Queenston seeing gold and copper from Upper Beaver
Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T) drilling program on the porphyry and syenite breccia zones at the Upper Beaver property …
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Nevsun closing in on Eritrean mining licence
The Eritrean government and Vancouver-based Nevsun Resources (NSU-T, NSU-X) have hammered out a deal over how much …
Barrick bids for Arizona Star (October 29, 2007)
Dont look now but Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) is going on a spending spree. Less than a week after announcing …
Is a Cassiar Revival in Sight?
SITE VISIT Cassiar, B.C. — For more than 10 years, Cassiar was a ghost town. The northern B.C. town had thrived on an asbestos mine for 40 years but in…
Tower Hill Finds Niche With AngloGold’s Alaska Portfolio
SITE VISIT Fairbanks, Alaska — Assembling a decent portfolio of exploration projects in a region as vast and remote as Alaska can be an expensive and protracted task. International Tower…
Niblack Goes Underground to Decode Vms Showings
SITE VISIT Ketchikan, Alaska — The float plane skims along the water, delivering visitors to the rugged shores of Prince of Wales Island. Steep, thickly forested hills rise up out…
ATW Venture Buys Gold Mine Down Under
Vancouver — ATW Venture (ATW-V) has cut a deal to buy a gold mining operation and surrounding land package in a historic gold belt in Western Australia.
Crew Gold’s Nalunaq Hits Production High
Crew Gold’s (CRU-T, CRUGF-O) Nalunaq gold mine, in Greenland, has reached a record average daily production rate of 510 tonnes, surpassing the 500-tonne target each day for the entire month of Septemb…
Burkina Faso Red Hot for Gold Deals
Normally at this time of year, the only thing heating up in the vast, dry Sahel of Burkina Faso is its red sands. But with two deals involving two of the more prominent Canadian-based junior gold comp…
Ivanhoe Completes Entre JV Earn-in
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) has invested more than US$20 million in its joint-venture properties with Entre Gold (ETG-T, EGI-X) to earn its initial 51% interest.
Editor’s Picks: The Juniors are Keepin’ Busy
It was yet another week of mergers and acquisitions in the mining sector during the week ended Oct. 20, the 42nd trading week of 2007.
Barrick goes on spending spree in PNG
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) is quietly padding its treasure chest in resource-rich Papua New Guinea.A little mo…