Vancouver-based Vannessa Ventures (vvv-v) has submitted an environmental impact study (EIS) for the Crucitas gold project in Costa Rica. Approval of the study by that country’s government is required …
The bulls charged ahead during the March 6-12 report period, pushing the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index up 280.02 points to 7,866.14. Even the precious metals and base metals sub-groups were up over…
Vancouver — Two rulings by Venezuela’s mines ministry have laid the groundwork for what could become a bidding war over control of the legally plagued Las Cristinas gold property in Bolivar state.The…
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange managed to post a modest gain over the week ended Feb. 12. The Standard & Poor’s-CDNX composite index tacked on 11.54 points, or 1%, to close at 1152.87.Samex Min…
Some are comparing 2001 with the first half of the 1980s, the last time metal prices were so bad. Others are comparing it with the depression after the crash of 1929. And so far, nobody has compared i…
Vancouver — Legal issues are once again taking centre-stage at the Las Cristinas gold property in Bolivar state, Venezuela. Minera Las Cristinas (Minca), which is 95%-held by Vannessa Ventures (VVV-V…
Vancouver — Since the early 1990s, when a host of foreign companies entered southeastern Venezuela in search of large gold deposits, the advancement of the historical Kilometre 88 mining district has…
Although trading volumes were low during the holiday-shortened report period of Aug. 1-7, there were nonetheless several developments in the Canadian mining scene.Reuters reported that Venezuelan stat…
Vancouver — A strong second quarter augurs well for Placer Dome (PDG-T) as the company sets about developing various deposits to replace its aging mines.The major cranked out 747,000 oz. gold during …
Junior Vannessa Ventures (VVV-V) has purchased a 95% interest in the Las Cristinas gold project in Venezuela for a “nominal” amount of cash and the assumption of the project debt owed to vendor Placer…
Gripped by the summer doldrums, the Canadian Venture Exchange composite index dropped 31.58 points, or 1%, to finish the report period ended July 24 at 3,073.7. The mining index remained relatively un…
The government of the Dominican Republic has awarded Placer Dome (PDG-T) the right to negotiate an agreement to develop the Pueblo Viejo gold-silver project into a modern, large-scale mine.Despite exp…
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