Carlin Trend gold explorer Gold Standard Ventures (GSV-V) landed a C$16.1-million investment from Goldcorp (G-T) this morning, fortifying its treasury to explore and build ounces in Nevada’s Railroad-Pinion district. The deal was done at $1/share, a gravity-defying 11% premium to Friday’s closing price. Goldcorp takes a 9.9% stake on an increasingly crowded shareholder registry. OceanaGold… Continue Reading
RENO, Nevada — Mac Jackson is Gold Standard Venture’s exploration chief. Like the Nevada prospector’s CEO, he and his co-workers are youngish — late 30s, early 40s. I imagine most of them were not born when the Carlin Trend “became” a gold trend in Nevada sometime in the 1960s. Gold Standard Ventures’ latest reverse-circulation drill… Continue Reading
Gold Standard Ventures (GSV.V) has been busy consolidating and exploring land positions in the Carlin Trend in Nevada since becoming public in July 2010. The Carlin Trend is one of the most prolific places in the world for gold production and home to the large mines of Newmont and Barrick. The team at Gold Standard… Continue Reading
Three junior mining pros have tipped me off about the same company in the past week. While almost every good mining promoter believes his deal is the next to go, these three people are better than my average sources, so I decided the rumour was worthy of basic investigation. The richest places in the world… Continue Reading
