Akrokeri expands holdings
Aiming to boost output, Akrokeri-Ashanti Gold Mines (AAGM-C) has acquired an 85% interest in a Ghanaian company that holds the 55-sq.-km Goldenrae alluvial gold property.The Toronto-based company paid…
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TVI renews Canatuan exploration
An airborne electromagnetic survey by TVI Pacific (TVI-T) is searching for new polymetallic deposits on the Philippine island of Mindanao.The Toronto-based junior has been granted permits to 32,400 ha…
Price rally spawns PGM commodity play
A sustained rally in platinum and palladium prices has rejuvenated exploration for these rare metals and breathed some life into the sickly junior mining sector.Platinum rocketed past $500 recently wh…
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Majors hot for Ashanti’s stake in Geita project
Ashanti Goldfields’ (ASL-N) fire sale of a 50% joint-venture interest in its promising Geita mine project in the Lake Victoria Goldfields of northwestern Tanzania has attracted the attention of a half…
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Diversity key to Southwestern Gold’s strategy
Southwestern Gold (SWG-T) has dealt itself an enviable hand in the resource sector. In addition to exploring for gold, silver and base metals in Peru, Chile and China, the Vancouver-based junior is hu…
Channel Resources keeps hopes alive in Burkina Faso
Five years ago, Channel Resources (CHU-T) was one of many Canadian juniors exploring in the West African nation of Burkina Faso. Today, it’s one of the few still on the trail of bulk-tonnage gold depo…
Deposits augur new era for Nunavut
A trio of deposits in the newly created Canadian territory of Nunavut is inching closer to becoming the cornerstone for a new era of mining in the region, where most of the existing mines are close to…
Newmont boosts Yanacocha
Denver — Exploration drilling by Newmont Mining (nem-n) at its 51%-held Yanacocha gold mine in northern Peru increased reserves by 60% in 1999, over and above the 50% increase reported for the previo…
Gold Fields aims to compete globally
Gold Fields (GOLD-Q), the world’s third-largest producer of the yellow metal, is taking steps to expand its asset base, according to statements made by the senior vice-president of exploration.Speakin…
Seahawk advances Piteiras property
Preliminary results from 4,000 metres of core drilling at the Piteiras emerald property in Minas Gerais state have expanded the size of the deposit by roughly a third.Using results from the first half…