Construction will begin on the Venezuelan gold mine known as Las Cristinas, following an agreement signed by Placer Dome (PDG-T) and state-owned Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana.The agreement was sig…
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index lost 4.5 points over the report period ended Feb. 11, to close at 1,213.71, while the resource index dropped 11 points to finish at 2,262.15.The combined v…
Based on preliminary results of a geophysical program, Etruscan Enterprises (EET-V) has identified two major zones of interest on the Kossa permit in Niger’s Liptako gold district.The junior holds an …
A new heap-leach gold mine under construction in central Nevada is expected to become the lowest-cost producer of Homestake Mining (HM-N).When it is up and running later this year, the Ruby Hill mine …
Jon Baird is managing director of the Canadian Association of Mining Equipment & Services for Export and chairman of the co-ordinating committee of Keep Mining In Canada, a grassroots campaign designe…
The government of Namibia has granted Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) a diamond mining licence for the Koichab prospect, which forms part of the company’s Luderitz Bay grant.The offshore mining company, als…
Africa, diamonds and mercenaries are words that fire the imagination and inspire adventure novels. Put them together and you have the makings of a television documentary that delivers something out of…
Rouyn-Noranda, Que.-based Coleraine Mining Resources (CRI-M) has received encouraging drill results from its Perron gold project in the northern Abitibi belt in Quebec.Hole 2 intersected 2.2 metres (f…
In an attempt to eliminate red tape and attract investment in Ontario’s mining sector, the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines has revised the province’s Mining Act.The revisions, which the gov…
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Drill results from the Stone Boy gold property have triggered increased interest in the Fairbanks district of Alaska.The drill program, which returned a 10.4-metre intersection grading 31.8 grams gold…
After several years of false starts, the historic Bralorne gold mine near Vancouver, B.C., is scheduled to reopen in mid-March.The mine operated from 1916 to 1971, but low gold prices forced its closu…
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