Gold Hawk finances Tamboraque
Vancouver — A proposed $14-million private placement should provide Gold Hawk Resources (CGK-V, CGHRF-O) with sufficient resources to complete the acquisition of the Tamboraque polym…
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Breakwater turns a corner
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T, BWLRF-O) is taking full advantage of a soaring zinc price to reinvest in its existing mines, look for acquisitions, and investigate the hidden potential of anomalies disco…
Uranium gaining attention in Namibia
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Latin America’s base metals miners expect bumper year
Lima, Peru — Latin American mining projects are famously difficult to pronounce: Michiquillay and Pukaqaqa are just two such tongue twisters. Yet, with mineral prices defying all forecasts of a slowd…
Lynn Lake: the next revived nickel mine?
After spending seven months digitizing and analyzing a truckload of paper data, Seymour Exploration (SEZ-V) is testing the resulting targets on its Lynn Lake property in northern Mani…
PDAC names Ward winner
Tony Barresi is this year’s winner of the Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award….
True North donates gems
True North Gems (TGX-V) has donated two emerald necklaces to charities in British Columbia….
Nuclear renaissance a boon for Saskatchewan
Surging uranium prices have resulted in renewed interest in northern Saskatchewan’s prolific Athabasca basin, a region known for hosting some of the world’s largest high-grade uranium mines and deposi…
Aurcana grabbing Mexican mine (March 06, 2006)
Vancouver — Aurcana (AUN-V, AUNFF-O) is boosting its Mexican minerals portfolio with an agreement to acquire the La Negra silver-zinc-copper-lead mine in Queretaro state….
Need for balanced approach to exploration
The natural focus at the initial stages of exploration is to delineate the area of interest and demonstrate the financial feasibility of a mining project. However, mining companies need to make enviro…
Australia enjoying new nickel boom
Perth, Western Australia — Australia’s new nickel boom is a lot like the one that put the country on the world nickel map in the 1970s….
Going for gold in Colombia
Santiago, Chile — Gold exploration in Colombia will top US$30 million this year as the country shapes up to be a key prospect over the next decade for miners looking to this forgotten part of the wor…