Niger: An Old Uranium Frontier Made New Again
The number of Canadian miners poking the arid terrain of Niger in the search for uranium is increasing, and the relative durability of the uranium price in a down market isn’t the only thing fuelling …
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Yamana Makes Headway In Mexico, Brazil
It was just four months ago that Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) was trading in Toronto at the very bottom of its 52-week price range of $4.29-19.79 per share.
Shore Gold Looks Beyond Current Diamond Demand Collapse
SASKATOON, SASK. — As with all other commodities, diamonds had a rough year in 2008. All sectors of the diamond pipeline have adjusted, and will continue to adjust to the current economic climate.
Geologix’s Loss Is Silver Standard’s Gain
Unable to get its hands on the money it needed to make a final payment on the San Agustin poly-metallic deposit, Geologix Explorations (GIX-T, GXEXF-O) must walk away from a project it has spent most …
Barrick Preserves Strong Balance Sheet
The economic crisis may be pushing many companies to the wall, but Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) ended the year with a cash balance of US$1.4 billion, an undrawn US$1.5-billion credit facility, and the …
Uruguay’s Only Miner Searches Out More Gold
Uruguay’s relative obscurity as far as mining countries go has generally worked for Uruguay Mineral Exploration (UME-V, UGY-L).
Apollo Pays Hefty Price For Black Fox Funds
Apollo Gold (APG-T, AGT-X) now has the money it needs to push ahead with the construction of its Black Fox gold mine near Timmins, Ont., but at what cost?
Meliadine Gets Scoping Study Go-Ahead
VANCOUVER — After 20 years of work in Canada’s North, Comaplex Minerals (CMF-T, CXMLF-O) has a positive scoping study in hand for a combined open-pit/underground operation at its Meliadine gold proje…
Pacific North West Buys Nixon Fork Gold Mine
While many cash-poor resource companies are experiencing considerable pain in the current bear market, their well-funded brethren are using these conditions as an opportunity to acquire assets.
Chesapeake Mulls Options At Metates
VANCOUVER — Armed with long mineralized intercepts and a new metallurgical plan for a big gold-silver deposit in Mexico, Chesapeake Gold (CKG-V) is pushing ahead with exploration and development plan…
Editorial: De Beers’ US$500M Bailout
The seventh trading week of 2009 closed out with news of profound cash-flow problems at the iconic diamond miner De Beers, underscoring the global collapse in demand for luxury goods such as diamonds.
People (March 02, 2009)
Alamos Gold — Herve Thiboutot appointed VP of exploration; Ken Balleweg has stepped down as VP of exploration but will remain exploration manager.