2012

Editorial: Putting the Lie in Libor

Have you ever felt the whole game was rigged? Well, there’s some justification for that feeling, as the month of June closed out with British banking giant Barclays doing the perp walk and agreeing to pay out a relatively miniscule US$453…


Atico looks to repeat Fortuna’s success

Recently listed Atico Mining (ATY-V) has joined the rush of companies exploring for gold in Colombia, but the company plans to set itself apart with its unique management team and strategy.The team includes many of the people behind the success…



Photo by Capstone Mining

Capstone unveils Minto expansion plan

A lot has changed since Vancouver-based Capstone Mining (CS-T) kick-started production at its Minto open-pit copper mine, 240 km north of Whitehorse, Yukon, in 2007. At the time the mine had an eight-year life and a throughput rate of 1,600…


Golden Reign digs Nueva Segovia in Nicaragua

Golden Reign Resources (GRR-V) wants to help return Nicaragua to its former vaunted status in the gold world.Before the Sandinista revolution of 1979, Nicaragua was one of Central America’s largest gold exporters.And…


More about cost overruns on capital development

I am an advocate of change for the better, as well as the preservation of those things that work well, but there seems to be a lack of good balance between the two these days when it comes to project development in mining. It seems to me that…


The Haileybury School of Mines campus today at Northern College. Photo by Haileybury School of Mines

Haileybury School of Mines celebrates centenary

More than 200 alumni, faculty and friends gathered for a June weekend to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Haileybury School of Mines (HSM), including luminaries such as Mining Technologies International president and CEO Bob…


Sunward expands Titiribi resource to 4.6M+ oz. gold

Sunward Resources (SWD-T) believes it could be sitting on top of Colombia’s next gold district, and its latest resource estimate lends some credit to the notion.Its flagship wholly owned Titiribi gold-copper project is located in…



Belo Sun outlines Volta Grande’s potential

Belo Sun Mining (BSX-T) has tabled an initial resource estimate for its newly delineated South Block area at the Volta Grande gold project in Brazil’s Para State.The estimate shows that the Pequi, Grande and Itata deposits host 4 million…



GTA Resources vice-president of exploration Robert Duess inspects a sample from the Caly vein at the Northshore gold project in Ontario. Photo by GTA Resources

GTA gets the grade north of Superior

GTA Resources (GTA-V) caught the market’s attention in one fell swoop earlier this year with drill results from its aptly named Northshore gold project on the north shore of Lake Superior.The intercept spanned 150 metres grading 3.21…


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