Hudson delivers more Greenland diamonds
Vancouver — With another batch of diamonds from its Greenland drilling program, Hudson Resources (HUD-V, HUDRF-O) has once again upped the size of the largest stone found in the region to 0.122 carat…
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Newmont ups earnings
Third-quarter earnings at Newmont Mining (NEM-N, NMC-T) grew by 57% year-on-year thanks to the rising gold price.
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Alcoa — Joseph Lucot appointed VP and corporate controller.
Aquila targets Upper Peninsula
Menominee Cty., Mich. — In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan it’s not hard to imagine you are in northern Ontario. The scenery is much like the north shore of the big lakes, and the little details fit,…
Silvercorp flouts convention at Ying
Henan Province, China — The Ying silver-lead-zinc mine in central China is already generating enough cash flow to pay for exploration to upgrade known resources, outline more resources at depth and f…
Entre takes the long view in Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar — The introduction of windfall taxes on gold and copper last spring coupled with talk of government earn-ins on “strategic” deposits stopped many foreign exploration companies in Mongolia…
Canadian Royalties expands Ivakkak (November 27, 2006)
Drilling this past field season by Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O) at the Ivakkak deposit on the Ungava peninsula of northern Quebec has indicated a longer and deeper mineralized zone.
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Some bits about diamond drilling
Diamond core bits are generally made with drilling solid rock in mind. Rock may be broken, hard, abrasive, etc., but will usually make its way up into the core tube en route to the geologist’s core ta…
Starfield advances Ferguson Lake (November 27, 2006)
Vancouver — In wrapping up its 2006 drilling program at the Ferguson Lake copper-nickel-platinum group metals project located 240 km west of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Starfield Resources (SRU-V, SRFDF-O…
Queenstake Q3 disappoints
Vancouver — Reduced gold production coupled with higher commodity and labour costs pushed Queenstake Resources (QRL-T, QEE-X) to its worst quarterly performance since acquiring the Jerritt Canyon min…
Lonmin bids for AfriOre
Platinum producer Lonmin (LMNIF-O, LMI-L) has reached an agreement to acquire AfriOre (AFO-T, AFOFF-O) in an all-cash deal.