A look at Mexico’s economic past
In the last fifteen years Mexico’s economy has turned around in what the country’s former foreign minister, Jorge Castaneda Gutman, believes have been the best years for Mexico at least since the 1960s.
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Eco Oro takes second look at Angostura’s underground option
Vancouver — Eco Oro Minerals (EOM-T) has announced an initial resource on its Mongora target and an updated underground scoping study on its Angostura project as company tries to revive its fortunes in Colombia.
La Ronge soars 150% on preliminary results at Preview
Vancouver — Add La Ronge Gold (LAR-V) to the list of junior gold explorers that enjoyed triple-digit percentage share gains this quarter.
Prophecy Platinum and Ursa Major to merge
Vancouver — Looking to add near-term production potential, Prophecy Platinum (NKL-V) has entered a binding letter of agreement to merge with Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-T) in an all-share deal.
Legendary minefinder David Lowell’s advice: set aside geological dogma
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada kicked off its annual convention in Toronto with a panel discussion tossing around the idea of what makes for a successful discoverer of ore deposits.
Eldorado expands following record breaking year
Vancouver — Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-N) has ridden a wave of higher production and rising gold prices to record earnings in 2011.
Graphite: Hot commodity or hyped commodity?
Lithium and rare earth metals became the “it” commodities in the mining industry over the last few years, and now there is a growing consensus among industry watchers that graphite is set to take the stage in their wake.
‘Rediscoveries’ among featured projects at Roundup 2012
Modern technologies combined with robust metal prices helped generate many of the domestic and international exploration successes featured at Mineral Exploration Roundup hosted by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME…
Red Eagle spreads its wings
In recent years as drugs and violence fade from the headlines, Colombia has seen a deluge of juniors pouring in and looking to take part in the gold-rich country’s seemingly endless untapped potential.
Colombia surging ahead
The past year has been a pivotal one for the Colombian gold sector, as explorers demonstrated much more of the geological promise the country holds.
Kilo juggles projects in the DRC, Afghanistan
In late January Kilo Goldmines (KGL-V) announced that its iron ore joint-venture project with Rio Tinto (RIO-N) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to host direct shipping ore. In the same announcement the junior…
Sea change at Seafield
Sometimes a little change can do a company a lot of good. In the case of Seafield Resources (SFF-V) change comes in the form of a new management team, and the good it hopes to do is revive investor interest in what was briefly one of the…