Aura’s new Aranzazu mine shows its strength
Vancouver – Aura Minerals (ORA-T) bought the Aranzazu mine in Zacatecas state, Mexico, three months ago for $70 mil…
Gold
Queenston carves dominant position in Kirkland Lake
Queenston Mining (QMI-T, QNMNF-O) staked its claims in Canada’s second largest gold camp early and often a strate…
Sinchao hits another long intercept in Peru (September 18, 2008)
Vancouver – Long mineralized intercepts from Sinchao Metals’ (SMZ-V) namesake project in Peru seem to be becoming t…
Goldcorp suspends mining at Pamour (September 18, 2008)
Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) has suspended mining at its Pamour gold mine, near Timmins, Ont. According to a Reuters news r…
Young CEO forms company to explore Larder Lake break project
Everything was uranium, uranium, uranium, recalls Natasha Blackburn, president and CEO of Golden Harp Resources (GH…
Metanor looking to expand Barry pit (September 18, 2008)
Results from summer drilling at Metanor Resources’ (MTO-V, MEAOF-O) Barry property could lead to a boost in gold re…
Alexis Minerals gets high grade gold in Lac Herbin extensions
Vancouver – With five drills churning at its Lac Herbin mine, 8 km southeast of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Alexis Miner…
Jinshan names chairman of China National Gold as new CEO
Four months after China’s largest state-owned gold producer, China National Gold, acquired a 42% stake in Jinshan G…
Osisko Mining benefits from the Quebec advantage
Sean Roosen, president and chief executive of Osisko Mining (OSK-T), wasn’t the only executive at the recent Denver…
Schaft Creek twice the price for Copper Fox (September 15, 2008)
Vancouver – Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V) has both upped the size and doubled the capital cost of its Schaft Creek, cop…
Quebec is a “cornerstone,” says Agnico-Eagle’s chief executive
If it isn’t broken–don’t fix it. That seemed to be the sub-text of a corporate presentation by gold producer Agnic…
HudBay files resource on Lalor Lake
Lalor Lake has the potential to become HudBay Minerals’ (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) next mine in the Flin Flon greenstone belt of Manitoba, the company said in a statement announcing the first resource estimate …