Teck options into Strait’s Alicia
Vancouver – Teck Resources (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has given Peruvian-focused junior Strait Gold (SRD-V) a boost by optioning into its Alicia copper project.
Gold
Extorre’s Zoe zone yields high-grade
Infill drilling at Extorre Gold Mines’ (XG-T) Cerro Moro project in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province captured the attention of investors this week with high-grade intercepts including 11.15 metres of 36.3 grams gold per tonne and 4,412 grams…
Taca Taca gets bigger and better
After a brief stop around midnight to refuel in Panama, Ross Beaty pulls out a sleeping bag from his carry-on and spreads it in the aisle of the luxurious Gulfstream III jet he has chartered to fly a group of mining analysts to Lumina Copper’s…
Intrepid continues to expand Tumpangpitu
Vancouver – For the third time in a little over a year Australia-based Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-A) has added hundreds of millions of inferred tonnes at the Tujuh Bukit gold-copper project in Indonesia.
Barkerville gets the permit to tap into Bonanza Ledge
Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM-V) is on its way to bulking up production at its QR Mine in B.C. thanks to a newly permitted deposit just up the road.
NovaGold completes feasibility on Donlin
An updated feasibility study on the Donlin gold project in southwestern Alaska puts capital costs at US$6.7 billion–down from US$7.0 billion–and includes US$834 million for the construction of a 500 km natural gas pipeline and US$984…
What it takes to build a successful gold mining company in Africa
London, U.K. – If you ask Mark Bristow what it takes to build a successful gold mining company in Africa, he’ll start by telling you what it doesn’t take.
La Mancha planning second life for Hassai
Vancouver – For the past six years Martin Amyot has been making an annual trek to Vancouver to try and convince investors that not only has Sudan had a gold mine in continuous operation since 1991, but also that the mine will be in operation…
Anaconda sells iron ore assets to pay down debt
Anaconda Mining (ANX-T) has sold off its iron ore assets in Chile in a bid to pay down debt and get more focused on gold.
Kinross inks agreement in principle on Fruta del Norte
Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) is finalizing a feasibility study on its Fruta del Norte project in southeastern Ecuador that will be completed before the end of the year and project costs and capital and operating costs are expected to exceed those…
Rye Patch locks horns with Coeur d’Alene
Shares of Rye Patch Gold (RPM-V) surged 84.4% to close at 71¢ yesterday on news that the junior had scooped lapsed mining claims from a subsidiary of major Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) in the Rochester mining district of Nevada.
Kofi results encourage Avion Gold
Drill results from the C zone of the Kofi property in Mali, West Africa show “excellent potential” for Avion Gold (AVR-T, AVGCF-O) to define a “near-surface, high grade, mineable gold deposit” says the company’s senior vice president of…