Citibank Weighs In On Long-Term Pricing
Rising structural costs, limited projects, riskier geographies and infrastructure bottlenecks will all put “upside pressure” on long-term commodity prices, Citigroup Global Markets asserts in a Jan. 1…
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Eldorado To Restart White Mountain
A dispute over alleged water contamination that shut down Eldorado Gold’s (ELD-T) White Mountain gold mine in China’s Jilin province for five months has been resolved and the company says it expects t…
It’s Raining Gold For Rainy River
Thick gold-rich intercepts helped gather some momentum behind Rainy River Resources’ (RR-V) stock.
Vale Inco To Restart Voisey’s Bay Despite Strike
Vale’s (VALE-N) nickel subsidiary Vale Inco plans to train non-unionized supervisors and mill workers to work in the Voisey’s Bay open-pit nickel mine in Labrador after contract talks with striking mi…
White Gold Cracks 1M Oz. Barrier
With the global mineral exploration industry converging on Vancouver for the annual Mineral Exploration Roundup convention, the third trading week of the year was filled with explorers touting their l…
Great Basin Sees Big Future In Nevada
SITE VISIT ELKO, NEVADA — In the dry, rolling hills of southeast Nevada, Great Basin Gold (GBG-X) has sought out epithermal expertise and underground experience to develop a profitable, safe gold mine, chasing narrow, high-grade veins into…
Premium Finds Gold Under Friday-Petsite In Idaho
The latest drilling on Premium Exploration’s (PEM-B) Friday- Petsite gold project in Elk County, Idaho, has confirmed the continuity of the high-grade gold zone below the bulk tonnage resource area.Premium has recently released assays from…
Evolving Gold Explores Wyoming’s Rattlesnake Hills
SITE VISIT NATRONA COUNTY, WYOMING — Two questions spring to mind at first mention of Evolving Gold’s (EVG-V) Rattlesnake Hills gold project, located 70 km west of Casper. First, are there any rattlesnakes here? Oh, yes. Second, and perhaps…
Constantine Tallies Initial Palmer Resource
Constantine Metal Resources’ (CEM-V) Palmer polymetallic project in southeastern Alaska is one of North America’s newest volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) iscoveries and the junior believes its newly released first resource estimate on the…
Diversification Pays Off: New Gold’s US Mine Is Trouble-Free
New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) may be tied up in Mexico’s courts over an environmental impact statement for its Cerro San Pedro gold-silver mine, and embroiled in a lawsuit with Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) over the El Morro copper-gold project in…
Detour Keeps Finding More Gold
Detour Gold (DGC-T) says it is on track to complete a feasibility study on its Detour Lake gold project in northern Ontario in the second quarter of 2010. However, incoming assay results are showing w…
Mirasol Builds On The Back Of The Drill
Mirasol Resources (MRZ-V) has had a healthy market run of late and done so the good old-fashioned way: via the drill.