Diavik surpasses 20M carats
In the little over three years since startup, the Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories has produced just under 20 million carats of rough diamonds to the end of 2005….
2006
Cozamin poised for production
With mine and mill construction proceeding on schedule, Capstone Mining (CS-T, CSFFF-O) expects to begin operations by the third quarter of this year at its Cozamin copper-silver-zinc project in Zacat…
High-grade at Mulatos
Definition drilling on the Escondida high-grade zone at the Mulatos project in Sonora state, Mexico, has returned more good intersections for Alamos Gold (AGI-T, AGIGF-O)….
High-grade at Durango
The first batch of nine holes from a 17-hole drill program is outlining another high-grade manto on Excellon Resources’ (EXN-V, EXLLF-O) Platosa silver-lead-zinc property in Mexico’s Durango state….
Metallica’s blasting permit snuffed
Shares in Metallica Resources (MR-T, MRB-X) slipped 53, or 12.5%, to $3.70 in late-afternoon trading in Toronto o…
Barrick exercises back-in right at Pinson (April 07, 2006)
Vancouver – Pinson Mining, a unit of Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N), has opted to exercise its back-in right for a 70…
Moto finds more gold in the hills of the Congo
The resource at Moto Goldmines’ (MGL-T, MOE-A, MOE-L) Moto Gold project in northeastern Democratic Republic of Con…
Northern Lion cuts gold at Haveri
Northern Lion Gold (NL-V) has received encouraging results from the first four holes on a drilling program at its H…
Will Phelps Dodge re-start Climax?
Phelps Dodge (PD-N) may have announced plans to re-start its Climax molybdenum mine but with the metal’s price down…
Falconbridge on the decline at El Morro
Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) has begun sinking an exploration decline into the La Fortuna copper-gold deposit on …
First Majestic to take control block in First Silver (April 06, 2006)
First Majestic Resource (FR-T, FMJRF-O) will take up a 63% ownership stake in silver producer First Silver Rese…
Trade Winds pulls high grade at Detour
Trade Winds Ventures (TWD-V) has discovered a new mineralized shoot on Block A of its Detour Lake gold property in …