Barrick Eyes Pakistan for Super-Giant Potential
With a resource inventory of more than 21.3 million oz. gold and 26.6 billion lbs. copper, and counting, the Reko Diq copper-gold porphyry project in southwestern Pakistan has “super-giant” proportion…
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Drill results bring market gains for Northland
Gold results from 17 diamond drill holes at Northland Resources (NAU-V) Barsele gold project in central Sweden lif…
Oxus Gold divests Kyrgyz project (March 12, 2007)
Oxus Gold (OXS-L) has sold its interest in the operating company that had developed the Jerooy gold deposit in Kyrg…
Site visit: Sizing up Finland’s Kevitsa
SODANKYLA, FINLAND — It’s a huge, low-grade deposit — but can it be a money-maker? That’s the question facing Scandinavian Minerals (sgl-t) as it works hard to develop its Kevitsa…
Cash-rich Lundin in buying mode
Vancouver — With over US$400 million in cash, Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-X) says it remains in an acquisition mode with an eye on long-life assets that it hopes to add to base metal operations in Swed…
Greenpeace eyeing Tournigan’s Slovakian project
Vancouver — Keeping local residents informed about its plans to develop a uranium mine in eastern Slovakia has become a priority for Tournigan Gold (TVC-V, TVCZF-O) now that the company says its acti…
Cash rich Lundin in acquisition mode
Vancouver With over US$400 million in the treasury, Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-A, LUMI-S) says it remains in an ac…
Greenpeace eyeing Tournigan uranium project
Vancouver – Keeping local residents informed about its plans to develop a uranium mine in eastern Slovakia has beco…
It’s All Greek to European Goldfields
European Goldfields (EGU-T, EGFDF-O) is both ramping up production and adding years to the life of its Stratoni silver-zinc-lead mine in northern Greece.
Diamond haul for Hudson
Vancouver — Initial processing of a portion of Hudson Resources’ (HUD-V, HUDRF-O) 50-tonne mini-bulk sample from its Garnet Lake kimberlite dyke, in western Greenland, has returned 350 diamonds inclu…
Hudson recovers 2.4-carat Greenland diamond
Vancouver – Initial processing of the 47-tonne mini-bulk sample taken from Hudson Resources’ (HUD-V, HUDRF-O) Garne…
Blackstone buys Xstrata’s Norwegian nickel projects
Vancouver — Blackstone Ventures (BLV-V, BLVKF-O) has struck a deal with Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O)subsidiary Xstrata Nickel to buy a basket of properties in the birthplace of the Norwegian nickel indus…