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Construction at Sherritt International joint venture Ambatovy mine, in 2008. Credit: Sherritt International

Sherritt’s Ambatovy reaches commercial production

Fifteen months after Sherritt International (TSX: S; US-OTC: SHERF) and its partners first started shipping nickel and cobalt of commercial quality from the massive Ambatovy mine, the nickel–laterite operation in Madagascar has reached…


Grade-control drilling in the Harena pit at Nevsun Resources' Bisha copper-gold mine in Eritrea. Credit: Nevsun Resources

Nevsun meets its 2013 copper guidance at Bisha

The recent switch from producing gold to copper from Nevsun Resources’ (TSX: NSU; NYSE-MKT: NSU) Bisha mine in Eritrea has gone well for the East Africa-focused miner, which reached the top end of its 2013 copper-production guidance.


The past-producing Kombat copper mine in northern Namibia. Credit: Kombat Copper

Kombat Copper hopes to restart copper mine in Namibia

Bill Nielsen appreciates just how lucky he was to discover a large, high-grade volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in the middle of the Eritrean desert, 150 km west of the country’s capital of Asmara.



B2Gold defines large resource near Otjikoto in Namibia

B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) has unveiled an initial resource estimate for the Wolfshag zone that’s near its 90%-held Otjikoto gold deposit in Namibia, indicating the zone could boost the economics of its newest mine.


Drillers at Orezone Gold's Bombor gold project in Burkina Faso. Credit: Orezone Gold

Orezone streamlines heap-leach economics at Bombor

VANCOUVER — Around seven months ago junior Orezone Gold (TSX: ORE; US-OTC: ORZCF) announced a notable shift in strategy at its Bomboré project 85 km east of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The company had initially hoped to take…


Senior project geologist Chad Sorba examines core samples at Denison Mines' Wheeler River uranium project in northern Saskatchewan's Athabasca basin. Credit: Denison Mines

Denison to drill 60,000 metres in 2014

While challenging market conditions are forcing many companies to axe their exploration budgets, Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) is pumping $15 million into a 60,000-metre drill program in the Athabasca basin in 2014, marking one of its…



Drillers working at Bullman Minerals' Siguiri gold project in northeast Guinea. Credit:  Bullman Minerals

Bullman hits gold in first holes at Siguiri

VANCOUVER — Five months after acquiring the Siguiri project in its qualifying transaction, Bullman Minerals’ (TSXV: BUL) first holes into the West African project have returned good gold grades.





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