Batero tumbles 49% on resource estimate
Shares of Batero Gold (BAT-V) took a deadly plunge after the company disappointed the market with an initial resource estimate at its Batero-Quinchia gold project in Risaralda Department, Colombia.
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Pretium sketches larger mine at Brucejack
Pretium Resources’ (PVG-T, PVG-N) updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Brucejack gold-silver project in northern B.C. foresees an even larger and more robust mine.
Guyana Goldfields outlines 22-year operation at Aurora
Guyana Goldfields’ (GUY-T) Aurora project, in Guyana, could produce nearly 200,000 oz. gold per year over 22 years for a total of 4.4 million oz., according to a new feasibility study.
27,000-page environmental study leaves Pebble critics unimpressed
Facing legal, political and regulatory challenges before the permitting process has even begun, the Hunter Dickinson Group’s Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-T, NAK-N, NAK-X) appears to be swimming against the current at its giant Pebble…
Yamana grows yearly profits by 17%
Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) has reported a US$89.5-million profit for the fourth quarter of 2011. It’s a 28% decrease from the same period a year ago, following a one-time, US$81-million impairment loss on investments.
Avino inches closer to production
Avino is an old name in Mexican mining for a couple of reasons. Most prominently, it is the name of a legendary silver and copper vein 1.6 km long and 182 metres wide at the surface. The vein’s scale helped make it the first mine in the…
New Brunswick’s the top spot for mining: Fraser Institute
New Brunswick is viewed as the world’s most attractive jurisdiction for mineral exploration and development, unseating last year’s winner, Alberta, which fell to third place behind Finland, the Fraser Institute has found in its…
El Nino Ventures posts new resource in New Brunswick
An initial resource estimate for the Murray Brook polymetallic massive sulphide deposit in New Brunswick’s Bathurst mining camp has confirmed the property’s historical resource — but with better grades — and confirms…
Winds of change blow for Anooraq and Amplats at Bokoni
Twin tragedies bookended four months of turbulence and change at the Bokoni platinum mine in South Africa’s Limpopo province.
Gold Canyon tallies 3.7M oz. gold at Springpole
After delivering a string of exciting drill results over the past two years at its Springpole gold project in northwestern Ontario, Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-V) has released a long-awaited resource update totalling 3.7 million oz. gold and…
From jocks to rocks
Paul Reinhart was drafted twelfth overall by the Atlanta Flames in the 1979 NHL entry draft and went on to play 648 games in his professional hockey career, notching 133 goals and adding 426 assists for 559 points, making him one of the…
Talon sizes up iron ore at Trairao in Brazil
Talon Metals (TLO-T) has released a slew of drill results from its extensive 2011 exploration program, showing iron content in weathered and fresh rock at its Trairao project in Brazil.