Barrick buys 9% of Carpathian Gold for $20M
Carpathian Gold (CPN-T) has received a big credibility boost from Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N), after the miner agreed to purchase $20-million worth of the junior’s shares for an approximate 9% interest.
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Kinross leads majors for investments in junior gold plays
After betting US$7.1 billion last year on the expansion potential of Red Back Mining’s Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania, Kinross Gold’s (K-T, KGC-N) chief executive Tye Burt has said his company’s buying spree has come to an end for a…
Andina Minerals goes after the good stuff in Maricunga (June 06, 2011)
Andina Minerals (ADM-V) hopes to supercharge its promising Volcan gold project as it explores a number of high-grade targets around its initial Dorado deposit, situated 120 km east of this mining centre in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
Andina Minerals goes after the good stuff in Maricunga (May 30, 2011)
Copiapo, Chile – Andina Minerals (ADM-V) hopes to supercharge its promising Volcan gold project as it explores a number of high-grade targets around its initial Dorado deposit, situated 120 km east of this mining centre in Chile’s Atacama…
Bharti explains success of Forbes & Manhattan
Hitting it big with just one or two mining companies over a decades-long career is certainly commendable. When the winning streak extends to three or more, however, success starts being more forcefully attributed to the individual or…
Fiji-bound: Lion One hunts for elephants
After 14 unsuccessful years trying to build Cuba’s grandest chain of tourist resorts, North Vancouver stock promoter Walter Berukoff has moved on to a new tropical destination: Fiji. There, he plans to explore and develop a gold project named…
Peregrine Metals is on the move
With the war for talent heating up in the mining industry, it was something of a coup for junior Peregrine Metals (PGM-T) to snag as its new president Richard Leclerc – a seasoned mining veteran who, over his 29-year career, has been a key…
Buddy Doyle leads Amarillo Gold
Seven years in the malaria-infested rainforests of Papua New Guinea and six years in Canada’s Arctic led Buddy Doyle and his exploration teams at Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) to the two biggest discoveries of his career: the 30-million-oz. Minifie…
Northair expands drill program after Mexican silver hits
International Northair Mines (INM-V) is exp-anding a drill program at its La Cigarra silver project in north-central Mexico by 3,000 metres after intersecting 80 metres of 123.5 grams silver per tonne in February. The program will target a 3-km…
Carpathian boosts resource at Riacho dos Machados
For the last year Carpathian Gold (CPN-T) has concentrated on converting inferred resources into the measured …
Argentinian porphyry attracts Peregrine Metals (April 01, 2010)
Peregrine Metals (PGM-T) is fast-tracking a preliminary economic assessment on a solvent extraction-electrowin…
Majority of mining operations in Chile unscathed
A massive earthquake over the weekend that struck central Chile, 115 km northeast of Concepcion and about 325 …