Queenston reports Upper Beaver resource; keeps drilling
The first resource estimate for Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T) Upper Beaver gold-copper deposit is a key milestone towa…
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Northern Gold explores Kirana’s gold potential (September 22, 2008)
Fortified by a $3.2-million treasury, Toronto-based Northern Gold Mining (NGM-V, NTGMF-O) has launched an ambitious…
Musings on the gold price from Denver
DENVER, COLO. — Gold prices are going to remain quite volatile in the short term but in the long run, the yellow metal will set new records, Martin Murenbeeld of Dundee Wealth Economics, told investo…
Tirex races to reveal new VMS district in uncharted Albania
SITE VISIT TIRANA, ALBANIA — You could call it a silver lining. Albanians endured almost 50 years of repressive dictatorship under Enver Hoxha and his Communist Albanian Party of Labour….
Southwestern settles lawsuits for $15.5M
Southwestern Resources (SWG-T, SWGGF-O) has settled the class action lawsuits brought against it last year following news that drill grades in the database of its Boka gold project, in China’s Yunnan …
Canplats digs deep for low-grade gold
VANCOUVER — The final nine drill results are in for Canplats Resources’ (CPQ-V, CPQRF-O) Camino Rojo property in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas showing another set of long, relatively low-gra…
Romarco expands Haile resource
Romarco Minerals (R-V, RTRAF-O) has nearly doubled resources at the past-producing Haile gold mine in South Carolina, prompting the company to change its mine plan design to 7,000 tons per day from 4,…
Ecuador’s mining reforms nearly complete: official
DENVER, COLO.–The draft of a new mining law that sets royalties on a sliding scale of 3-8% will be submitted to Ecuador’s legislature in the middle ofOctober, the country’s acting vice-minister of mi…
NovaGold takes another run at Galore Creek
DENVER, COLO.–After halting construction of its Galore Creek copper and gold mine in British Columbia last November when estimated costs more than doubled to $5 billion, NovaGold Resources’ (NG-T, NG…
Niblack defines resource at Alaskan VMS project (September 22, 2008)
VANCOUVER–With an exploration adit finally complete and underground drilling under way, Niblack Mining (NIB-V, NBLKF-O) released the first resource estimate for its namesake volcanogenic massive sulp…
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…
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…