Although the crowd of juniors searching for nickel near the Voisey’s Bay deposit in Labrador is thinning, a few hangers-on are still searching for an extension of the Eastern Deeps zone.That zone, a p…
The mining industry in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is dominated by world-class deposits, mainly because the significant political risk and lack of infrastructure there have shaped the industry so that only…
Toronto-based Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) will commence mining this summer at the Golden Bear heap-leach project in northwestern British Columbia.The junior, which holds an 82% interest in mine-own…
Toronto-based Rio Algom (ROM-T) and Inmet Mining (IMN-T) have upped the resource estimate for their jointly held Antamina copper-zinc project, 480 km north of Lima, Peru.Results from the first 61 hole…
Radar imaging is a powerful tool for mineral exploration, though, like any tool, it has its limitations.The Landsat MSS satellite, for example, was originally promoted as a panacea for exploration com…
Capitalism has been good for George Soros, so it is not surprising that the wealthy American businessman raised eyebrows when he argued, in a recent essay in The Atlantic Monthly, that the main enemy …
In preparation for a bankable feasibility study, to be completed by May, Montreal-based Niocan (NIO-M) is drilling its namesake niobium property in Quebec.The 384-ha property is in the Oka intrusive c…
Montreal-based Lithos (LTS-M) has acquired an option on a Peruvian gold-copper property held by Hebron Fjord Resources (HEF-M).The Salaverry-Copara deposit is known to contain a total resource of 1.5 …
Drilling on the Ban Phuc nickel project in Vietnam has yielded encouraging results for New Zealand-listed Spectrum Resources.The 1,220-metre program was designed to establish the continuity of a massi…
Investors are finally taking notice of Nord Pacific (NORPY-Q), owing to the Albuquerque, N.M.-based junior’s 35% interest in the large Ramu nickel-cobalt deposit in Papua New Guinea (PNG).The deposit …
A Spokane, Wash.-based company with a Toronto listing has assembled a portfolio of properties stretching from the South American countries of Chile, Argentina and Paraguay to Indonesia and Papua New G…
In the flatlands of New South Wales, Nord Pacific (NORPY-Q) continues to hit high-grade copper mineralization at the Tritton massive sulphide deposit, a 50-50 joint venture with Australian-listed Stra…
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