Buenaventura, Gold Fields make major gold discovery in Peru (May 12, 2010)
Just eighteen months after drilling their first hole, joint-venture partners Compania de Minas Buenaventura (B…
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B2Gold expands potential of Nicaraguan gold mines (May 11, 2010)
Vancouver – B2Gold (BTO-T) has hit long and high-grade gold intercepts as part of a drill program to extend th…
Ivanhoe releases hard numbers on Oyu Tolgoi
An independent study of Oyu Tolgoi shows that Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) indeed does have one of the …
Galway drills 89 meters of 3.2 grams gold in Colombia
Early drill results from Galway Resources’ (GWY-V) Pie de Gallo property in the California district of northea…
Costa Rica’s new president signs extension of moratorium on gold mining
Within hours of taking the helm of Costa Rica as president-elect on May 8, President Laura Chinchilla reported…
FNX cuts long copper intersect in new zone
Vancouver – FNX Mining (FNX-T) has hit a new zone of copper mineralization as part of ongoing exploration at i…
Short Position Report (May 10, 2010)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Apr. 30/…
Novus starts drilling at Ren
Vancouver – News that Novus Gold (NOV-T) has started drilling at its Ren gold project in the Northwest Territo…
Anglo American trims down; sells zinc assets to Vedanta
Anglo American (AAL-L, AAUK-Q) is selling zinc assets in Namibia, Ireland and South Africa to Vedanta Re…
Former Underworld directors take on Greenland
VANCOUVER — Roughly 2.7 billion years ago, Greenland broke away from Eastern Canada and moved north, taking a chunk of the Archean greenstone belt that has produced 60% of Canada’s gold with it. Now …
Technical Analysis Report: platinum
Along with the nascent global economic recovery there has been renewed interest in platinum, largely due to the metal’s crucial role in auto manufacturing.
Hana arranges $21-M financing
A little more than a week after announcing it had significantly increased its resource at the Ghanzi copper-silver project in northwestern Botswana, Hana Mining (HMG-V) is raising $21 million in a pri…