Spectacular drill results for Colossus at Serra Pelada
Drilling at the site of Brazil’s epic 1980s gold rush at Serra Pelada is yielding spectacular results for joi…
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Gold Reserve, Rusoro Continue War Of Words
Calling Rusoro Mining’s (RML-V, RMLFF-O) unsolicited takeover bid “opportunistic” and “financially inadequate,” Gold Reserve’s (GRZ-T, GRZ-X) board of directors has unanimously recommended that shareh…
StrataGold Sees Solid Results In Drilling At Purple Heart
StrataGold (SGV-T, SAGDF-O) and 50% joint-venture partner, Newmont Overseas Exploration, received some encouraging results from 2,000 metres of drilling plus trench work on the BRL Venture, about 26 k…
First Bauxite’s ‘Huge Vision’
VANCOUVER — There’s a new junior exploring for bauxite, the redcoloured rock that provides the world with aluminum. And the company is no shrinking violet — with support from a major, First Bauxite …
New Gold puts Amapari mine on care and maintenance
Six years ago mining tycoon Ian Telfer described the Amapari gold mine in Brazil as “one of the best undevelo…
Update: Chile in for long haul with copper price protection, ENAMI says
Vancouver – The Chilean government’s national mining company responsible for assisting small and medium…
Gold Reserve’s board rejects Rusoro’s takeover bid
Calling Rusoro Mining’s (RML-V, RMLFF-O) unsolicited bid “opportunistic” and “financially i…
Chilean government bolsters smaller copper producers with price protection
Vancouver – Measures the Chilean government is taking to support small and medium-sized copper producers will trans…
Apex to come off the board
In all likelihood Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) will soon be off the big board and its ability to carry on as a going-c…
Exeter advances Caspiche and Cerro Moro
Copiapo, Chile — The road from the city of Copiapo to Exeter Resource’s (XRC-V, XRA-X) Caspiche gold-co…
Jaguar’s tidy Brazilian operations make for a growing producer story
At a time when more than one mining company is struggling to stay afloat, Jaguar Mining (JAG-T, JAGNF-o) is a bit o…
TNM’s Mining Persons of the Year: Aurelian’s Anderson, Barron, Leary
Our “Mining Person of the Year” award for 2008 goes to the trio of Patrick Anderson, Keith Barron and Stephen Leary…