Fronteer spin-off Pilot Gold busy with the drill
Vancouver – Just six months into its new corporate life, Vancouver-based gold explorer Pilot Gold (PLG-T) has already drilled 60,000 metres at nine projects on two continents.
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Dia Bras settles strike action in Peru
Vancouver – The road to Dia Bras Exploration’s (DIB-V) Yauricocha mine in Peru’s Yauyos Province is now open after a blockade was cleared.
Venture sees straight gains in Oct 24-28 period
Vancouver – A long-awaited deal on EU debt helped push the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index up 96.98 points in the Oct. 24-28 period to reach 1,629.89 points after five straight days of gains. Volume was also up somewhat, with an average of…
[Update] The Red Back team returns
The former Red Back Mining team led by Richard Clark is back to advance Atacama Minerals (aam-v) using the same strategy they used to build the West African gold producer before selling it to Kinross Gold (k-t, kgc-n) for US$7.1…
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Royal Nickel considers downstream options for Dumont
Preliminary test work on a 1-kg sample of concentrate from Royal Nickel’s (RNX-T) Dumont nickel project in Quebec demonstrates that there is potential to use alternate and significantly cheaper processing options to produce a high-grade…
PMI Gold spikes as Obotan resource tops 4.5M oz.
Ghana-focused PMI Gold (PMV-V, PVM-A) has managed a 270% increase in gold resource at its Obotan project in a new resource estimate.
Carpathian hit with construction stoppage in Brazil
Carpathian Gold (CPN-T) has been forced to halt construction at its Riacho dos Machados gold project on environmental grounds barely a month after the Brazilian government approved the project.
Minera IRL finds its heart’s desire in Patagonia
For many people, the word “Patagonia” conjures up images of snow-capped mountains and pristine valleys filled with frolicking seals and blissed-out ecotourists.
Malaga makes headway in Peru
Before Montreal-based Malaga (MLG-T) took over the Pasto Bueno mine in 2005, private owners in Peru had turned out nearly 6 million tonnes of tungsten ore – or 42,000 tonnes of tungsten concentrate – from just five veins they had…
CB Gold hits it big in Colombia
Ten kilometres south of the rich La Bodega and La Mascota gold deposits in northeast Colombia – acquired by Eike Batista’s EBX Group earlier this year in its $1.5-billion takeover of Ventana Gold – CB Gold (CBJ-V) has drilled into a new gold…
Merrex Gold thinks big in Mali
The hard-hit junior gold mining sector enjoyed a rare respite in October, but while many juniors moved up, Merrex Gold (MXI-V) was among the most favoured of them all.