Golden Predator claws more results out of the Yukon
Golden Predator’s (GPD-T) deep portfolio of gold projects in the Yukon is looking a little more robust after its latest drill results.
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Celeste looks to resurrect tin mining in Cornwall
A lot can change in a year. For Celeste Copper (C-V), a former copper-gold explorer struggling to advance optioned properties in Chile, it has meant new management, new deep-pocketed investors, a new jurisdiction and a new target: tin.
Here comes the sun for Rainy River
An updated resource estimate based on 394 new core holes from 170,000 metres of drilling in 2011 — bringing the total to 1,279 drill holes, or 578,000 metres — has lifted the spirits and shares of Rainy River Resources (RR-T, RR-V).
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…
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.
Lachlan finds its gold star in Chile
In December 2010 Perth-based Lachlan Star (LSA-T, LSA-A) went from exploring in Australia and Africa, straight into producing gold in the Americas after buying the CMD gold mine in Andacollo, Chile.
Implats faces violence in South Africa, threat of losing assets in Zimbabwe
Tensions remain high at the world’s largest platinum mine, as a second miner has been killed and strike action continues for a fifth week.
Paramount cuts high-grade gold and silver at San Miguel in Chihuahua
High-grade results keep rolling in at Paramount Gold and Silver’s (PZG-T, PZG-N) fully owned San Miguel silver-gold property in the Guazapares mining district in the southwest of Chihuahua State, Mexico.
First Uranium to sell South African assets
First Uranium (FIU-T) said it would be selling its chief assets – the Mine Waste Solutions tailings recovery project and the Ezulwini gold-uranium mine, both in South Africa – for US$405 million as the underperforming junior…
A big bet by Buffet on tungsten…or a firm specific move to lock-up supply?
While tungsten promoters may want to spin an investment in a tungsten mine that connects back to Warren Buffet as a rousing endorsement for the metal, the main factor in the move is far more pragmatic.
Cameco to take majority of Millennium project
After being trumped last year in a bidding war with Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) for Hathor Exploration and its juicy Roughrider deposit, Cameco Corp. (CCO-T, CCJ-N) is back on the acquisition trail, announcing before markets opened on…