2004

Vancouver — Drilling by Red Back Mining (RBI-V) has expanded the resource at the Chirano gold project in southwestern Ghana.

Drilling by Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) has boosted the resource estimate at the Mel nickel deposit, 25 km north of Thompson, Man.

The Venezuelan government has confirmed Crystallex International‘s (KRY-T) land occupation permit for the Las Cristinas gold properties in the Kilometre 88 gold district. The permit authorizes mining on the properties and is a p…

Vancouver — WGI Heavy Minerals (WG-T) intends to acquire the world’s largest and highest-grade rutile deposit — the Sierra Rutile mine in Sierra Leone.

Vancouver — Minefinders (MFL-T) has moved its Dolores gold-silver project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state a step closer to the final-feasibility stage.

Vancouver — Drilling at the Pampana project in Sierra Leone — a joint venture between Mano River Resources (MNO-V) and Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) — is returning impressive gold grades from beneath an art…

Downbeat economic news, high crude oil prices, and the expectation that the U.S. Federal Reserve would increase interest rates brought U.S. stock markets lower in the reporting period Aug. 4-9. The S&P 500 Index fell 34.47 points, or 3.1%, to 1,06…