Stratabound aims to extend Taylor Brook
Junior Stratabound Minerals (SB-A) continues to develop drill targets on its Taylor Brook base metal property in northern New Brunswick.The company is exploring the Taylor Brook east extension and the…
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NEWS ROUNDUP — Windy resumes drilling at MacLeod
A $100,000 drilling program is under way on the MacLeod property near the Eastmain River in northern Quebec.Windy Mountain Explorations (WDM-A) is attempting to increase the mineral inventory of the S…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Gold resource grows at Porgera
More than 6 million oz. gold have been produced at the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea, a combined open-pit and underground operation which is celebrating its sixth anniversary this month.Placer…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Underground work pans out at Eagle River
Underground development at the Eagle River mine near Wawa, Ont., has established sufficient reserves to replace 1996 production completely.Calling the underground drill program mine “very rewarding,” …
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Newmont ups gold output and earnings
Record quarterly gold production has sparked an increase in earnings for Newmont Gold (NGC-N).The company earned US$21.6 million for the second quarter (before a gain on an asset sale and writeoff), c…
More gold found in West Timmins camp
The gold discoveries are coming thick and fast in the area centred on Thorneloe Twp., 18 km southwest of Timmins, Ont.Band-Ore Resources (BNDR-T) has intersected a new gold zone on its Thorne property…
DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — Redaurum gets licence next to Orapa
Diamond-producer Redaurum (RRK-T) has acquired exclusive prospecting rights to ground adjacent to the producing Orapa diamond mine of De Beers Consolidated Mines in Botswana.The company was granted a …
Northern Miner to host 2nd Southeast Asian mining show
Southeast Asia continues to attract mining companies from around the world, and its already-proven deposits and potential will be the focus of the second annual Southeast Asian Mining Conference and E…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Yamana explores targets in Indonesia and Argentina
Exploration programs are in full swing at properties held by Yamana Resources (YRI-T) in Indonesia, Argentina and Paraguay. Having raised $21 million in a recent road show, the junior is well-position…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Companies weigh risks of mining in former USSR
While only a handful of North American mining companies are operating mines in the former Soviet Union, many more are exploring the vast territory in search of projects with production potential.”The …
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Gold keeps Ontario’s Porcupine district on the map
When the Porcupine gold camp, near Timmins, Ont., has to compete with the glamor of the Andes and the mystery of Southeast Asia, it pulls out its secret weapon: gold. Exploration somehow keeps going w…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Junior companies converge on West African prospects
The political and economic reforms sweeping the African continent continue to attract an increasing number of North American gold exploration companies.The yellow metal has been mined in West Africa f…