January 16, 2013

Eagle Hill Intersects 14.74 g/t Gold Over 17.9 Meters in Near Surface Mineralization at Windfall Lake

These results are part of a drill program designed to expand the size of the mineral resource estimation that already includes 1,665,000 tonnes at 10.05 g/t gold in the indicated…

January 15, 2013

Vale’s Roger Agnelli reaches number four on Harvard’s best-performing CEO list

A 934% shareholder return during his 10-year tenure and a 157% market capitalization gain

January 15, 2013

Hi Ho Silver Plans Spring 2013 Diamond Drill Program at its recently-optioned English Bay Property

Hi Ho Silver Resources Inc. submitted applications for diamond drilling permits on the company's Saskatchewan English Bay Gold Property in the LaRonge Gold Belt.

January 15, 2013

Diavik diamond mine’s Q4 production climbs 19%

Production at the Diavik mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories was up 19% in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011.

January 15, 2013

Laurentian creates first research chair in open-pit mining

IAMGOLD funds position at Laurentian University in Sudbury with $1.25M investment.

January 15, 2013

Barrick and Goldcorp Pueblo Viejo mine achieves commercial production

After only five months of kicking-off operations at the Dominican Republic’s Pueblo Viejo gold deposit, one of the largest in the world, Barrick and Goldcorp said the mine has achieved…

January 14, 2013

Encanto Potash close to $700m/year Indian deal

Things are moving in the junior otash sector in Canada.

January 14, 2013

Fresh protests against Eldorado Gold’s Hellas mine in Greece

Citizens’ groups, backed by the radical leftist party Syriza that is now the second largest group in parliament, have been trying to wreck the project since 2011, when Eldorado was…

January 14, 2013

Alamos Gold makes $780 million takeover bid for Aurizon Mines

Alamos is after Aurizon’s only operating gold mine, Casa Berardi, in northern Quebec.

January 14, 2013

First Quantum and Inmet exchange ‘love letters’

First Quantum said Inmet is trying to sabotage the takeover, while Inmet suggested its counterpart’s complaints were dishonest.