Triumph returns long intercepts from Freegold

The majors continue to focus on rigorous cost control measures and disciplined M&A activities and juniors still seek the right opportunities.

Lucara has discovered rare diamonds in the past, including a 9.46-carat blue diamond that fetched $4.5 million in 2012.

Foreign direct investment in the central Asian country dropped 50% last year.

Last year's top earner was a coal miner who ended the year $15 million in the black.

Nickel prices are up by almost a third since the start of the year. That looks premature at best and, at worst, overdone says new report.

NioCorp Developments' El Creek niobium mine could become the first such a mine in the US, which currently imports 100% of its needs for the metal.

The company hopes to capitalize on the forecast increased global demand for zinc.

The company will soon begin transporting ore up to Milne Inlet, where it will wait to be loaded onto ships during the open water season of 2015.

The company is currently waiting for its Land Use Permit and Class A Water License from the Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board of the Northwest Territories.