Barrick exploration head says easy gold has all been found
Vancouver – Life in the gold exploration sector is not getting any easier, especially for major mining companies wh…
Gold
Committee Bay surges on Aussie high-grade
Vancouver – Redemption joint venture partners Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V, CBYRF-O) and Focus Minerals (FML-A) l…
Malartic drilling finds extensions (January 30, 2007)
Recent drilling by Osisko Exploration (OSK-V) on the Canadian Malartic gold deposit near Malartic, Que., has confir…
Bema shareholders vote for Kinross deal
Shareholders of Bema Gold (BGO-T, BGO-N, BAU-L) have voted in favour of a merger deal with Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N…
UPDATE: Imperial ups bcMetals bid to $1.50
Vancouver – With a boosted offer of $1.50 per share, Imperial Metals (III-T, IPMLF-O) now claims high bidder status…
Full Metal makes Alaskan discovery
A first pass of drilling on the 40 Mile project in eastern Alaska turned up several encouraging hits for Full Metal Minerals (FMM-V, FLMTF-O), including a prospective, high-grade massive sulphide disc…
Preserving fish stocks, a challenge for Taseko, Northgate
New Horizons
Bids for bcMetals climb higher
Vancouver — Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) has jumped into the lead in the ongoing bidding war for bcMetals (C-V, BMTLF-O), recently leap-frogging ahead of a competing offer by Imperial Metals (III-T, I…
More Mahala high-grade for Queenstake (January 29, 2007)
Vancouver — Beleaguered gold producer Queenstake Resources (QRL-T, QEE-X) enjoyed some positive news recently, with underground exploration drilling on its Mahala deposit returning further high-grade…
Cross Lake gets mine permit
Vancouver — Cross Lake Minerals (CRN-T, CRNKF-O) is gearing up to restart its QR gold mine this summer after having an amended permit application approved by British Columbia’s Ministry of Energy, Mi…
Typhoon winds down on resource estimate (January 29, 2007)
It isn’t the reception a junior looks for when it announces a resource estimate, but Typhoon Exploration (TOO-V, TPHXF-O) found its shares falling 20% recently on the release of an estimate from its F…
Alexis nearing production decision at Lac Herbin
Alexis Minerals’ (AMC-V, AXSMF-O) recent drill results have increased the gold resource at its Lac Herbin gold project near Val d’Or, Que., where the company expects to make a production decision this…