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An 8-hole program of reverse-circulation drilling by Campbell Resources (CCH-T), north of its Santa Gertrudis mine in Sonora state, Mexico, has turned up gold mineralization.Six of the holes drilled o…

The first foray into Canadian exploration by South African giant AngloGold (AU-N) is under way, following closure of the house’s deal with Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V).The deal lets AngloGold earn a 60% i…

Atna Res. — John Purkis appointed vp mining and development.Dia Met — Peter Atkinson appointed interim chairman.General Minerals — Brian Cramm appointed CEO and treasurer.K…

Knowing that humans can think faster than any machine, computer scientists have long wondered if they could ever meld the virtually unlimited informational capacity of biology into the sheer brute pow…

Drilling by Quebec government-owned Soquem at the Clearwater property, in the James Bay region of northwestern Quebec, has confirmed that veins exposed at surface in a stripping program last fall cont…

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,105/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.75/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$16.30-17.10/lb.Copper: Comex July US$0.8345/lb.Indium: I…

American junior Golden Phoenix Minerals (GPXM-Q) has completed its sixth and final resource study at the Borealis gold-silver property in Nevada’s Mineral Cty.At Northeast Ridge, which is part of the …

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A 1999 agreement, under which Barrick Gold (ABX-T) was earning a 70% interest in properties held by Opawica Explorations (OPW-T) in Argentina, has been revised.As a result, Opawica is now freed from h…