Barrick zeros in on Nevada
Despite the amount of capital that has been pouring into the mining sector since around 2002 there have been very few major discoveries. There has been plenty of hype and tire kicking, but many of the…
Gold
Columbia Metals expects Lluvia production this year
The 1990s weren’t kind to some low-grade gold projects, and one of those was the Lluvia de Oro mine in northwestern Sonora state, Mexico. It operated for less than three years under two owners, and se…
How to model windfall profits taxes
Commentary In planning a new mine, engineers can draw on a wealth of long-established procedures to prepare a finely detailed study to track construction and operating costs down to the…
Editor’s Picks: the Week’s Top Mining Stories
Even as new record, nominal highs for uranium and nickel prices were being set in the week ended Feb. 24, it was organized labour action in Canada’s railyards that grabbed the most focused attention o…
Marathon PGM cuts high-grade
The two highest concentrations of precious metals drilled to date in the Coldwell intrusive complex in north-central Ontario have been intersected in recent drilling by Marathon PGM (MAR-T, MRPGF-O).
Record earnings for Newmont in 2006 (March 05, 2007)
Vancouver — The world’s number two gold producer, Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N), posted record net income of US$791 million (US$1.76 per share) in 2006, topping its previous year’s performance of US$…
Meridian’s Minera Florida set to bloom
Meridian Gold (MNG-T, MDG-N), already the largest gold producer in Chile, is planning a major expansion of its new mine in the country.
Friedland touts Mongolian partnership
Vancouver — Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) chairman Robert Friedland says he can see the advantage of partnering with the government of Mongolia as the company works to develop the massive Oyu Tolgoi c…
Birim Goldfields drills to expand gold zone on Cluster
Montreal-based Birim Goldfields (BGI-T, BRGFF-O) recently started a 9-hole follow-up drill program at the Chert Ridge prospect on its Cluster property in south-central Ghana, where two gold zones have…
Debate ramps up as Northern Dynasty’s Pebble grows
Vancouver — Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) says its huge Pebble project in southwestern Alaska now ranks as the world’s second-largest porphyry copper-gold deposit, and could get even large…
Freegold advances Almaden
SITE VISIT Weiser, Idaho — A buoyant bullion price coupled with past engineering studies has Freegold Ventures’ (ITF-T, FGOVF-O) recently revitalized management team convinced its Almaden gold project in west-central…
Golden Star shines on Global Gold Index (March 05, 2007)
Stronger gold prices this year are lifting many a gold miner, but Golden Star Resources (GSC-T, GSS-X) has been outpacing most.