Eldorado invests in next generation of mines
Vancouver – Increased costs associated with new mine construction and reduced production from the aging Sao Bento …
Gold
Orezone pins estimate on Sega (March 22, 2006)
Ottawa-based junior Orezone Resources (OZN-T, OZN-A) now has a resource estimate for its Sega gold project in north…
Esperanza-Silver Standard extend high-grade San Luis vein
Vancouver – Channel sampling by Esperanza Silver (EPZ-V, ESPZF-O) and Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) on …
Sacre-Coeur cuts wide gold zone in Guyana
Vancouver – Drilling by Sacre-Coeur Minerals (SCM-V) on its Million Mountain property, in west-central Guyana, has …
Williams Creek and New Gold test Afton target
VANCOUVER – A joint drilling program by Williams Creek Explorations (WCX-V) and New Gold (NGD-T) will test a geoph…
Sherwood pulls more high-grade core from Minto
Vancouver An infill drilling campaign aimed at obtaining “modern” gold assay data from the Minto deposit is also …
Gold and the end of dollar hegemony, part III
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Apex to drill high-grade target at Mansfield’s La Frontera
Vancouver — La Frontera, a gold-silver property discovered and staked by Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V, MFMNF-O) in Argentina’s Catamarca province, has returned high-grade gold and silve…
Erdene Gold cozies with Xstrata
Vancouver — Erdene Gold (ERD-T, ERDGF-O) is getting closer to Swiss-based mining giant Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L), with a position on Erdene’s board going to the major…
Vannessa revises Crucitas resource (March 20, 2006)
Consultants for Vannessa Ventures (VVV-V, VNVNF-O) have delivered a revised estimate of the precious metal resource at the Las Crucitas property in Alajuela province, Costa Rica….
Minefinders to build heap-leach mine at Dolores
Vancouver — Management of Minefinders (MFL-T, MFN-X) plans to spend about US$131.6 million to build an 18,000-tonne-per-day, open-pit heap-leach mine at the Dolores gold-silver prope…
Aurora looks easy
Metallurgical testing on samples from the Aurora gold project in Guyana has returned positive results for Guyana Goldfields (GUY-T, GUYFF-O)….