Columbus sets sail for French Guiana (March 28, 2011)
France is hardly considered a hotbed of mining potential, but Columbus Gold (CGT-V) sees the part of the country tucked away in the South American jungle as just that.
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First Mexican finds gold and silver at Guadalupe
Recently-listed First Mexican Gold (FMG-V) has released good gold-silver assay results from shallow scout drilling at its Guadalupe project in Mexico’s Sonora state.
Technical Analysis Report: Gold a safe-haven no more (March 28, 2011)
With the disaster in Japan reaping havoc on global markets, investors may well be looking to the past to get a better understanding of what investments held up in such uncertain times.
White Tiger curls up with cash-strapped Century Mining (March 28, 2011)
Amid serious financial troubles, Century Mining (CMM-V) has agreed to an all-share takeover bid by White Tiger Gold (WTG-T), a newly listed gold miner 74% controlled by Russian mining promoter Maxim Finskiy.
Junior explorers still flocking to the Yukon (March 25, 2011)
Vancouver – 2010 was a big year for the Yukon as exploration companies flooded into the Territory in a flurry of staking and deal making and 2011 is looking no different.
Malbex continues to define promising new zone
All it took was the results from a drill hole and Malbex Resources (MBG-V) shares started running in the right direction. The company’s shares were up 24% or 14¢ to 73¢ in Toronto on March 25, with heavy volume of 3.5 million shares…
Tirex roars to life on Albanian mining deal (March 24, 2011)
Vancouver – Tirex resources (TXX-V) has taken a big step towards production at its polymetallic Merdita project in Albania after signing a memorandum of understanding with a private Turkish firm to finance development in exchange for a stake…
Sandspring makes plans for Guyana gold-copper mine
Vancouver – Sandspring Resources (ssp-v) envisions annual production from its Toroparu project in Guyana of 310,000 oz. gold and 29 million lbs. copper in the first four years of operations, provided it can first raise the $617 million needed…
Auriga rises on Manitoba gold
The drill bit led Auriga Gold (AIA-V) up the market on Thursday, as the company announced it had struck 30.44 grams of gold over 2 metres at its Maverick project in Manitoba. The latest results dovetail nicely with results from earlier in…
Riding the wave of silver prices
Pan American Silver’s (PAA-T, PAAS-Q) seven operating mines in Mexico, Peru, Argentina and Bolivia churned out a total of 24.3 million ounces of silver in 2010, a year-on-year rise of 5%, leaving the company with more than US$360 million in the…
More high grades for Continental
The latest results from Continental Gold’s (CNL-T) Buritica project in Colombia add further support to the notion that the company has significant project on it hands. The latest results came out of 15 diamond drill-holes at the wholly owned…
Argentex Mining posts Pinguino PEA
Until late 2009, Argentex Mining (ATX-V, AGXM-O) focused on drilling the polymetallic sulphide mineralization at its Pinguino project in Argentina. But then the company decided to shift gears and concentrate instead on the property’s…