Golden Arrow hits the mark
Drill results that revealed continuous gold and silver mineralization over a lengthy intercept at the Poncha gold-copper project, in Argentina, drove Golden Arrow Resources’ (GRG-T, GARWF-O) shares up…
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Metanor pours gold at Bachelor Lake mill (April 28, 2008)
Metanor Resources (MTO-V, MEAOF-O) has poured the first 2,000 oz. of gold from its recently revived Bachelor Lake mill near Desmaraisville, Que.
Osisko predicts 14-year life at Canadian Malartic gold project
A scoping study of the Canadian Malartic gold project near Val d’Or, Que., suggests the deposit will produce 572,000 oz. gold per year at a cash cost of US$314 per oz. for the first three years of pro…
Premier shifts focus to Geraldton gold project
Premier Gold Mines (PG-T, PIRGF-O) plans to drill 50,000 to 100,000 metres on its exploration projects in Northwestern Ontario and Mexico this year with a new focus on its project in Geraldton, Ont.
ValGold files resource on Garrison gold property
The main sulphide gold zones of its 100%-owned Garrison gold property in northeastern Ontario contain an indicated resource of 186,725 tonnes grading 8.06 grams gold per tonne, ValGold Resources (VAL-…
Eldorado targets Frontier Pacific
VANCOUVER — Frontier Pacific Mining (FRP-V, FRPMF-O) is fighting an unsolicited takeover offer from Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) in a battle focused on Frontier’s 1.4- millon-oz. Perama Hill gold dep…
Ecuador slams on the brakes
Ecuador’s burgeoning mining industry has been dealt a serious blow with the passing of a new mining mandate.
Houston Lake takes steady path towards production
Houston Lake Mining’s (HLM-V, HLKMF-O) president and chief executive Grayme Anthony knows what it is to persevere.
Apollo Gold shoots arrow through adversity
Building a mining company is seldom an easy road to venture down, without hardships and bumps along the way. But in Apollo Gold’s (APG-T, AGT-X)case, the road nearly came to a dead end in 2005, when a…
Private Thai group to buy Pan African Mining (April 28, 2008)
Hungry for new coal properties outside Southeast Asia, Asia Thai Mining is buying Pan African Mining( PAF-V, PAFRF-O)at an 84.3% premium over the Vancouverbased junior’s 20-day average trading price.
Partners rev up exploration efforts at Matheson JV
It’s no coincidence that Matamec Explorations’ (MAT-V, MTCEF-O) new Matheson joint venture, in the Timmins gold camp, is next to Goldcorp’s (G-T, GG-N) Hoyle Pond gold mine property, says the company’…
Positive scoping study for Wits Gold’s Bloemhoek (April 25, 2008)
South African gold explorer Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources (WGR-T, WGR-J) has wrapped up a scoping stu…