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Mexico’s Federal Court has ordered the Agrarian Court in San Luis Potosi state to reinstate Metallica Resources‘ (MR-T) surface rights lease on the Cerro San Pedro gold-silver project.

Gold rose US$6-even over the Nov. 10-16 report period to close at a 16-year high of US$439.40 per oz. in London. To the surprise of no one, the TSX’s gold index jumped 7.2 points, or more than 3%, to 224.45. The diversified metals & mining index w…

The big news this week for the junior mining sector is the gold price which managed to make it past the US$440 mark with participants cheering the climb. Venture Exchange-listed companies were looking up, however, there is still a lot of weakness…

Alexis Minerals (AMC-V) is encouraged by gold and copper results from channel sampling on the Oramaque property, east of Val d’Or, Que.

In play since mid-June, Noranda (NRD-T) has finally whittled down its list of potential suitors to Chinese parastatal enterprise China Minmetals.…

Richmont Mines (RIC-T) and Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) have intersected significant gold at their Valentine Lake property, 55 km south of Buchans, Nfld.

The exploration success that Falconbridge (FL-T) is enjoying in the Sudbury mining camp, especially with the discovery of the new high-grade Nickel Rim South deposit, ensures its Sudbury operations will continue for at least the…

Hurricane Ivan, a category-5 storm, has struck with a vengeance, causing devastation in Grenada and extensive damage in other areas of the Caribbean.