Gold

Visitors enter the mine workings at Trelawney Mining and Exploration's Chester gold project in August. Photo by Salma Tarikh

More long intercepts for Trelawney (February 07, 2011)

Trelawney Mining and Exploration (TRR-V) has raised expectations in a short period of time. So much so that the latest drill results, that would be the envy of many junior gold explorers, failed to impact the company’s stock value.


Bjorkdal grows 50%

The overall resource at Gold-Ore Resources’ (GOZ-T) Bjorkdal gold mine in Sweden has grown by more than 50% from the previous estimate reported last March.


Drillers at Sunridge Gold's Asmara copper-gold-zinc project in Eritrea. Photo by Sunridge Gold

Sunridge gets results

Sunridge Gold (SGC-T) has released assays from the first four of 35 holes drilled to define the Debarwa copper-gold-zinc VMS (volcanogenic massive sulphide) deposit at its Asmara project in Eritrea. 


Shanta Gold makes headway in Tanzania (February 07, 2011)

Junior Shanta Gold (SHG-L) wants to make the leap from explorer to gold producer within two years. On Jan. 25, Shanta said it is on track to complete a detailed feasibility study by the end of June on its Singida gold project in central…


A vessel at Nautilus Minerals' Solwara 1 copper-gold project in the Bismarck Sea. Photo by Nautilus Minerals

Nautilus secures deep-sea mining lease (February 07, 2011)

A pioneering deep-sea mining operation is a big step closer to reality after the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government granted a mining lease to Nautilus Minerals (NUS-T, NUS-L) for its Solwara 1 copper-gold project in the Bismarck Sea.


Paramount expands San Francisco

The final assays results from the remaining 28 holes completed during the 2010 drill program on Paramount Gold and Silver’s (PZG-T, PZG-X) San Miguel project in Mexico continue to confirm the potential for near-surface, bulk-tonnage…


Marco Navarro, safety and ecology superintendent, on the suspension bridge at Primero Mining's San Dimas gold-silver mine in Mexico. Photo by Primero Mining.

Joe Conway’s Primero has big plans for San Dimas

Before he stepped down a year ago as president and chief executive of Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N), Joseph Conway successfully transformed the company from a $50-million joint-venture player to a $6-billion leading intermediate gold producer. Now the…


A dump truck at First Quantum Minerals' Kansanshi copper-gold mine in Zambia, 10 km north of the town of Solwezi. Photo by First Quantum Minerals

First Quantum to expand Kansanshi

Already one of the largest copper-producing companies, First Quantum Minerals’ (FM-T, FQM-L) plan to expand production capacity in Zambia at its Kansanshi copper-gold mine by 60% to about 400,000 tonnes of copper per year by 2015 and advance…


Aldridge likes what it sees at PNG discovery

When Aldridge Minerals (AGM-V) acquired a 450-sq.-km licence in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in February 2009, it fielded three requests from majors to joint-venture the property even before any samples were taken.


Gillian Kearvell, Newstrike Capital's vice-president of exploration, with colleagues at the Ana Paula gold project. Photo by Newstrike Capital

Newstrike cuts long gold hit in Mexico

Vancouver – The first set of drill results from Newstrike Capital’s (NES-V) exploration and twinning program on its Ana Paula gold project in southern Mexico returned several significant gold intercepts including a long stand-out.


Midway positioning Pan for production

Eureka, Nevada – Using the Pan gold project in Nevada as a springboard, Midway Gold’s (MDW-V, MDW-X) President and Chief Operating Officer Kenneth Brunk is intent on transforming the company into a producer. He is confident that this year’s…



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