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Atna Resources' Pinson gold mine near Winnemucca in northern Nevada. Photo by Atna Resources

Atna’s Pinson project has open-pit potential

Atna Resources (ATN-T) plans to start commercial underground mine production in this year’s fourth quarter at its Pinson gold project near Winnemucca, Nev., and is exploring the possibility of developing an open-pit mine on the property…




The camp at Smash Minerals' Whiskey gold project in the Yukon. Photo by Smash Minerals

Smash Minerals, Prosperity Goldfields to merge

When Adrian Fleming, co-founder of the wildly successful Underworld Resources, listened to a presentation at his Vancouver office in November last year from Prosperity Goldfields’ (PPG-V) chief geologist Quinton Hennigh about a prospect in…


A loader filling a dump truck at Goldcorp's Penasquito polymetallic mine in Mexico. Photo by Goldcorp

Goldcorp falls short of production targets, again

Before Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) began commercial production at its expanded Red Lake gold mine on Jan. 1, 2001, the company was a 100,000- oz.-a-year mid-tier gold producer struggling to become a senior gold miner. But by the end of the year, Red…


Panoro Minerals president and CEO Luquman Shaheen speaks with visitors at the Cotabambas copper-gold project, located 50 km southwest of Cuzco, Peru. Photo by Ian Bickis

Panoro explores for riches in Peru’s heartland

It all started with a phone call. On the line was Standard Bank, looking to auction off some Peruvian properties after a joint venture between two majors had gone sour. On the other end of the line was Panoro Minerals (PML-V), which had worked…



Richfield Ventures co-founder Dirk Tempelman-Kluit.

AME BC unveils its honour roll for 2011

The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) has announced the 2011 recipients of its annual awards. The AME BC recognizes individuals or teams for significant contributions to the mineral exploration industry in B.C.,…



Newmont suspends construction of Conga

Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) has indefinitely halted construction activities in agreement with the government of Peru at its 51.35%-owned Conga gold-copper project in the northern region of Cajamarca following weeks of protests over the…




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