Aquila drills 87 metres grading 9.8% zinc
Aquila Resources (AQA-V) has reported its largest zinc intercept ever as it drills its way through a 20,000-metre p…
Gold
Bigger resource equals higher market value for Fronteer
A 53% increase in its resource estimate brought Fronteer Development (FRG-T, FRG-X) close to a 10% bump in its shar…
McEwen takes piece of Freegold (June 18, 2007)
Vancouver – Subscribing to a lion’s share of Freegold Ventures’ (ITF-T, FGOVF-O) $6.2-million private placement fin…
Canadian juniors look to light a fire in Jalisco
SITE VISIT Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico — When talk turns to Mexican mining, Jalisco doesn’t have the historical cachet of Durango or the copper-fed importance of Sonora. But this state on…
Audit problems for VVC
If you Google VVC Exploration, (VVC-V, VVCVF-O) the slogan “Your ticket to China” still comes up, but the company hasn’t been spending time in China the way it used to.
Romios dumps Copper Canyon
Vancouver — Citing project valuation concerns, management of Romios Gold Resources (RG-V, RMIOF-O) has decided against a planned merger with Copper Canyon Minerals (CPY-V, CAYRF-O) that would have se…
Almaden drilling cuts deeper, higher grades
Vancouver — The latest batch of deep drill holes from Freegold Ventures’ (ITF-T, FGOVF-O) Almaden project in west-central Idaho continues to provide optimism of adding to the gold inventory.
European Goldfields increases stake in Greek projects (June 18, 2007)
European Goldfields (EGU-T, EGU-L) is looking to boost its interest in its Greek projects to 95% at a cost of US$178 million.
Deep gold at Cedartree
Drilling by Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V, HLKMF-O) at the West Cedartree gold project near Sioux Narrows, Ont., has intersected high-grade gold mineralization at depth on the Dogpaw No. 1 vein.
Sherwood’s drilling shows Minto’s potential
Vancouver — Stepout drilling around Sherwood Copper’s (SWC-V, SWOPF-O) Minto mine in the Yukon — scheduled to begin production in the third quarter — has returned significant copper-gold mineraliza…
Nevada Copper digging deep at Pumpkin Hollow (June 18, 2007)
Vancouver — Ten-month old Nevada Copper (NCU-V) is pushing hard to explore its Pumpkin Hollow project in southwestern Nevada, with 13,000 metres drilled to date.
Dundee fights for its rights in Bulgaria (June 18, 2007)
Dundee Precious Metals (DPM-T, DPMLF-O) is finding out just what an impediment one politician can be — especially in a former communist country still coming to terms with the free market.