Editorial: Placer Doomed?
Just as an open wound bleeding into the ocean will attract sharks from miles around, so will weak, upper-level management in a mining company summon from around the world the kinds of sharks who wear…
Gold
Coeur gets EPA approval for Kensington
Vancouver – With final EPA permits in hand, Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) is commencing construction on its Kensingto…
Gitennes readies drills at Tucumachay
Gitennes Exploration’s (GIT-T) drills are revving after the latest batch of sample results from the Tucumachay prop…
Bellavista mine pours first gold (June 29, 2005)
The first gold bar has been poured at Glencairn Gold’s (GGG-T) Bellavista open pit mine, 120 km west of San Jose, C…
Castleworth hunts for Nevada gold
Vancouver A $1.6-million private placement will help Castleworth Ventures (WTH-V) fund ongoing exploration at the…
McEwen buying 10.5% stake in White Knight
Vancouver – GoldCorp (G-T) chairman and former CEO Robert McEwen is purchasing 5.7 million shares of White Knight R…
Rio Tinto, Ivanhoe take servings of Entre
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has joined the horde of miners heading to Mongolia by taking a 9.9%…
Las Cristinas dispute goes to arbitration
Vancouver — An arbitration panel has been constituted to hear a long-running dispute between Vannessa Ventures (VV…
Newmont sells Golden Grove
Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has sold its Golden Grove zinc-copper operation in Western Australia to Oxiana for US$205 mi…
Linear defining Campamento
Linear Gold (LRR-T) has cut significant gold at its Ixhuatan project, 5 km east of Rayon in northern Chiapas state,…
Masuparia Gold cuts high-grade in La Ronge Belt
Vancouver – Drilling by Masuparia Gold (MPG-V) on its 51%-owned Greywacke project, in north central Saskatchewan’s …
Bahuerachi step-outs successful for Tyler
Vancouver – The first lateral step-out holes at Tyler Minerals’ (TYS-V) Bahuerachi project, in Chihuahua State, Mex…