Roughing it: A roundup of diamond juniors
Afri-Can Marine Minerals (AFA-V) completed a sampling program last April at the EPL 3403 seabed diamond project off the coast of Namibia. The company recovered 84 diamonds, 15 of which…
Newmont Mining Corporation
Gold Standard strikes again at Railroad
VANCOUVER — It looks like Gold Standard Ventures (GV-V) has done it again. The company’s shares jumped 51% or 91¢ on April 26 following the release of new results from the North Bullion zone at its Railroad gold property…
Freeport stands strong in eye of Indonesia’s nationalisation storm
VANCOUVER — The world’s largest, publicly-traded copper producer, Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N), is standing tough in the face of simmering labour turmoil and nationalisation overtures aimed at its…
Nationalization to bite into miners’ revenues
Indonesia’s new indigenization legislation aimed at foreign mining companies opens another chapter in a resource-nationalization saga amongst developing countries.
McEwen charms investors at PDAC
“Gold is money. If you don’t have gold, you better get some,” says Rob McEwen, chairman and CEO of McEwen Mining (MAQ-T, MUX-N), in a corporate presentation at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s…
Nationalization agendas will take a bite out of industry revenues
Vancouver— Indonesia’s new indigenization legislation aimed at foreign mining companies opens another chapter in a resource-nationalization saga amongst developing countries.
‘Rediscoveries’ among featured projects at Roundup 2012
Modern technologies combined with robust metal prices helped generate many of the domestic and international exploration successes featured at Mineral Exploration Roundup hosted by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME…
Newmont writes off Hope Bay
Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N)has written down the entire US$1.6-billion net book value of its Hope Bay gold project in remote Nunavut. The decision comes just weeks after the company announced it was placing the project on care and maintenance…
Gold Standard snares 56 metres of 4.3 grams gold at Railroad
The Carlin trend in northeast Nevada is known as elephant country thanks to seven major gold deposits, each exceeding 20 million tonnes. Gold Standard Ventures (GV-V) may have found its elephant.
Golden Predator claws more results out of the Yukon
Golden Predator’s (GPD-T) deep portfolio of gold projects in the Yukon is looking a little more robust after its latest drill results.
Pilot Gold searches for next Long Canyon
On the hunt for the next Long Canyon gold deposit, Fronteer Gold spin-out Pilot Gold (PLG-T) has found encouragement some 75 km southeast of its original Nevada discovery.
Yukon-Nevada restarts production at Jerritt Canyon
Yukon-Nevada Gold (YNG-T) has released a slew of positive drill results as it advances its Jerritt Canyon gold mining complex in northeast Nevada.