Maximus confirms gold and silver-rich zone at Hope Bay
Results from its 2007 drilling program in the Hope Bay gold belt of Nunavut have yielded significant gold and silver values for Maximus Ventures (MXV-V, MXVEF-O).
Gold
Jinshan releases Dadiangou gold resource
Just six months after pouring its first 500-oz. gold dor bar from the remote Chang Shan Hao mine in Inner Mongolia, Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T, JINFF-O) is off and running in China’s Gansu province wi…
Noront buoyed by high-grade
VANCOUVER–Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) posted a 20% gain in recent trading on drill results the company says are its highest grade to date from the Double Eagle project, in northeastern Ontario.
France denies Iamgold permits
The government of France has rejected the final permit applications needed to start open-pit construction at Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) Camp Caiman gold project, in French Guiana, a protectorate of Fran…
Semafo banks on Mana
Semafo (SMF-T, SEMFF-O) president and CEO Benoit La Salle made his entry into West Africa’s mining scene in the mid-1990s — before there was a scene to speak of.
Goldrush follows the artisanal miners in Burkina Faso
At a recent Richmond Club luncheon at the tony National Club, in Toronto, Don Willoughby of Goldrush Resources (GOD-V, GDRRF-O) generated some laughs when he kicked off his presentation with reference…
Good gold grades from Northgate’s Young-Davidson (February 11, 2008)
VANCOUVER–As if to offset its setback at its Kemess North copper-gold project in B.C., Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X) is pulling strong gold grades out of its Young- Davidson project in Ontario.
Feasibility puts El Morro price tag at US$2.5B
A feasibility study on the El Morro copper-gold project, in Mexico, puts average annual production at 195,000 tonnes copper and 354,000 oz. gold over the first five years of a 15-year mine life, say j…
Comaplex adds ounces at Meliadine West
VANCOUVER–An updated resource estimate for Comaplex Minerals’ (CMF-T, CXMLF-O) gold deposits in Nunavut recently had the company’s stock trading near its 52-week high.
Antares, Mansfield hit new zone at Rio Grande (February 11, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Stepout drilling by Rio Grande joint-venture partners Antares Minerals (ANM-V, ANMFF-O) and Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V, MFMNF-O) has identified significant copper-gold mineralization in a …
Taking on Nevada one JV at a time
Piedmont Mining (PIED-O) doesn’t want it all. Rather than staking its own claims and investing the time and dol…
Allied Nevada develops Hycroft oxides and sulphides
As Allied Nevada (ANV-T, ANV-X) gets ready to reactivate the Hycroft heap leach gold mine near Winnemucca, Nevada, …