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Chile, Peru must meet energy challenges as mining booms

VANCOUVER — The Andean nations of Chile and Peru are firmly established as the top copper producing locales in the world. Chile holds the number one spot with annual production clocking in at roughly 4.9 million tonnes, while Peru sits in…


Geologist Waisale Kuruisaravi with core samples at Lion One Metals' Tuvatu gold project in Fiji. Photo by Lion One Metals

Lion One’s defining year in Fiji’s gold fields

While many juniors find current market conditions difficult to bear, Lion One Metals (LIO-V) is brimming with optimism and bracing itself for a bountiful year.Such bullishness can be attributed to the company’s enviable position…


Lion One sets in for defining year

While many a junior is finding current market conditions difficult to bear, Lion One Metals (LIO-V) is brimming with optimism and bracing itself for a defining year.


Barrick slides on management changes

Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) took a mild beating after it named a new chief executive in a move to bolster its share price, leaving some analysts wondering if turbulent waters lie ahead.


Xstrata copes with civil unrest in Peru

VANCOUVER — As with many developing countries, there is a natural resource duality in Peru that can trigger tension between pro-mining interests and local communities. Switzerland-based mega-miner Xstrata PLC (XTA-L) is stuck in the…


Gold Standard strikes again at Railroad

It looks like Gold Standard Ventures (GV-V) has done it again. The company’s shares jumped 51%, or 91¢ on April 26, following the new results from the North Bullion zone at its Railroad gold property outside of Elko, Nev. Gold…


Glass Earth advances in New Zealand

Work on the ground has not been quite as smooth as its name implies, but Glass Earth Gold (GEL-V) looks to have several New Zealand gold projects under control and moving forward.


The core shack at Moneta Porcupine Mines' Golden Highway project, 100 km east of Timmins, Ont., holds more than 250 km of historical core. Photo by Moneta Porcupine mines

Moneta Porcupine boosts Golden Highway

Just four months after reporting a 3.1-million-oz. gold resource from three open-pit zones at its flagship Golden Highway project 100 km east of Timmins, Moneta Porcupine Mines (ME-T) is back in the news with drill results from a fourth zone…


Freeport in eye of Indonesia’s nationalization storm

 The world’s largest, publicly traded copper producer, Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N), is standing tough in the face of simmering labour turmoil and nationalization overtures aimed at its Grasberg…


Nunavut explorers fired up for 2012

Nunavut has been a tough place for gold companies of late, with Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) shelving its Hope Bay gold project and Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) cutting years off its new Meadowbank gold mine in the face of cost overruns.



Glass Earth advances in New Zealand

VANCOUVER — Work on the ground has not been quite as smooth as its name implies, but Glass Earth Gold (GEL-V) looks to now have several New Zealand projects under control and moving forward.


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