Skybridge scoring good grades in Nunavut
VANCOUVER–The Downie brothers are at it again.
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HudBay’s Balmat zinc operation goes bust
VANCOUVER–Less than two years after ramping the Balmat mine back up to full production, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) is closing the New York state zinc mine and concentrator.
Imperial gets Sterling drill results in Nevada
VANCOUVER — Imperial Metals (III-T) is having success at the past-producing Sterling gold mine, 185 km northwest of Las Vegas, Nev., with positive drill results from its 144 zone.
Baffin Island sparkles for Peregrine
It’s not every day that you find diamonds outcropping at surface in the Arctic and some miners will go a lifetime without ever seeing it happen. Oftentimes, kimberlite pipes of interest in the Far Nor…
Douglas Lake taps Tanzminex for Mbwembkuru
Tanzanian-focused mineral exploration company Douglas Lake Minerals (DKLM-O) has contracted Tanzanian Mineral Exploration (Tanzminex) to prepare a resource estimate for the company’s Mbwemkuru alluvia…
PC Gold looks to set Pickle Crow back in flight (August 30, 2008)
It’s not often a junior gets its hands on a former gold mine that was a “money machine” in its day and still contai…
Axmin’s permits restricted in Central African Republic (August 29, 2008)
A decree by the Central African Republic to restrict permits valid for a number of minerals to gold alone is a dev…
International Beryllium funds nuclear fuel research (August 29, 2008)
International Beryllium (IB-V) has agreed to fund a two-year, US$500,000 research project by Purdue University in W…
Iamgold bids for Euro Ressources
In a move to cut cash costs, mid-tier gold producer Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) is making a cash bid for Euro Ressources…
Spurred on in China (August 29, 2008)
Spur Ventures’ (SVU-T, SPVEF-O) Chinese odyssey began back in 1996 when the company’s mining-focused founders saw p…
Hathor hits homerun with first summer assays
Vancouver – After almost three months of promising scintillometer results, Hathor Exploration (HAT-V) released the …
DRC official sounds sour note
Words from the mouth of an official of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mines ministry were anything but music to…