Axmin tallies Sierra Leone gold resource (October 05, 2006)
Axmin (AXM-V) has released an initial resource estimate for its grassroots Komahun prospect, which forms part of it…
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Queenstake trimming fat at Jerritt Canyon (October 05, 2006)
Vancouver – Looking to garner greater market respect, Queenstake Resources (QRL-T, QEE-X) is moving to slash produc…
Nautilus contracts to build deep-sea mining vessel (October 04, 2006)
Vancouver – Construction plans for a deep-sea mining vessel have been initiated through an agreement between Nautil…
Editorial: NovaGold, Barrick edging towards year-long stalemate (October 03, 2006)
It’s easy to tell that metal prices are high and the stakes are getting even higher as we witness all the acrimony …
Canarc pulls more high-grade intercepts from New Polaris
Vancouver – An ongoing drilling program by Canarc Resource (CCM-T, CRCUF-O) has returned more high-grade intercept…
NovaGold wins round in battle over Grace
Vancouver The British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources has concluded that three years o…
Volta Power Cuts to Hit Gold Mines
Low water levels in the Volta River system have led the Ghanaian power generation agency, the Volta River Authority, to begin a program of load management that includes some power cuts to users, inclu…
NovaGold Thwarted in Attempt to Block Barrick Bid
Vancouver — NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) was dealt a blow recently, when the U.S. District Court of Alaska declined to grant a preliminary injunction that would temporarily suspend Barrick Gold’s…
New World Cuts Higher Grades at Lipea
Vancouver — The second and third holes by New World Resource (NW-V, NWFFF-O) at the Lipea project in southwestern Bolivia indicate a wide zone of higher-grade copper-gold mineralization….
Anatolia Recharges Treasury for Cpler
Vancouver — Anatolia Minerals Development (ANO-T, ALIAF-O) has lined up a $61.5-million financing to fund development of its pler gold project, located about 500 km east-southeast of Ankara in Turk…
Kensington Tailings on Hold
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has issued a temporary injunction halting construction activities on the tailings dam portion of Coeur d’Alene Mines’ (CDM-T, CDE-N) Kensington…
Newmont Drops Matrix
Vancouver — After spending US$2.2 million on exploration over three years, Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) has terminated an option to earn up to a 70% interest in the Matrix gold project west of Arvia…