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Drilling at Nevada Pacific Gold's Amador Canyon silver project in Nevada's Austin mining district.

Nevada Pacific hunts for motherlode

Vancouver — For the past seven years Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V), has scoured the arid hills of northeastern Nevada, searching for what Chairman David Hottman calls “low-risk shots at changing the face of the company.”…



Location of major mineral exploration plays in Alaska.

Alaska emerges as gold giant

Vancouver — In 2003, spending on precious metals exploration in Alaska amounted to a disappointing US$12 million. However, a considerable improvement is expected for 2004, owing to the increase in the price of gold, which, in turn, has enabled ju…


A view of the Pediment deposit at Cortez Hills.

Major find in Battle Mountain trend

Discoveries by majors do not often receive the attention or accolades they deserve, as in the case of Cortez Hills in Nevada. Discovered by Placer Dome (PDG-T) near the end of 2002 while conducting mine-site exploration drilling…


Photo by Barbara Thomae - Emgold President Bill Witte (left), Geologist Mark Payne and Emgold Director Ross Guenther stand in front of the company's headquarters in Grass Valley, Calif.

Emgold aims to restart Idaho-Maryland mine

Grass Valley, Calif. — After half a century, Emgold Mining (EMR-V) intends to reactivate the Idaho-Maryland underground gold mine near this former mining town, 45 miles west of Lake Tahoe in eastern California. If all goes as p…



Improving gravity thickeners

A research program in Australia delivered A$295 million in direct benefits to the minerals-processing industry over the past six years, based on an investment of about A$10 million.


Viceroy drills Gualcayamo

Vancouver — Early drilling by Viceroy Exploration (VYE-V) on its Gualcayamo gold project in west-central Argentina has returned positive results.


More gold for St. Jude

Vancouver — Drilling by St. Jude Resources (SJD-V) at its Benso project in western Ghana has delineated a trend of gold mineralization in the Subriso Block G zone over a strike length of 500 metres and to a depth exceeding 100…


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