Solitario drilling cuts gold at Mercurio (December 15, 2005)
Early-stage drilling on the Mercurio gold prospect in the Tapajos region of Para state, Brazil, has intersected som…
Gold
Barrick balks at Placer’s books
Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) recently extended offer for rival gold miner Placer Dome (PDG-T, PDG-N) has been gran…
QGX encouraged by new gold and copper-gold prospects
Vancouver Early-stage exploration programs by QGX (QGX-T) in the Gobi region have added three new gold and copper…
Wildrose, Fjordland expand Megabuck at Woodjam
Vancouver An exploration program has expanded the Megabuck gold-copper zone and confirmed potential for another c…
NuStar lines up for Intrepid (December 14, 2005)
Australian gold producer NuStar Mining (NMC-A) will gain an exploration arm and a Canadian listing through a merger…
Portfolio manager spotlight: Joe Foster
As gold touched 24-year highs earlier this week,at least one portfolio manager says the driver behind the recent …
UPDATE: Placer and Barrick take a breather
Placer Dome (PDG-T,PDG-N) and Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) took a break from a month-long sparring match on Dec. 11,…
Southwestern aims drills at Boka 7 as pre-feasibility study begins
Vancouver Now that a pre-feasibility study has been awarded to engineering firm Ausenco, Southwestern Resources (…
Precious metals sweeten pot for Yukon Zinc
Vancouver With final results from this year’s drill program in hand, Yukon Zinc (YZC-V) has encountered additiona…
International Minerals weighs San Luis (December 12, 2005)
International Minerals (IMZ-T) has pegged the recently discovered San Luis vein system on the Rio Blanco epithermal…
Taseko boosts reserves at Gibraltar
Vancouver A 30% increase in reserves is expected to increase the life of the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine by …
Inter-Citic adds ounces at Dachang (December 12, 2005)
Inter-Citic Minerals (ICI-V) has unveiled the first resource estimate for the NR-2 fault zone on the 391-sq.-km Dac…