | August 9, 2016 | 10:32 am

Ontario Steel goes after US Steel Canada

U.S. Steel Canada —formerly known as Stelco — has been operating under bankruptcy protection since 2014.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 9, 2016 | 9:50 am

Diamond production down, sales volume up

According to the Zimnisky Global Rough Diamond Price Index, rough diamond prices have climbed 8.9% in the last 3 months.

Paul Zimnisky | August 9, 2016 | 8:00 am

Gold futures come back to the London Metal Exchange

The LME’s previous attempt at trading gold lasted only three years .

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 9, 2016 | 6:00 am

Taseko may look into Gibraltar copper mine expansion after new claims acquisition

The news comes two weeks after Taseko revealed it was considering restarting the molybdenum circuit at Gibraltar mine, which has been idled since the third quarter of 2015 due to low metal prices.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 9, 2016 | 4:15 am

The last known gold deposit

Unlike fiat money, of which we can always print more, there’s only so much recoverable gold in the world. And despite the best efforts of alchemists, we can’t recreate its unique chemistry in a lab. The only way for us to acquire more is to dig.

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | August 8, 2016 | 4:14 pm

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