Fronteer spin-off Pilot Gold busy with the drill
Vancouver – Just six months into its new corporate life, Vancouver-based gold explorer Pilot Gold (PLG-T) has already drilled 60,000 metres at nine projects on two continents.
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Dia Bras settles strike action in Peru
Vancouver – The road to Dia Bras Exploration’s (DIB-V) Yauricocha mine in Peru’s Yauyos Province is now open after a blockade was cleared.
Meadow Bay bringing back Atlanta gold mine in Nevada
The low gold prices of the mid-1980s forced the Atlanta gold mine in southeasten Nevada to close down. But remnants of the old mine still remain.
Minera IRL finds its heart’s desire in Patagonia
For many people, the word “Patagonia” conjures up images of snow-capped mountains and pristine valleys filled with frolicking seals and blissed-out ecotourists.
Agnico closes, writes off Goldex
In a significant blow to its bottom line, Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) has been forced to indefinitely shut down and write off its Goldex underground gold mine in Val-d’Or, Que., because of the mine’s physical instability.
PMI Gold spikes as Obotan resource tops 4.5M oz.
Ghana-focused PMI Gold (PMV-V, PVM-A) has managed a 270% increase in gold resource at its Obotan project in a new resource estimate.
Carpathian hit with construction stoppage in Brazil
Carpathian Gold (CPN-T) has been forced to halt construction at its Riacho dos Machados gold project on environmental grounds barely a month after the Brazilian government approved the project.
Patagonia Gold digs into southern Argentina
Goldcorp’s (G-T, GG-N) $3.6-billion acquisition last year of Andean Resources and its Cerro Negro deposit in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province may have showcased it as an up-and-coming gold-producing region, but Patagonia Gold (PGD-L) had been…
Panoro’s big dreams for Cotabambas
In the northern reaches of south-central Peru’s Andahuaylas-Yauri belt, 50 km southwest of Cusco, three drill rigs are turning at Panoro Minerals’ (PMI-V) Cotabambas copper-gold porphyry project, where the company hopes to delineate the belt’s…
Gran Colombia struggles with violence in Colombia
Several acts of violence in recent weeks have marred Gran Colombia Gold’s (GCM-T) ambitious growth plans in Colombia’s gold fields.
CB Gold hits it big in Colombia
Ten kilometres south of the rich La Bodega and La Mascota gold deposits in northeast Colombia – acquired by Eike Batista’s EBX Group earlier this year in its $1.5-billion takeover of Ventana Gold – CB Gold (CBJ-V) has drilled into a new gold…
Merrex Gold thinks big in Mali
The hard-hit junior gold mining sector enjoyed a rare respite in October, but while many juniors moved up, Merrex Gold (MXI-V) was among the most favoured of them all.