Category: US & Canada

Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. announced the closing of its previously announced senior-secured silver stream facility with reference to up to 100% of the future silver produced from the Horne 5 property located in Rouyn-Noranda,...

Pure Gold Mining has reported results from an independent feasibility study of its 100% owned, previously mined Madsen gold project in the Red Lake mining district of Ontario. The study outlines a robust, high-grade,...

Liberty Gold Corp. announced the approval of a plan of operations at the Black Pine Project, one of its three principal gold projects located in the Great Basin. Located in southern Idaho, Black Pine is a past-producing,...

The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Pebble Project, a proposed open-pit mine in southwest Alaska, has been released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and now moves on to the next phase, public review and...

Centerra Gold Inc. announced that the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office has approved an amendment to Mount Milligan’s environmental assessment certificate to permit access to additional sources of surface water...

For 2018, Hecla Mining Co. announced preliminary silver and gold production of 10.4 million ounces (oz) and 262,103 oz, respectively. The company’s silver production fell 17% compared to 2017. The gold figure, an increase of 13%...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that 27 mining fatalities occurred in 2018 — the second lowest number ever recorded. Eighteen fatalities occurred at surface operations and...

Power Ore Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Opemiska Copper Mine Complex in the Chibougamau region of Quebec from Explorateurs-Innovateurs de Quebec (Ex-In), a privately owned company. The...

eCobalt Solutions has reported plans to increase the targeted mine production rate at its Idaho Cobalt Project from 800 metric tons per day (mt/d) to 1,200 mt/d. The company anticipates that the new mine plan, with improved...

Taseko Mines has announced that, following receipt of all necessary state and federal operating permits, well-field operations have begun and injection and recovery systems have been fully ramped up at its Florence in-situ...

Ascot Resources Ltd. announced it intends to acquire all the outstanding shares of IDM Mining Ltd. The transaction will consolidate Ascot’s Premier Gold project and IDM’s Red Mountain project to create the leading high-grade...

Pretium Resources has received amended permits from British Columbia’s Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy that allow it to increase production at its...