San Gold to nearly double production in 2011
San Gold (SGR-T, SGRCF-O) produced 43,498 oz. of gold last year and plans to nearly double that amount this year to 80,000 oz.
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Continental climbs on high-grade hits
Recent results from Continental Gold’s (CNL-T) Buritica gold project in Colombia add further support to the notion that the company has a significant project on it hands.
Buddy Doyle leads Amarillo Gold
Seven years in the malaria-infested rainforests of Papua New Guinea and six years in Canada’s Arctic led Buddy Doyle and his exploration teams at Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) to the two biggest discoveries of his career: the 30-million-oz. Minifie…
New Gold to buy Richfield for $550M
Richfield Ventures (RVC-V) has capped an impressive rise by agreeing to be snapped up by New Gold (NGT-T, NGD-X) in an all-share deal that values the junior at $550 million.
Torex looks to Mexican gov’t for help securing Morelos after hold-up
After an armed robbery on March 20 at its Morelos gold project in Mexico’s Guerrero state, Torex Gold Resources (TXG-T) is turning to the local government and police to help secure the area and enable the company to continue exploration….
Golden Predator hits higher grades at Brewery Creek
Vancouver – Golden Predator’s (GPD-T) winter drill program has continued to expand the Bohemian zone at the Brewery Creek gold project in the Yukon.
Step-out drilling reveals more high-grade gold at Roxgold’s Yaramoko
Starting at a depth of just six metres, Roxgold (rog-v) has drilled 20 metres of 28.61 grams gold per tonne at the Bagassi Central target of its Yaramoko gold project in Burkina Faso. Further downhole, starting at 38 metres, a separate 11-metre…
Dorato looks to prove up Peru’s side of the border
Dorato Resources (DRI-V) has been getting some promising sniffs near the border between Ecuador and Peru. The company released its latest sampling results from Minera Afrodita, hot on the heels of drill results from a separate target on the…
Century suffers another setback as Peru mill suspended over tailings
Vancouver – Peru’s Ministry of Mines has told Century Mining (CMM-V) to suspend milling and processing operations at its San Juan gold mine while the ministry completes an evaluation of the mine’s tailings dams. The company provided no timeline…
Western Copper releases updated Casino study
Vancouver – Western Copper (WRN-T, WRN-X) has released an updated prefeasibility study for its sizable but remote polymetallic Casino project in the Yukon, three years and a commodity-price rollercoaster after the first.
Goldcorp doubles gold reserves at Cerro Negro (April 07, 2011)
With the price of gold in New York’s spot market reaching yet another all-time high close at US$1,456.80 an ounce on April 5, the world’s second largest gold producer by market value, Vancouver-based Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N), has announced a major…
Commentary: Another view of doing business in the Congo
For the past six and a half years, our company, Banro (BAA-T, BAA-X), has been engaged in intensive mineral exploration in what many consider to be one of the less fashionable addresses on Earth: the Democratic Republic of the Congo…