Goldmarca soars on Condor
Vancouver — Drilling by Goldmarca (GML-V, GMLCF-O) tapped into bonanza-grade mineralization at its Condor gold project in southern Ecuador….
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BHP Billiton reaches for more Skye (July 03, 2006)
Vancouver — Mining giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) must like what it sees in aspiring nickel producer Skye Resources (SKR-T, SKRZF-O), having recently purchased 2 million additional shares in the j…
Mega targets uranium
Despite a recently imposed 68% windfall tax on copper and gold, Mega Uranium (MGA-V, MGAFF-O) plans to continue work aimed at earning into 2,325 sq. km worth of Mongolian uranium properties held by Re…
Plexmar samples high-grade gold at Bolsa del Diablo (June 28, 2006)
Vancouver – Channel sampling by Plexmar Resources (PLE-V, PLLGF-O) at its Bolsa del Diablo in northern Peru has ret…
Bema, Arizona Star regain Cerro Casale
Partners Bema Gold (BGO-T, BGO-X) and Arizona Star Resource (AZS-V, AZS-X) have inked definitive deals to acquire B…
Romarco ties up epithermal gold district in Mexico
Vancouver – Two separate agreements with a Mexican vendor have allowed Romarco Minerals (R-V) to acquire an entire…
5M-oz deposit in Ecuador?
How do you top “great” drill results that have included 8.4 grams gold per tonne uncut across 205 metres from a new grassroots discovery in the jungle of southeastern Ecuador? You follow it up with an…
Bus accident kills 28 Buenaventura workers
A bus accident on the road from the Uchucchacua silver mine to the nearby town of Oyon, Peru, took the lives of 28 employees of Companhia de Minas Buenaventura (BVN-N) and injured 17 others….
Aurelian’s Condor continues to soar
Drilling by Aurelian Resources (ARU-V, AUREF-O) has delivered another long intersection of high-grade gold from the…
Partners jump at Jeronimo
BacTech Mining (BM-V, BMCFF-O) and Intrepid Minerals (IAU-T, ITDXF-O) are joining forces to acquire Goldcorp’s (G-…
Mega targets Mongolian, Argentine uranium
Despite a recently imposed 68% windfall tax on copper and gold, Mega Uranium (MGA-V, MGAFF-O) plans to continue wor…
Editorial: Peru steps back from the brink (June 19, 2006)
Peruvian voters have thankfully taken a step back from the abyss with the election of moderately left-leaning Alan Garcia to the presidency over radical Hugo Chavez-groupie and former comandante Ollan…