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Exploration staff collecting samples at WCB Resources' Misima Island gold-silver project, 630 km southeast of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Source: WCB Resources

WCB unveils multi-million ounce gold-silver deposit

VANCOUVER — Things look to be heating up for junior explorer WCB Resources (TSXV: WCB) on the small island of Misima, 630 km southeast of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The company has laid low for nearly a year, but it seems to have…


Locals survey the past-producing Panguna copper-gold open pit mine in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Photo by Ian Bickis

The high-stakes world of Papua New Guinea mining

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA — Rising out of the sea at the collision of the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, Papua New Guinea is the stuff of legend for both its geological potential and punishing working environment.


The exploration crew at WCB Resources' Misima Island copper-gold project in Papua New Guinea. Photo by WCB Resources

WCB hunts gold, copper on PNG’s Misima Island

When  Xstrata (XTA-L) put its share of the  US$5.3-billion Frieda River copper project in Papua New Guinea on the market in late June, there were a few raised eyebrows at the state of affairs in the country — especially given…


WCB hunts gold, copper elephant on Misima Island

VANCOUVER — When big-time global miner Xstrata PLC (XTA-L) put its US$5.3-billion Frieda River copper project in Papua New Guinea on the market in late June, there were a few raised eyebrows at the state of affairs in the small Melanesian…


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