Pacific Rim Mining suspends further drilling in El Salvador
Pacific Rim Mining (PMU-T, PMU-X) is suspending drilling in El Salvador and shifting its exploration efforts to Cos…
2008
Big resource boost at Detour Lake (July 03, 2008)
Detour Gold (DGC-T) has more than doubled measured and indicated resources for its Detour Lake project in Northern …
Romarco growing resource at historic Haile mine (July 02, 2008)
Vancouver – With drilling to confirm the historic resource complete, Romarco Minerals (R-V) is now focused on expan…
Are copper discoveries keeping up with production?
In a June 2008 study entitled “Strategies for copper reserves replacement”, Halifax, N.S.-based Metals Economics Gr…
Etruscan’s Mali project yields positive grades at lower depths
Partial drill results from Etruscan Resources’ (EET-T) Tabakoroni zone at its Finkolo permit in Mali have uncovered…
Mountain Province Diamonds finds largest gem-quality diamond in a Canadian drill program
Mountain Province Diamonds (MPV-T, MDM-X) and joint-venture partner De Beers Canada have found a 25.13-carat gem-qu…
Nevada means never being out of sight of a headframe
Moira Smith has clocked more than a decade working on gold and copper projects in Alaska, Panama, Argentina, Mexico and Peru. But the senior geoscientist says Nevada “leads the pack” in terms of gold …
Rusoro: Venezuela’s odd man in
VANCOUVER — Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) is the exception that proves the rule: While most mineral exploration in Venezuela has ground to a halt, Rusoro just arranged a US$80-million exchangeable l…
Latin American Minerals drives into Argentina, Paraguay (June 30, 2008)
SITE VISIT VINCHINA, LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA — As our convoy speeds towards a distant mountain range, kicking up clouds of dust along the unpaved road on the way to Latin…
Vale has big money to spend
Almir Rezende has a problem that most of us would love to have: How to spend US$1 billion a month over the next five years.
Cue defines Yuty uranium resource
Cue Resources (CUE-V, CUEYF-O) has released a new resource estimate for a portion of the San Antonio uranium deposit in southeastern Paraguay, encouraging the company to continue with environmental ba…
Desert drilling returns strong iron grades for Anaconda
VANCOUVER — Promising drill results and an available drill rig prompted Anaconda Mining (ANX-T, ANXGF-O) to tack on an extra 4,200 metres to the drill program at its San Gabriel project in Chile, and…