African Aura finds the glow in Cameroon
Visible gold at its Batouri project in Cameroon is making African Aura Resources (AAZ-V) the markets latest darling…
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Iamgold extends Mupane mine life
Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) Mupane gold mine in Botswana will get a few extra months of production as result of the co…
Gold likely to regain US$1,000 per oz. by year-end, Citigroup says
Compared with surging base metal and oil prices, the appreciation of gold has been relatively muted. But mounting…
Eldorado wins Frontier over
Vancouver – Frontier Pacific (FRP-V) mounted a strong defence but has now submitted to Eldorado Gold’s (ELD-V) revi…
Cristal in zinc
Vancouver – Rio Cristal Zinc (RCZ-V) broke the news of 8 drill results that cut rich zinc grades at its Cristal pro…
First Nickel on firmer ground
First Nickel (FNI-T) wants to put market uncertainty around its Lockerby nickel mine in Sudbury to bed. And wit…
VMS Ventures hits 10% copper
Vancouver – A 33-metre intercept grading more than 10% copper was enough to put the spotlight back on VMS Ventures …
Mort Brown memorial planned for Ontario Club
A celebration of Mort Brown’s life will be held in Toronto on Thurs., July 10, 2008, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Ont…
Pacific Rim Mining suspends further drilling in El Salvador
Pacific Rim Mining (PMU-T, PMU-X) is suspending drilling in El Salvador and shifting its exploration efforts to Cos…
Big resource boost at Detour Lake (July 03, 2008)
Detour Gold (DGC-T) has more than doubled measured and indicated resources for its Detour Lake project in Northern …
Romarco growing resource at historic Haile mine (July 02, 2008)
Vancouver – With drilling to confirm the historic resource complete, Romarco Minerals (R-V) is now focused on expan…
Are copper discoveries keeping up with production?
In a June 2008 study entitled “Strategies for copper reserves replacement”, Halifax, N.S.-based Metals Economics Gr…