PEG Mining Consultants teams with WGM
Watts, Griffis and McOuat has added PEG Mining Consultants to its preferred list of consulting geologists and engineers.
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High River buys out Russian partner at Prognoz
High River Gold Mines (HRG-T, HRIVF-O) is snapping up the remaining 50% stake in the Prognoz silver project in the Republic of Sakha in Russia, about 444 km north of the capital city of Yakutsk.
Keep an eye on NA Tungsten, says Haywood’s Thompson
VANCOUVER — Some mining analysts who recently visited the Arctic tungsten assets of North American Tungsten (NTC-V) question whether the company can cut it in the Yukon, despite positive drill result…
Odds ‘n’ sods: The story of Red Lake
— The following is an excerpt from Red Lake: Golden Treasure Chest, a new 164-page book by Michael Barnes chronicling the community and mines that have sprung up northwestern Ontario’s gold-rich Red …
Editorial: Sinkin’ zinc
The week ended Aug. 16, the 33rd trading week of 2008, was a rotten one for metal prices and metal stocks, with a softening global economic outlook translating into reduced metals demand, lower metals…
Cyr Drilling and Webequie First Nation partner up
Winnipeg-based diamond driller Cyr Drillinghas entered into a joint venture with the Webequie First Nation in Ontario’s “Ring of Fire” polymetallic exploration camp.
PEOPLE (August 25, 2008)
Andean Resources– Christopher Van Tienhoven appointed country manager for Argentina.
Mosquito builds team for CUMO feasibility
Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines( MSQ-T) has hired three companies to conduct a feasibility test at its Cumo molybdenum-copper project, in south-central Idaho, 15 km southwest of Idaho City.
Xstrata Copper to spend $121 M to extend Kidd
Mining giant Xstrata’s (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) subsidiary Xstrata Copper will invest $121 million to extend the life of its Kidd polymetallic mine near Timmins, Ont.
Serengeti expands Kwanika (August 25, 2008)
VANCOUVER — With the assays in hand from another dozen drill holes from an ongoing 59-hole campaign this year at its Kwanika property, about 250 km east of Smithers, B. C., Serengeti Resources’ (SIR-…
Aussie billionaire to form China-focused resource giant
An Australian billionaire plans to launch his private company, Resource Development International (RDI), as a resources giant that would supply iron ore, nickel and energy to China.
Intrepid posts Indonesian resource (August 25, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A resource estimate for a portion of the Tujuh Bukit gold project in Indonesia only a few months after Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-A) acquired the project through a merger with Emperor Min…