Effort Paying Off For Rockwell Diamonds
VANCOUVER — After a rocky 2009 marred by a hostile takeover bid and plummeting diamond demand that slashed rough diamond prices by 50%, Rockwell Diamonds (RDI-T) is back on track, turning a profit an…
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Defining Mining In Eritrea
SITE VISIT ASMARA, ERITREA — Despite brimming with geologic promise because of its location within the prolific Arabian-Nubian Shield, Eritrea has remained underexplored for years.Continued violence and turmoil in the young nation left the…
Magma Adds The Ounces At Thunder Bay North
The Thunder Bay North nickel-copper- platinum group metals (PGM) project in northwestern Ontario is a greenfields success story, and one of a series of higher-grade, base metal-PGM discoveries in the mid-continental rift region that wraps…
How High Will Gold Prices Go This Year?
With the global economic recovery still facing strong headwinds, The Northern Miner surveyed six metals experts on where they think gold prices are headed this year and next, and why.John Embry, chief metals strategist at Sprott Asset…
Agnico-Eagle Overcomes Multiple Arctic Challenges At Meadowbank
VANCOUVER — Most new mines have problems as they make the transition from the drawing board to production, and the newly constructed Meadowbank gold mine in Nunavut was no exception, says Eberhard (E…
Gold, Silver And ‘Mineral Deposits That Matter’
VANCOUVER–Gold and silver explorers will need to focus on “best-of- breed” mineral deposits, commodity experts told delegates at Roundup 2010, a recent conference sponsored by the Association for Min…
Volcan Drilling Delivers For Andina
VANCOUVER — An infill drilling program at the Volcan gold project in Chile is returning long mineralized intercepts for Andina Minerals (ADM-V).
Clifton Star Shifts Gears At Duparquet With Osisko Backing
VANCOUVER — The first drill results are in from a revised exploration program at Clifton Star Resources’ (CFO-V) Duparquet gold project in Quebec.
Gold Zone Grows At East Asia’s Miwah
VANCOUVER — Two drill rigs continue to return strong results at East Asia Minerals’ (EAS-V) Miwah gold project in Indonesia. A drill program is exploring the edges of a growing gold zone as the compa…
Timing Is Everything For American Bonanza’s Copperstone
Eighteen months ago American Bonanza Gold (BZA-T, ABGFF-O) came to a crossroad. Should it continue to expand its resource at the past-producing Copperstone gold mine in Arizona or move the mine back i…
Premier’s Hardrock Project Returns Record Intercept
Step-out drilling in the North zone at Premier Gold Mines’ (PG-T, PIRGF-O) advanced-stage Hardrock project, near Geraldton, Ont., returned an intercept of 5.37 grams gold per tonne over 57.1 metres –…
Riverstone Samples Gold At Nami In Burkina Faso
VANCOUVER — The latest sampling results at Riverstone Resources’ (RVS-V) Karma project in Burkina Faso have returned encouraging grades as the company heads into a formal drilling program in the area…