El Morro’s EIA gets the green light (March 17, 2011)
Chilean authorities have approved El Morro’s environmental impact assessment, joint-venture partners Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X), report.
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Long intercept lifts Prodigy (March 17, 2011)
Prodigy Gold (PDG-V) continues to hit significant gold intercepts as it drives to push its Magino Mine gold project back into production. The latest results from infill drilling were highlighted by a long intercept of 261 metres grading 1.13…
Editorial: Japanese quake rocks the world
On March 11, in a defining day of the new decade, residents of Japan’s northeast coastal region were hit by a deadly triple whammy of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, a resulting tsunami with waves reaching 10 metres in height, and a growing threat…
Editorial: The “loco” creeps back into Colombia
The bloom is coming off the Colombia rose, with the frustrating news for Greystar Resources on March 4 that environmental public hearings on its Angostura project there were terminated early owing to “confrontations” at the meeting in…
Fraser Institute: Latin America trails peers as mining destination (March 16, 2011)
Vancouver – Government policies of Latin American countries such as Guatemala, Bolivia, Venezuela and Honduras have dragged down investment in the entire region according to the Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey of Mining Companies for 2010/11….
Gold Canyon brings the good news on a dark day for markets
Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-V) found some light on an otherwise cloudy day for markets as it struck a significant amount of gold near Red Lake.
TSX and miners endure tough period
The PDAC effect – a boost to mining stocks which is said to follow the massive convention in Toronto — didn’t last long this year as miners fell with the rest of the market during a disappointing March 7-11 period. In all the TSX Composite…
Venture stumbles during Mar.7-11 trading period
Vancouver – The S&P-TSX Venture composite index tumbled 173.08 points in the Mar. 7-11 trading week to close at 2,266.75. Trading volumes remained strong, however, averaging 193 million shares daily, with 110 companies hitting 52-week highs…
U.S. equities down in Mar. 7-11 trading week
The annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association in Toronto might have ended on a high note with record attendance, but the same could not be said for U.S. equity markets during the Mar. 7-11 trading week. The Dow Jones…
Northern Tiger on the prowl
It’s the stuff of prospectors’ dreams: Climb up a hillside in a little-explored area and stumble upon enough visible gold to justify all those years of trudging around alone in the bush.
Royal Nickel to build ‘monster’ nickel project
On paper, Royal Nickel (RNX-T) looks like a winning combination: A management and advisory team stacked with former Inco guys and seven billion pounds of nickel in the ground in Quebec’s Abitibi region, one of the friendliest mining…
Market News (March 14, 2011)
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