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2011
Royal Nickel considers downstream options for Dumont
Preliminary test work on a 1-kg sample of concentrate from Royal Nickel’s (RNX-T) Dumont nickel project in Quebec demonstrates that there is potential to use alternate and significantly cheaper processing options to produce a high-grade…
PMI Gold spikes as Obotan resource tops 4.5M oz.
Ghana-focused PMI Gold (PMV-V, PVM-A) has managed a 270% increase in gold resource at its Obotan project in a new resource estimate.
Carpathian hit with construction stoppage in Brazil
Carpathian Gold (CPN-T) has been forced to halt construction at its Riacho dos Machados gold project on environmental grounds barely a month after the Brazilian government approved the project.
Minera IRL finds its heart’s desire in Patagonia
For many people, the word “Patagonia” conjures up images of snow-capped mountains and pristine valleys filled with frolicking seals and blissed-out ecotourists.
Malaga makes headway in Peru
Before Montreal-based Malaga (MLG-T) took over the Pasto Bueno mine in 2005, private owners in Peru had turned out nearly 6 million tonnes of tungsten ore – or 42,000 tonnes of tungsten concentrate – from just five veins they had…
Candente Copper a likely takeover target?
Candente Copper’s (DNT-T) sizeable Canariaco Norte copper-gold deposit in northern Peru has been receiving a lot of buzz lately, with a few analysts tipping the project as a likely takeover target.
Panoro’s big dreams for Cotabambas
In the northern reaches of south-central Peru’s Andahuaylas-Yauri belt, 50 km southwest of Cusco, three drill rigs are turning at Panoro Minerals’ (PMI-V) Cotabambas copper-gold porphyry project, where the company hopes to delineate the belt’s…
Ed Flood hunting porphyry in Argentina
Being part of the team that unearthed one of the world’s great copper-gold deposits in Oyu Tolgoi hasn’t left Ed Flood to rest on his laurels.
Gran Colombia struggles with violence in Colombia
Several acts of violence in recent weeks have marred Gran Colombia Gold’s (GCM-T) ambitious growth plans in Colombia’s gold fields.
Xstrata Coal buys Cline’s Lossan deposit
Xstrata’s (XTA-L) subsidiary Xstrata Coal has struck a deal to buy Cline Mining’s (CMK-T) wholly owned Lossan coal deposit in B.C.’s Peace River coalfield for $40 million in cash.
CB Gold hits it big in Colombia
Ten kilometres south of the rich La Bodega and La Mascota gold deposits in northeast Colombia – acquired by Eike Batista’s EBX Group earlier this year in its $1.5-billion takeover of Ventana Gold – CB Gold (CBJ-V) has drilled into a new gold…