A softening platinum market is taking a bite out of miners as companies face shrinking margins and production challenges, especially in South Africa’s prolific Bushveld complex, which accounts for 72% of global platinum output.The…
Panoro Minerals (PML-V) has over a dozen properties in Peru, but is focusing on developing its two advanced-stage projects in the country’s southeastern region.Its top priority is the wholly owned Cotabambas copper-gold project,…
As with many resource-rich developing countries, there can be tensions in Peru between pro-mining interests and affected local communities. Switzerland-based Xstrata (XTA-L) is stuck in the middle of such a dispute as regional…
Of Yamana Gold’s (YRI-T, AUY-N) $125-million budgeted for exploration this year — a 10% increase over 2011 — about $29.5 million, or 23%, is earmarked for northern Chile, where it owns 100% of the high-grade El Penon…
VANCOUVER — Just days after taking the keys from mine developer Banlaw Afrique, Canadian gold outfit Banro Corp. (BAA-T, BAA-X) has run into delays during the comissioning of its 100%-owned Twangiza open-pit mine 45 km southwest of Bukavu…
Centerra Gold (CG-T) plunged more than 30% as the Kyrgyz parliament debated the fate of the company’s Kumtor gold project in Kyrgyzstan on Friday, while investors worried about the possibility of Centerra losing its mining licence.
Golden Reign Resources (GRR-V) is looking to do its part to help return Nicaragua to its former vaunted status in the gold world.
Uranerz Energy Corp. (URZ-T, URZ-X, URZ-N) says it has discovered a new uranium trend on its Monument project, just 24 kilometres southeast of where the company is building its first in-situ recovery uranium mine at the Nichols Ranch project in…
VANCOUVER — Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) has announced billions of dollars in capital commitments to advance and upgrade some of its most high-profile assets.
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based copper explorer NGEx Resources (NGQ-T) is enjoying a June comeback, as the company benefits from drill results on promising targets at its land package on the established Region III corridor along the…
Gran Colombia Gold (GCM-T) has made a significant boost to its resources at its Marmato project in Colombia, even if it did cost a bit of grade to do so.
Shares of INV Metals (INV-T) surged 46% to 16¢ on news the Toronto-based company plans to acquire the Quimsacocha gold project in Ecuador from Iamgold (IMT-T) in a move it hopes will take it from a junior exploration company to an…
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