Courts approve New West takeover (September 19, 2007)
Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-X) and New West Gold (NWG-T) have obtained court approval for Fronteer’s tak…
Gold
Palmarejo expands Guadalupe resource
Palmarejo Silver and Gold (PJO-V) has roughly doubled the size of the mineral resource at the Guadalupe silver proj…
Intrepid, Emperor reach merger deal
Emperor Mines (EMP-A) has found its buyer in Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-A), which has proposed a merger deal that v…
New Pacific up on Chinese results
New Pacific Metals (NUX-V) made a move up the market after releasing its latest results from its HNK gold-polymetal…
Review panel gives Kemess North a no
Vancouver – A prolonged decision process administered by a joint federal-provincial environmental review panel has …
Explorator keen to drill alongside small Chilean gold mines
Explorator Resources (EXO-V) is about to begin exploration on the newly acquired Venus block of its 11-sq. km El Es…
Burkinabe welcome Goldbelt
SITE VISIT Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso — Through the cloud of red dust, black lines can be seen stretching out over the flat surface of the Sahel — a desert-like landscape…
High-grade gold at Three Bluffs
Vancouver — The initial batch of assays from drilling at Committee Bay Resources’ (CBR-V, CBYRF-O) Three Bluffs deposit, in Nunavut, has returned some significant gold grades over good widths.
Kinross to partner with Linear Gold at Ixhuatan
Vancouver — Five years of work on the Ixhuatan gold-copper-molybdenum project have paid off for Linear Gold (LRR-T, LGCFF-O), which recently signed an agreement bringing Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) on …
Tabakoto to shut down (September 17, 2007)
Nevsun Resources (NSU-T, NSU-X) has announced it will mothball the Tabakoto gold mine in western Mali, citing low grades and poor operating performance.
Editorial: Mexican staking in turmoil
The risky business of mineral exploration is full of surprises, and the week ended Sept 8, the 36th trading week of 2007, gave us a big one.
Positive prefeasibility keeps Kutcho moving forward
Vancouver — A solid prefeasibility study is keeping Western Keltic Mines’ (WKM-V, WLKTF-O) Kutcho project in northern B.C. on track to become one of Canada’s next major copper-zinc mines.