Fronteer wants Newmont to fast-track Sandman
Vancouver – Keen to see some near-term benefit from its recently acquired Nevada mineral assets, Fronteer Developme…
Gold
New Bonanza resource estimate in Red Lake lifts Premier’s stock
A new National Instrument 43-101 resource estimate for the Rahill-Bonanza property in Red Lake, has pleased joint-v…
Centerra falls on alleged tax probe
Centerra Gold (CG-T, CAGDF-O) officials have heard nothing from the Kyrgyz government regarding media reports that …
News – 05-FEB-08
Redcorp inks Tulsequah offtake and credit MOU
Vancouver – Aspiring base metals producer Redcorp Ventures (RDV-T, RDFVF-O) has lined up Swiss-firm MRI Trading to …
Coro forges ahead in Argentina, Chile
SITE VISIT Uspallata, Argentina — Coro Mining (COP-T) is a company on a mission. The junior explorer debuted on the market in mid-2007 and plans to be a mid-tier base…
Chile courts juniors to boost exploration
Santiago, Chile — Already home to most of the world’s largest mining houses, Chile is now seeking to raise its profile among the minnows of the industry to turn around a relative decline in explorati…
South African power crisis shuts down mines (February 04, 2008)
Vancouver — A nationwide energy crunch in South Africa has hit the country’s powerful mining sector hard, with major gold, platinum and diamond producers suspending operations as a precautionary meas…
Investors say Tanzania a safe bet on gold
After South Africa and Ghana, Tanzania is Africa’s third-largest gold producer. That’s not a bad ranking for a country about the size of Texas.
Pan African aims to prove up Madagascar gold
Pan African Mining (PAF-V, PAFRF-O) is doing its part to build on the mining momentum taking hold of Madagascar.
Tanzanian Royalty zeroes in on Kigosi
Gold exploration in Tanzania is about to get a shot in the arm as Tanzanian Royalty Exploration (TNX-T, TRE-X) of Surrey, B.C., gears up for a $6-million drilling program aimed at its Kigosi property …
Riverstone hopes for good Karma
After recent drilling doubled the length of Riverstone Resources’ (RVS-V, RVREF-O) Kao gold deposit to 600 metres, the Burkina Faso-focused company is gearing up to find out just how large the deposit…