The summer of 2011 is a wonderful time to be a gold miner. The price burst above US$1,800 an ounce on Aug 10, but has since fallen back a bit. Don't worry. It will rise again given the background of…

With a name like Minefinders., there's little doubt what the company is all about. It's a name that leaves nothing to question because, quite frankly, Vancouver-based Minefinders Corporation Ltd. is a company on a mission to find mines and...

The long days of the Alaska summer are lighting up a remote, decades-old gold property that Vancouver junior Fire River Gold Corporation hopes will launch it into the lucrative league of gold producers riding the metal's sustained bull run.

(The following has appeared in numerous Northern Ontario newspapers and was submitted by the author.)

Mottos are usually just a string of catchy words created to inspire people to do their best. Lord Baden-Powell told and trained the Boy Scouts to "Be Prepared," Nike says "Just Do It," Ford insists "Quality is Job One," and even…

The 1864 gold rush in the south eastern corner of B.C. brought prospectors and other fortune hunters by the thousands to the Wildhorse Creek.

The first gold mines in Quebec were discovered in the Malartic gold camp in the mid 1920s, all motivated by the then-recent discovery of the famous Horne Mine (in nearby Rouyn-Noranda), the foundation asset in another great Canadian mining...

The words "mineral resources" might well be spelled "commodity prices". The mining industry understands that the higher the prices the more material falls within the definition of resources, meaning it has the potential to be economically...

QUEBEC - On April 13, 2011, Osisko Mining Corp. of Montreal announced the first gold pour from its flagship Canadian Malartic mine 25 km west of Val d'Or. The project involved spending roughly $760 million, moving the entire town of…

The Red Lake Gold Camp has long been synonymous with bonanza grades. For more than 60 years the Campbell mine provided half-ounce head grades, making it the world's richest gold mine. The focus has shifted to deeper deposits at the…

Despite recent economic challenges, Northern Ontario remains a land of natural riches. Today, the Hemlo area, approximately 350 km east of Thunder Bay, is one of the more active gold mining districts in Ontario, and the Hemlo Property, owned...

In June, 2009, David Larche acquired the rights to a former, open-pit gold mine known as the Golden Arrow, located some 65 km east of Timmins, Ontario. The mine produced nearly 280,000 tonnes of low-grade ore before being closed in…