Amanta acquires third Thai tungsten mine (January 21, 2008)
Amanta Resources (AMH-V, AMHFF-O) says a rock-sampling program is already under way on its newly acquired tungsten property in northern Thailand.
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International Quotes (January 21, 2008)
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Barker raises funds for Frank Creek
Vancouver — Central B.C. explorer Barker Minerals (BML-V, BKMNF-O) is drumming up more money in its quest to prove up the potential of its Frank Creek polymetallic project, located 77 km northeast of…
Centerra inches toward Mongolian investment agreement
Centerra Gold (CG-T, CAGDF-O) has officially registered its Gatsuurt ore reserves with Mongolia’s National Registry of Mineral Reserves, a move the company says will bring it one step closer to negoti…
Editorial: Subprime woes good for gold
The week ended Jan. 12, the second trading week of 2008, was rife with jitters in the global financial system owing to growing losses in the U.S. subprime mortgage market, where rising interest rates …
Suppliers News (January 21, 2008)
ABB gears up Climax
Intl Millennium IDs platinum source at Jason (January 21, 2008)
Vancouver — International Millennium Mining (IMI-V) says it has found the source of a platinum stream geochemistry anomaly on its Jason property, near Harrison Lake in southwestern B.C.
European Minerals pours first gold in Kazakhstan
Almost 72 years after a female Russian geologist travelling in a small boat along the Ayat River first discovered gold at what is now the Varvarinskoye gold-copper project in northern Kazakhstan, Euro…
News – 21-JAN-08
As family-owned Cusac Gold Mines (CQC-V, CUSIF-O) ends an era in the Cassiar mining district of north-central British Columbia, up-and-comer Hawthorne Gold (hgc-v, hwthf-o) wants to start another.
GGL nickel find points to big-scale potential in NWT
With a fresh infusion of cash into the treasury, GGL Diamond (GGL-V, GGDMF-O) is beginning a new season of exploration in the Northwest Territories, hoping to find more evidence of potentially economi…
StrataGold on the trail of riches in historic gold district
SITE VISIT Mayo, Yukon — The bumpy, twisting road extends for 45 km and crosses two rivers before reaching the camp at StrataGold’s (SGV-T, SAGDF-O) Dublin Gulch project. A short…