Gold

Sabina to sell Hackett, turns to gold for growth

Nunavut-focused junior explorer Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) is selling its 100%-owned Hackett River silver-zinc project, located near Bathurst Inlet in northern Nunavut, to Swiss mining powerhouse Xstrata (XTA-L).


GMV adds second drill to untested Guyana prospect

Vancouver-based gold explorer GMV Minerals (GMV-V) has two drills now turning at its never-before-drilled claim blocks in northwest Guyana. The company started drilling in early May and added the second rig in mid-June.



Alamos defines new ‘stand-alone’ gold deposit in Turkey

Mid-tier gold miner Alamos Gold (AGI-T) has delineated a new gold zone near its Agi Dagi gold project in Turkey that it believes has the potential to develop into a “stand-alone” project, according to a news release dated June 16.


Magellan races to find more Brazilian gold

It’s been years since geologists Alan Carter and Dennis Moore flew around with a claim map staking property in Brazil’s attractive Tapajos gold district, before setting up their own mining company – Magellan Minerals (mnm-v).


Ct Lake: Ontario’s next great deposit

There is no debating that Trelawney Mining’s (TRR-V) Côté Lake deposit is big. But the question on the minds of many junior gold investors is: Just how big? 


Bralorne pours first dor bar from historic BC gold mine

Vancouver – Seventy-nine years after the first gold brick was poured from one of British Columbia’s richest and largest gold mines, Bralorne Gold Mines (bpm-v) has restarted operations at the Bralorne complex. The company poured the first…


McEwen to merge US Gold, Minera Andes

Rob McEwen, the largest shareholder of both US Gold (UXG-T, UXG-N) and Minera Andes (MAI-T), plans to combine the two companies to create what would be a dynamic, mid-tier silver producer in the Americas….


Aurizon expands resource at Hosco

Drilling in the last three quarters of 2010 and January 2011 has boosted by 31% the in-pit measured and indicated resource at Aurizon Mines’ (ARZ-T, AZK-X) Hosco deposit, part of the gold producer’s Joanna project in northwestern Quebec.


Rio Novo Gold is a near-term producer in Brazil

Rio Novo Gold (RN-T) hopes to become a near-term gold producer by bringing its two advanced-stage Brazilian properties into production — the Almas gold project in the southeastern part of Tocantins state and the Guaranta gold project in the…


Osisko Mining president CEO Sean Roosen (centre) hoists the company's first gold bar, with members of the executive team at the company's general meeting in May. Photo by Osisko Mining

Osisko’s Malartic tale of guts and glory (June 13, 2011)

When pressed about some of the many challenges he faced developing the Malartic gold deposit in Quebec into a commercial mine during one of the toughest economic times this century, Sean Roosen admits sleep deprivation was one of them.


Pretium plans Brucejack mine

Pretium Resources (PVG-T) has completed a preliminary economic assessment of its Brucejack gold-silver project in northern British Columbia, a little more than six months after acquiring the project and listing on the Toronto Stock…


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