New Finnish discovery for Taranis
Colorado-based junior Taranis Resources (TRO-V) has intersected a high-grade gold vein about 800 metres northwest o…
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AfriOre jumps on Akanani drilling
Encouraged by early drilling results, AfriOre (AFO-T) has taken an initial 20% stake in the Moordkopje and Zwartfon…
La Fortuna resource firmed up (April 18, 2005)
Joint venture partners Metallica Resources (MR-T) and Noranda Chile have intersected significant copper and gold at…
Dwyka Diamonds to buy four South African mines
AIM-listed Dwyka Diamonds (DWY-L) has picked up an R15-million purchase option on four advanced diamond properties …
Lundin shrinks Zinkgruvan
Vancouver — An in-house estimate suggests that reserves at the Zinkgruvan zinc-lead-silver mine in Sweden are smaller than previously calculated….
Cardero nails iron at Pampa de Pongo (April 18, 2005)
Vancouver — Drilling at
Silver Standard in red despite best year
Vancouver — Expensing of stock options put
Jericho stirs market
The Toronto Stock Exchange surrendered some of its early gains to end the April 5-11 report period 24.65 points better at 9,643.72. The gold index performed similarly, edging 0.69 of point higher to 1…
Liberty and order Colombia’s tortuous road back to normalcy
Colombia. The name stirs up fearful images of car bombs, cocaine cartels, kidnappings, dirty money and endless guerrilla war in the jungle….
Tahera busy at Jericho
Construction of the Jericho diamond mine in Nunavut is under way now that
Gold and the UK election
If Michael Howard becomes prime minister of Great Britain, he will have to compare 1936 with 2005. In 1940, Winston Churchill promised blood, toil, tears and sweat; today the head of the Conservative…
Viceroy advances Gualcamayo
Vancouver — Armed with almost $15 million in cash and cash equivalents,