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TV Tower delight continues for Pilot

A high-grade gold zone is emerging at the north end of Pilot Gold’s (PLG-T) TV Tower project in Turkey, complete with drill intervals that regularly contain visible gold. 


Historic processing facilities at Clifton Star Resources' past-producing Duparquet gold project, located 50 km north of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Source: Clifton Star Resources

Clifton Star hits PEA milestone at Duparquet

The way forward is coming into focus for junior explorer Clifton Star Resources (CFO-V) at its multi-million ounce Duparquet gold property in northwestern Quebec, 50 km by road north of the mining town of Rouyn-Noranda. The company has…


Denison to buy explorer Fission

Denison Mines (DML-T, DNN-X) is staying true to its strategy of becoming a leading uranium explorer in the eastern Athabasca basin region of Saskatchewan by agreeing to acquire Fission Energy (FIS-V) for $70 million.



The camp at Northern Freegold's Freegold Mountain copper-gold project in the Yukon. Photo by Matthew Keevil

Northern Freegold homes in on Nucleus

A new resource estimate outlining a higher-grade starter zone has put the Freegold Mountain project in prime position, as owner Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) finalizes the project’s first economic assessment.



Fipke takes legal action to stop Ekati sale

Chuck Fipke, a minority shareholder in the Ekati joint venture, is trying to block BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) from selling its majority interest in the Ekati diamond mine to Harry Winston Diamond (HW-T, HWD-N) for US$500 million.


A drill rig at Dalradian's Tyrone project in Ireland. Source: Dalradian Resources

Dalradian finds gold in Ireland’s green hills

VANCOUVER — Focusing exploration efforts in established, low-risk mining jurisdictions is paying off for Toronto-based Dalradian Resources (DNA-T). The company has already outlined a multi-million ounce gold resource 120 km west of…


Golden Predator's Brewery Creek project. Source: Golden Predator Corp.

Golden Predator changes name and focus to royalties

Golden Predator’s (GPD-T) decision to transition to a royalty-only mining company and build on its existing base of 34 projects pushed the junior’s shares up 16.7% to 38.5¢ on 2.7 million shares traded.


Workers sort through drill cores at Ivanplats' Kamoa property. Source: Ivanplats Limited

Ivanplats doubles world-class copper resource at Kamoa

VANCOUVER — Robert Friedland’s latest Vancouver-based venture looks to be following a familiar template. On Jan. 17 Ivanplats (IVP-T) released an updated resource on its Kamoa discovery in Central Africa that boosted the project’s…


This core specimen reveals some of the typical textures which host gold and silver mineralization at Eurasian's Akarca project, in this case a quartz vein displaying bladed textures within the conglomerate host rock.  Source: Eurasian Minerals

Eurasian hits highest grades to date at Akarca

VANCOUVER – After a busy 2012, Eurasian Minerals (EMX-V) is starting 2013 off with a bang: in its first news release of the year the company reported the highest-grade intercept to date at Akarca, the gold-silver project in northwest…


Argonaut's El Castillo open-pit gold mine. Source: Argonaut Gold

Argonaut exceeds expectations

Shares of Argonaut Gold (AR-T) jumped nearly 5% to $10.09 after the company reported production results for the fourth quarter and for all of 2012.


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