Maudore rises on good gold grades
Vancouver – A new set of high-grade gold results from the Comtois project in western Quebec gave Maudore Minerals’ …
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Alexis Minerals becomes world’s newest gold producer
Alexis Minerals’ (AMC-T) mine at Lac Herbin near Val d’or in Quebec is the world’s newest gold producer, churning…
Tournigan grows Kuriskova uranium resource
Vancouver – After a modelling error forced Tournigan Energy (TVC-V) to reduce the resources at its Kuriskova uraniu…
Barrick bids for junior energy company to mitigate oil costs
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) is hedging against soaring oil prices with an all-cash offer for Albertan oil and gas j…
Pacific Rim suspends drilling in El Salvador
Pacific Rim Mining (PMU-T, PMU-X) is suspending drilling in El Salvador and shifting its exploration efforts to Costa Rica and Guatemala, countries that are “more politically stable for mining investm…
Polar Star takes on Chile
SITE VISIT CALAMA, CHILE — It’s hard to wrap your head around the monstrosity of the Chuquicamata open-pit copper mine — affectionately known as “Chuqui” to the locals. Is the…
Big resource boost at Detour Lake (July 14, 2008)
Detour Gold (DGC-T, DRGDF-O) has more than doubled measured and indicated resources at its Detour Lake project, in northern Ontario, to more than 10 million oz. gold.
Monument raising $38M for Malaysia gold project
Monument Mining (MMY-V) is raising $38 million to move its 100%-owned Selinsing gold project in Malaysia toward production.
Livengood results lift International Tower Hill (July 14, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A long, well-mineralized intercept from its Livengood gold project in Alaska had International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-X) up as much as 35% in recent trading.
Helio hitting gold in Tanzania (July 14, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Helio Resource (HRC-V, HELOF-O) has been working away at the SMP gold project in southwestern Tanzania for two years and its efforts are starting to pay off. Strong drilling results from …
Yukon Gold ups Marg resource
Vancouver – An updated resource estimate for the Marg deposit in the Yukon to inform a prefeasibility study already…
Historic Q2 for Etruscan can’t lift shares
Despite its second quarter representing a historic time for Etruscan Resources, (EET-T) the company failed to gain …