Ivanhoe Mines’ Platreef project in northern South Africa, one of the richest and largest platinum ore bodies every discovered, may be getting a lot bigger. Exploration drilling at the Ga-Madiba target, several kilometres to the South East of the Platreef Indicated Resource, turned up 48.6 meters of 4.63 grams per ton platinum, palladium and gold,… Continue Reading

By Ana Komnenic, MINING.com Vancouver-based streaming firm Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) has seen some impressive gains on its share price over the past week; last Monday the company was trading at less than $6 per share, by the end of the week it was more than $7.50. The company’s 2013 results are to thank. Sandstorm reported… Continue Reading

The $20 million market cap CGX Energy Inc. holds 3.3 million acres in one of the last frontier oil basins on the planet; the Guyana-Suriname offshore basin. CGX’s grounds are considered analogous to West Africa’s prolific oil fields, and could hold multiple billion barrels of oil. CGX is already ~64% owned by Pacific Rubiales, and will need… Continue Reading

Uranium explorer, Skyharbour Resources (SYH:TSXV) and there Western Athabasca Syndicate partners have outlined their maiden drill campaign on their Preston Lake project.  This initial drill campaign will be comprised of roughly 10-15 holes drilled to depths of 100-250m (total of 2,000m).  The syndicates technical committee created the template for the 2014 program.  Richard Kusmirski (formerly exploration manager… Continue Reading

Gold has bounced off the $1180 level twice in the last year, most recently in late December. Since then, it’s had a fantastic run and, at the time of writing, was trading at $1380. That’s nearly a 17% gain in less than 3 months. Nickel’s up nearly 20% off its 52-week low of $5.97 with… Continue Reading

Eric Reguly, Europe Business Correspondent for the Globe and Mail, has an excellent new profile out on 87 year old Barrick Gold Co-Chairman Peter Munk, who is expected to step down from the world’s largest gold miner he co-founded next month. The transition to retirement could either save Munk’s life or kill him, Reguly writes. Apparently… Continue Reading

Nord Gold has agreed to option an initial 50.01% interest in Columbus Gold’s (CGT:TSXV) Paul Isnard project for $30 million.  Nord Gold is listed in London, but is 85% owned by the Russian billionaire owner of conglomerate Severstal, Alexei Mordashov (net worth ~$12 billion).  Nord Gold operates nine mines globally and produced 924,000 ounces of gold in 2013.… Continue Reading

> Try Tickerscores free for 14 days The North is interesting from a mining exploration perspective in several ways. First, because it is vast and unexplored, the potential for finding a mega discovery is certainly a possibility. It is no secret that millions of ounces of placer gold have been mined in the Yukon since the… Continue Reading

PMI data by YCharts Petromanas Energy (PMI:TSXV), which made a potentially massive onshore light oil discovery in Albania with their partner, the super-major Royal Dutch Shell, has updated the market on the drilling progress of their highly anticipated Molisht-1 well.  The well is targeting a depth of 5,500m and has been successfully drilled to 3,270m.  The… Continue Reading

Dave Lowell’s Lowell Copper announced an option to earn up to 70% in the TC property in the Hillsboro – Bisbee mineral trend in New Mexico from Rose Petroleum PLC and a subsidiary. The deal appears to have been structured in a way that allows Lowell Copper to back out if results aren’t promising. The… Continue Reading

Continental Gold (CNL:TSX) is aligning their high-grade Buritica project with Colombia’s long-term artisanal mining strategy and deserves praise for it.  Along with the Ministry of Mines, the National Mining Agency and Coranqioquia (the autonomous regional corporation responsible for issuing and controlling environmental permits in Antioquia), Continental Gold has signed a MOU (memorandum of understanding) with… Continue Reading

While gold continues to form a bullish consolidation pattern just below resistance ($1355-$1360): Click to enlarge Another precious metal, albeit a less popular one, is shining brightly after breaking out from a 3-year symmetrical triangle last week: This breakout has all the makings of one that investors should not take lightly (volume, duration, and price… Continue Reading

FCU data by YCharts Fission Uranium (FCU:TSX) continued their record of releasing incredible results at their Patterson Lake South project and followed it up with a $25M bought deal financing announced just after the close today.  First we will start with the results.  The company, this morning, reported their second best scint result to date… Continue Reading

International Enexco (IEC:TSXV) has announced it has hit the thickest and highest grade hole to date at their Mann Lake project located in the eastside of the prolific Athabasca Uranium Basin.  The ~$15 million market cap Enexco holds a 30% working interest and is partnered with two of the largest uranium producers in the world,… Continue Reading

SYH data by YCharts The PDAC is a whirlwind event.  Many news releases are conveniently timed to be released prior to and during the four day conference.  Skyharbour Resources (SYH:TSXV) had a few timely and quietly meaningful resources.  First, they named a prominent member to their advisory board; Mr. Thomas Drolet.  Mr. Drolet is a… Continue Reading