Lago Dourado lured by Brazilian gold
Forbes Gemmell, 34, is likely one of the younger chief executives of a publicly listed mining company. Six months ago he abandoned his career as a research analyst and took…
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Sona finding its gear in southern BC
A mistake at the lab turned out to be good news for Sona Resources (SYS-V).
Fiji-bound: Lion One hunts for elephants
After 14 unsuccessful years trying to build Cuba’s grandest chain of tourist resorts, North Vancouver stock promoter Walter Berukoff has moved on to a new tropical destination: Fiji. There, he plans to explore and develop a gold project named…
Wildcat finds more silver in Arizona (May 02, 2011)
Highlights from step-out and infill drilling at Wildcat Silver’s (WS-V) Hermosa silver project in Arizona include 26 metres of 346.52 grams silver per tonne, 12.24% manganese, 3.16% zinc, 4.22% lead and 0.30% copper in hole 117.
French Green Party opposes Rockgate’s Malian uranium plans
Along with many other uranium explorers and producers these days, Mali-focused explorer Rockgate Capital (RGT-T) remains valued at roughly half the level it traded at before the March 11 earthquake in Japan and the resulting crisis at the…
People (May 02, 2011)
Alcoa – Mohammad Zaidi retired as chief technology officer; Ray Kilmer appointed chief technology officer; Dina Shapiro appointed director of marketing communications and branding.
Fortuna Silver boosts reserves, earnings
Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T) has added significant tonnage to its overall resource holdings and plans more exploration for the year ahead.
Aussie rich-lister likes New Mexico copper deal
Having spent the last two decades making a A$338-million fortune providing accommodation to mining companies, Australia’s Kevin Maloney has now decided to try his hand at mining himself. In March, he invested $10.2 million in Vancouver-based…
Greystar shuffles management
After being forced back to the drawing board in March in the face of major environmental opposition to its proposed heap-leach open-pit Angostura gold mine in Colombia, Vancouver-based Greystar Resources (GSL-T, GSL-L) has agreed to change its…
Kaminak starts $15M Yukon drill program
After one of the most successful initial drill programs in the Yukon last year, Kaminak Gold (KAM-V) is back with plans to drill up to 45,000 metres in 2011 on its 100%-owned Coffee gold project in the White Gold district.
Lustre returns to Harry Winston
A look at Harry Winston Diamond’s (HW-T, HWD-N) recent financials shows the tale of rising demand for diamonds. Both the company’s luxury retail side and its mining side, strongly rebounded…
On the diamond trail
At home and away, Canadian-listed diamond explorers are on the hunt. Here’s a look at what some of these juniors are doing to find the next generation of diamond (and…