Keegan gets first gold resource from Ghana
Keegan Resources’ (KGN-V, KGNRF-O) first resource estimate for its Esaase gold property in southwest Ghana is in, and the market liked what it saw.
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VMS raises $19.5M for Reed Lake
Vancouver — The first drill results from the Reed Lake copper-zinc discovery made waves in the market in recent weeks. Now VMS Ventures (VMS-V, VMSTF-O) has raised $19.5 million to fund continued exp…
Dome Lemieux nothing if not complicated
SITE VISIT Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Que. — “Are we sitting on a magmatic deposit?” asks an investor on a recent tour of Threegold Resources’ (THG-V, TRLDF-O) Dome Lemieux project, as he joins…
Golden Band moves toward production
SITE VISIT La Ronge, Sask. — After more than a decade of land acquisition and exploration on its La Ronge gold belt projects in northern Saskatchewan, the crew of Golden…
Los Andes studies Las Vizcachitas
SITE VISIT Santiago, Chile — Vancouver-based Los Andes Copper (LA-V, LSANF-O) plans to begin a prefeasibility study at its Las Vizcachitas copper project in central Chile by the middle of…
NA Tungsten launches Mactung study
Vancouver — Strongly bullish on tungsten’s outlook, North American Tungsten (NTC-V, NATUF-O) has begun a feasibility study on its large Mactung project, near MacMillan Pass on the Yukon-Northwest Ter…
Katanga and Nikanor to form African copper giant
Katanga Mining (KAT-T, KATFF-O) and Nikanor (nkr-l) are planning a merger that would create Africa’s biggest copper producer and become the world’s biggest cobalt producer by 2011.
Benton, Teck set drill targets
Benton Resources (BTC-V, BNRJF-O) has assayed the last of 324 grab samples taken this summer from its Kingurutik Lake copper-nickel-cobalt property in Labrador, confirming mineralization in numerous z…
Queenston sees Upper Beaver gold, copper
Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T, QNMNF-O) drilling program on the porphyry and syenite breccia zones at the Upper Beaver property east of Kirkland Lake, Ont., is intersecting mineralized zones with high-gra…
Callinan questions HudBay
HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) is keeping tight-lipped about the first payment made to Callinan Mines (CAA-V, CCNMF-O) for a net profits interest (NPI) and royalty agreement that is being disputed i…
Claude adds ounces at Seabee (November 19, 2007)
Saskatoon, Sask.-based gold miner Claude Resources (CRJ-T, CGR-X) has added to gold reserves at its underground Seabee mine in northeastern Saskatchewan.
Empire now a mining company, eyes Turkish copper
Vancouver-based capital pool company Empire Mining (EPC-V) has completed the qualifying transaction it first announced in mid-September, with Global Securities acting as sponsor.