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Sabina finding deeper mineralization at Goose claims
Vancouver – Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) continues to churn out drill results as it works towards resource updates and a scoping study for its Back River project in Nunavut.
Precious Metals Summit re-cap part II: Gabriel gathers mommentum
The trials and tribulations of Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) and its Rosia Montana project have been well documented over the years. Indeed tapping the incredible mineral wealth of the project has been a cumbersome process for the company as NGO’s…
Mexican army brought in to guard Excellon’s La Platosa mine
About 300 Mexican army troops, federal and state police have surrounded and blocked the entrances to Excellon Resources’ (EXN-T, EXLLF-Q) La Platosa underground silver-lead-zinc mine in Durango State, according to reports by the United…
China’s Minmetals strikes again
Minmetals Resources, in which China’s state-owned Minmetals Group holds a majority stake, is flexing its muscle again with a friendly takeover offer for Anvil Mining (AVM-T), a Canadian company with a copper mine in the Democratic Republic of…
Wealth Minerals focuses on rare earths
With the Chinese recently choking the supply of rare earths, there’s a race to get new cheap production from outside of China. Specialty minerals explorer Wealth Minerals (wml-v) is part of that hustle, touting its Rodeo de los Molles deposit…
Highland Valley union demands more of everything from Teck
Vancouver – “Ask not what you can do for Teck, but what Teck can do for you.” Such is the current motto of United Steelworkers Local 7619, which represents roughly 1,050 of the 1,250 workers at Teck Resources’ (TCK-T, TCK-N) Highland Valley…
GeoMega’s Montviel is no longer a secret
“The secret will be out with the initial resource estimate,” said GeoMega’s (GMA-V) president Simon Britt, referring to the potential at the company’s Montviel carbonatite rare earth elements (REE) property in Abitibi, Que.
Highlights from Precious Metals Summit, Part I
Over the next to days The Northern Miner will look back at some of the stand-out presentations from the Precious Metals Summit, which took place in Vail, Colorado in mid-September. Today’s segment will look at presentations made by the chief…
Mongolian MPs post hostile letter about OT
In an open letter to Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) published yesterday on Mongolian website medee.nn, a group of twenty parliamentarians in Mongolia reportedly accused the government of breaking the law when it concluded an investment agreement (IA)…