Toronto-based Barrick Gold (ABX-T) will take over a 50% interest in the Ligneris gold project in northwestern Quebec. The interest is currently held by Placer Dome (PDG-T).Barrick plans to launch a $5…
Less exposed, and therefore less prospected, than its big brothers to the west and south, the Matheson area of northeastern Ontario has, in recent years, proved to be a durable, small-project camp.As …
Drilling by Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-M) is about to test a new gold target at La Grand Sud in the James Bay region of Quebec.Recent surface work identified a shear zone associated with a major contact…
Junior explorer Redbird Gold (RBD.A-A) has set a date for its shareholders to consider the takeover of two Albanian mining companies. In the meantime, the trading of Redbird’s shares has been halted b…
Total area: 48,845 sq. km (about twice the size of New Hampshire) Terrain: rugged mountains in the central and northern part, and lowlands in the southClimate: temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, h…
Ongoing chip sampling and geological mapping by Cabo Exploration Ventures (CVE-V) have revealed another gold zone at the San Juan prospect in Cuba.The prospect, several hundres metres southwest of the…
With a drill program under way in Tanzania, Princess Resources (PRL-V) is awaiting government approval for several new projects in China.The company recently signed two letters-of-intent in China’s Hu…
In an effort to make Canada a more attractive place in which to explore and mine, the federal government has rewritten its minerals and mining policy.”Essentially, the old policy was international in …
Australian-based Meekatharra Minerals has postponed a private placement that would have raised several million dollars for exploration and development in Indonesia and paved the way for a Canadian sto…
A trenching program by Santa Cruz Gold (SCG-T) at the Magistral project in Sinaloa state, Mexico, has identified three gold zones there.Sampling of the Dos Amigo zone returned 4 metres grading 1 gram …
Ontario’s resident geologists program should remain intact, but recording of claims should be centralized in Sudbury, according to a report released by the province’s Ministry of Northern Development …
A takeover bid has been launched by Placer Dome (PDG-T) for Highlands Gold, a Papua New Guinea-based company that owns 25% of the Porgera gold mine, and for the remaining 24.6% interest of subsidiary …
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