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Avala unveils maiden 1.5M oz. gold resource in Serbia
Canadian explorer Avala Resources (AVZ-V) is making strides towards establishing a multi-million ounce, near-surface gold deposit in the historic mining region of Timok in eastern Serbia. Avala released the first of three scheduled resource…
Goldcorp sees production shortfalls at Penasquito, Red Lake
A day after Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) cut its 2012 production guidance, the company saw its share price take a hit.In Toronto on July 11, Goldcorp shares approached a 52-week low of $32.52. They fell $3.74, or 10% to $33.89, on 6.1 million shares…
Alamos makes headway in Turkey
Alamos Gold (AGI-T) has outlined a positive mining scenario at its Turkish gold assets, Kirazli and Agi Dagi, and revealed an inferred resource for its Camyurt project, also in Turkey’s northwest. A new prefeasibility study shows…
Glencore, Xstrata merger faces investor scrutiny
A deal that would be a defining transaction in the natural resource sector is facing pointed criticism from a group of activist investors. Prominent shareholders of mega-miner Xstrata (XTA-L) are questioning the inherent value in a…
SouthGobi deadline extended
The Aluminum Corp. of China (Chalco) and Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) have agreed to wait a month before Chalco makes an official offer to buy Ivanhoe’s stake in SouthGobi Resources (SGQ-V), as doubts remain as to whether the Mongolian…
Bolivian gov’t seizing Malku Khota
The Bolivian government plans to expropriate South American Silver’s (SAC-T, SOHAF-O) wholly owned Malku Khota silver-indium-gallium project, the Vancouver-based company announced after markets closed on July 10.South American Silver…
NovaGold narrows focus on Donlin
NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) bounced off 52-week lows after announcing it had achieved a number of milestones on the road to developing its Donlin gold project northeast of Anchorage, Alaska. Donlin is one of the largest potential gold…
Editorial: A world o’ hurt
Life is full of ebbs and flows, expansions and contractions, and the mining industry is part of that cyclical stream. Right now Canada’s intrepid mining industry and its breathtaking, optimism-fuelled expansion into most of the…
Search for sunken treasure intensifying
VANCOUVER — With big mineral deposits becoming harder to find and even harder to put into production thanks to social and political hurdles, a small but growing group of companies are looking to the sea floor as their next source of…
Intrepid frustrated by Indonesian shadow interests at Tujuh Bukit
VANCOUVER — Toronto-listed explorer Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-A) is the latest victim in an ongoing nationalization saga in the South Pacific. On June 28 an unknown entity seized control of its Indonesian joint-venture partner, Indo…