Osisko grabs new Malartic gold (December 16, 2005)
Reconnaissance work by Osisko Exploration (OSK-V) has turned up two new surface gold zones on its flagship Canadian…
2005
Rimfire, Northgate set $1-million budget for ‘Eskay Creek-type’ target
Vancouver Partners Rimfire Minerals (RFM-V) and Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X) plan to spend $1 million next y…
Agnico-Eagle keeping the costs low
As gold mining costs continue to escalate, Toronto-based Agnico-Eagle (AEM-T, AEM-N) is managing to buck the trend,…
Monster finds copper in Carajas
Initial drilling on the Sao Felix property in the Carajas region, Para state, Brazil, encourages Monster Copper (MN…
Solitario drilling cuts gold at Mercurio (December 15, 2005)
Early-stage drilling on the Mercurio gold prospect in the Tapajos region of Para state, Brazil, has intersected som…
Barrick balks at Placer’s books
Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) recently extended offer for rival gold miner Placer Dome (PDG-T, PDG-N) has been gran…
QGX encouraged by new gold and copper-gold prospects
Vancouver Early-stage exploration programs by QGX (QGX-T) in the Gobi region have added three new gold and copper…
Wildrose, Fjordland expand Megabuck at Woodjam
Vancouver An exploration program has expanded the Megabuck gold-copper zone and confirmed potential for another c…
Bell hits copper at Granduc (December 14, 2005)
Vancouver – Initial drill results from Bell Resources’ (BL-V, BZRSF-O) Granduc mine project, in northwestern Britis…
NuStar lines up for Intrepid (December 14, 2005)
Australian gold producer NuStar Mining (NMC-A) will gain an exploration arm and a Canadian listing through a merger…
Hecla drilling depth extension at San Sebastian
Hecla Mining (HL-N) says it expects to make a decision in the last half of the year on whether to go underground on…
Portfolio manager spotlight: Joe Foster
As gold touched 24-year highs earlier this week,at least one portfolio manager says the driver behind the recent …