2012

Great Western Minerals' Steenkampskraal REE mine in South Africa. Photo by Great Western Minerals

Great Western to get expertise from China

Over the last month Great Western Minerals Group (GWG-T) has completed a joint-venture with a Chinese company to build a rare earth separation plant near its Steenkampskraal mine in South Africa, about 350 km north of Cape Town, and…


Machinery at North Country Gold's Three Bluffs gold project in Nunavut's Committee Bay greenstone belt. Photo by North Country Gold

Canaccord brokers pile back into North Country

At least 14 Canaccord Genuity brokers have picked up shares in Nunavut-focused gold explorer North Country Gold (NCG-V) in a recent private placement. North Country raised $12 million in late December by issuing 10.2 million flow-through shares…



Canada/China sign landmark uranium deal

A new trade deal allowing exports of Canadian uranium to China is producing cheers from uranium companies across the country. The deal was one of several agreements signed during a visit this week to China by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen…


Round-up of explorers in Idaho

Ask a mining investor about gold in Idahoand Midas Gold (MAX-Tt) will likely be the first name that pops to mind. The company has put itself at the forefront of the conversation by proving up 5.8 million oz. of the yellow metal at its Golden…



Marathon Gold going the distance in Newfoundland, Idaho

Vancouver – While Marathon Gold’s (MOZ-T) flagship project sits in the centre of Newfoundland, the company is also ramping up its U.S. presence with a 20,000-metre drill program on its Golden Chest mine in Idaho and its recent acquisition of…


Benton gets sniffs at Sewell-West project

In December last year Benton Resources (BTC-V) launched a 1,476-metre drill program at its Sewell-West Timmins grass roots project in northwestern Ontario, about 60 km west of Timmins and 40 km west of Lakeshore Gold’s (LSG-T) Timmins mine.






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