April 1, 2016

Canadian police warn of new scam targeting out-of-work miners

Red Maple Mining hoax has been popping up in a classified ad on the website Kijiji, Ontario officers say.

April 1, 2016

The uranium shakedown: How Mongolia and Russia conspired against western investors (Part 1 of 3)

The curious case of Khan Resources exposes how Mongolia seized uranium mine deposits from their Canadian legal owner and transferred them to Russian government control. And with elections imminent, the…

March 31, 2016

Silver Wheaton to get $550 million in shares sale

Proceeds of the offering, which is scheduled to close around April 7, will be used to repay debt.

March 30, 2016

Kinross is going ahead with expansion of its Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania

Project is expected to dramatically increase production and slash costs at the troubled mine.

March 29, 2016

Another world-class diamond discovery?

Now we’re about to see if geologist Buddy Doyle amassed enough geological savoir faire to pull off a masterstroke in the sunset of his 30-year-plus career.

March 25, 2016

China’s Zijin Mining profit in 2015 hit by gold, base metal prices slump

Net profit for 2015 dropped by almost 30% to $261 million (1.7 billion yuan) from the previous year's $353 million.

March 25, 2016

Barrick Gold chairman John Thornton takes a 76% pay cut

He will receive $3.4 million for his work in 2015, including compensations and pension, a significant reduction from the almost $13 million he pocketed in 2014.

March 24, 2016

AME BC Welcomes Mineral Exploration Incentives in Federal Budget 2016

The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) welcomes incentives announced in the Government of Canada’s 2016 budget that assist mineral explorers and developers in British Columbia (BC).

March 24, 2016

US judge rules Barrick Gold must face group lawsuit over Pascua-Lama mine

Class action claims that Barrick repeatedly and knowingly misled shareholders about whether Pascua-Lama complied with environmental regulations.

March 23, 2016

Winds of change in Atlantic Canada as region adjusts to end of the commodity supercyle

Conference to discuss the impacts of tectonic shifts in the Asia-Pacific economy, and what it means for oil and resource prices.