Nautilus Hones Undersea Plans
VANCOUVER — Construction of its novel deep-sea mining equipment has been on hold since December, but Nautilus Minerals is seeing opportunity rather than disappointment in its delay: the company has s…
Gold
Xstrata’s Overture
Mega-merger talk kicked up again at the end of the 24th trading week of the year, as Xstrata unveiled its desire for a “merger of equals” with Anglo American.
Exeter Set To Update Caspiche Resource
VANCOUVER — The drills have stopped turning for a winter break, but lengthy gold-copper intercepts keep rolling in from Exeter Resource’s (XRC-V, XRA-X) Caspiche project in Chile.
More High Grade For San Gold Near Rice Lake
VANCOUVER — Drills keep hitting high-grade gold in new zones near San Gold’s (SGR-V, SGRCF-O) producing Rice Lake mine in Manitoba — and the company’s share price keeps climbing in response.
Appleton Gains 200% On Malian Gold Hit
VANCOUVER — A high-grade gold hit from the Manalo gold project in Mali propelled Appleton Exploration’s (AEX-V, APPPF-O) share price to new heights recently.
Riverstone Defines Gold Deposit In Burkina Faso
VANCOUVER — Five years after deciding to focus its gold exploration efforts on Burkina Faso, Riverstone Resources (RVS-V, RVREF-O) has defined its first gold resource in the West African country.
Banro looks to move on to mining
Red Back Mining’s (RBI-T) move to acquire Moto Goldmines (MGL-T) and its gold rich Moto project in the eastern Demo…
Polar Star aims to get ‘bigger bang for our buck’
Polar Star Mining (PSR-V) has let the option expire for the Chepica copper-gold mine, which was one point of c…
Sabina eyes higher grades at Hackett
Vancouver – Looking to increase resources at its Hackett River project near Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Sabina Silver …
Andean advances Cerro Negro
PERITO MORENO, SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA – The name Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) conjures images of snow-peaked moun…
Fresnillo drops Mag Silver bid
Vancouver – Mexican major Fresnillo (FNLPF-O, FRES-L) sold it as fair value. Canadian junior Mag S…
Livengood resource tops 10 million oz. gold
Vancouver – A winter drill program at International Tower Hill Mines’ (ITH-V) Livengood project in Alaska has boost…