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Centerra Gold's Kumtor gold mine in the Kyrgyzstan. Source: Centerra Gold

Centerra’s shares jump on unexpectedly strong Q1

VANCOUVER — There are quite a few moving pieces at Toronto-based Centerra Gold’s (CG-T) flagship Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan. But despite some uncertainty, the company was able to register a strong first quarter that includes…


Aldridge de-risks Yenipazar in Turkey

A nation at the crossroads of Europe and Asia measuring about 800 by 1,600 km is punching above its weight as an emerging mining jurisdiction, with operating mines owned by Inmet Mining (IMN-T), Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-N) and Alacer Gold…


New milestone for OceanaGold

Earlier this week OceanaGold (OCG-T, OGC-A) declared that the first concentrate from its Didipio open-pit mine in the Philippines was en route to Japan.


Aldridge de-risks Yenipazar

Turkey—a nation at the crossroads of Europe and Asia measuring about 1,600 km long and 800 km wide—is punching above its weight as an emerging mining jurisdiction with operating mines owned by Inmet Mining (IMN-T), Eldorado Gold…



Mining activity in the pit at Centerra Gold's Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, 60 km north of the Chinese border. Source: Centerra Gold

Centerra faces challenges at Kumtor

VANCOUVER — The past year has been marked by operational and jurisdictional challenges for Toronto-based producer Centerra Gold (CG-T) at its flagship Kumtor gold mine, 350 km southeast of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan.



Pit stripping and excavation activity at Turquoise Hill Resources' Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia's South Gobi dessert. Sources: Turquoise Hill Resources

Oyu Tolgoi’s feasibility study delayed

Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ-T, TRQ-N) updated the market with good and bad news about its 66%-held Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia’s South Gobi desert.


Equipment at Sona's Elizabeth gold project in British Columbia. Source: Sona Resources

Sona signs MOU with Chinese contractor

Executive chairman Nick Ferris of Sona Resources (SYS-V) had been trying to source financing for some time to advance the junior’s Blackdome-Elizabeth gold project in the Clinton and Lillooet mining districts of British Columbia, about…


In a trench at Eurasian Minerals' Akarca gold-silver project in northwest Turkey, from front: chief geologist David Johnson, country manager Mike Sheehan, geologist Halil Aydincak and geologist Alper Ozbek. Source: Eurasian Minerals

Eurasian scores in Turkey

After a busy 2012, Eurasian Minerals (EMX-V) is starting 2013 with a bang: in its first news release of the year the company reported the highest-grade intercept to date at Akarca, the gold-silver project in northwest Turkey where Eurasian just…


TV Tower delight continues for Pilot

A high-grade gold zone is emerging at the north end of Pilot Gold’s (PLG-T) TV Tower project in Turkey, complete with drill intervals that regularly contain visible gold. 


This core specimen reveals some of the typical textures which host gold and silver mineralization at Eurasian's Akarca project, in this case a quartz vein displaying bladed textures within the conglomerate host rock.  Source: Eurasian Minerals

Eurasian hits highest grades to date at Akarca

VANCOUVER – After a busy 2012, Eurasian Minerals (EMX-V) is starting 2013 off with a bang: in its first news release of the year the company reported the highest-grade intercept to date at Akarca, the gold-silver project in northwest…


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