While Nevada’s Carlin trend remains the cornerstone of Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) gold mining empire, Latin America appears to be prodiving the company with a steady stream of exploration and development …
Idaho-based Hecla Mining (HL-N) has commenced drilling on two properties, in Mexico and Peru, while beginning exploration on a third, in Chile.Drills are turning at the Noche Buena property in the nor…
With $38 million in the till and an $8-million exploration budget, Francisco Gold (FGX-V) has decided to focus its efforts on the El Sauzal gold deposit in northern Mexico.The deposit forms part of th…
Although the Omai gold mine in Guyana is up and running, the comparable Gross Rosebel project in neighboring Surinam sits idle — a situation that can only be explained by bad timing.”We missed a wind…
In tough times for copper, big operations have to find refuge in low production costs. This is especially true of large porphyry copper projects, where low grades mean that big savings per tonne of or…
An amalgamation with Triton Mining, executed earlier this year, has provided Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T) with a gold mining operation in Nicaragua and various exploration projects in Latin America, incl…
Two Vancouver-based juniors, Golden Peaks Resources (GL-V) and Primo Resources (PRI-V), have teamed with Mitsubishi of Japan to explore for gold and silver in northwestern Argentina.The joint venture …
With year-to-date losses totalling a mere US$74,000, Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) appears to be withstanding the industry downturn by keeping a close eye on costs at the San Francisco gold mine in no…
Development at the Velardena mine of Ecu Gold Mining (ECU-M) continues apace, with the mill processing stockpiled ore.Throughput in the second quarter was 29,996 tonnes, up from 17,184 tonnes in the f…
Grab samples taken by Maya Gold (MAY-A) at its Casas Viejas concession in central Honduras indicate a zone of gold mineralization.The samples, 30 in all, outlined an area of chlorite schist-hosted min…
Vancouver-based Canarc Resource (CCM-T) says it will seek a new partner for the Benzdorp gold property in Suriname, which it had previously optioned to Placer Dome (PDG-T).Canarc has the right to earn…
The downturn in the gold market has taken its toll on the share price of Minefinders (MFL-T), which is trading at the bottom end of a 52-week range of 80 cents to $2.65. However, exploration progress …
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