2011

Pretium’s Quartermain a gold bug all along

Many people often think of me as a silver-focused individual,” Pretium Resources (PVG-T) president and CEO Robert Quartermain told a crowd of around 150 in his opening remarks at a recent Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia…




Xstrata funds Raglan expansion

Raglan at Quebec’s northern limit in Nunavik is one of the world’s highest grading nickel mines. In August, Xstrata Nickel, one of Xstrata’s (XTA-L) global business units, approved a US$530-million extension project at that will develop the…


Facilities at Atacama Minerals' Aguas Blancas iodine-sulphate-nitrate mine in northern Chile. Photo by Atacama Minerals

The Red Back team returns at Atacama

 The former Red Back Mining team led by Richard Clark has returned to advance Atacama Minerals (AAM-V), using the same strategies they used to build Red Back from a junior with a $50-million market cap into a West African gold producer…



Western Potash passes another milestone

Western Potash (WPX-T) has put a spotlight on its Milestone potash project in Saskatchewan with a positive prefeasibility study (PFS) estimating annual production at 2.8 million tonnes for at least 40 years. This has some analysts speculating…



Ghana yields the gold for Abzu

Initial drill results from Abzu Gold’s (ABS-V, ABZUF-O) Nangodi Project in Ghana show that the Bole-Nangodi Gold belt in the north of the country still has plenty of gold to give.



Ground geophysics at Peregrine Diamonds and BHP Billiton's Chidliak project, on Baffin Island, in May. Photo by Peregrine Diamonds

Peregrine preps Chidliak for bulk sampling

The year 2010 would have been tough for Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T) to top, even in the best of markets. The company made 34 new kimberlite discoveries at its 49%-owned Chidliak…


Northern Iron makes a splash

If recent drill results and an historic resource estimate are any indication, Northern Iron Corp (NFE-V, N8I-F) could turn some heads when it releases an initial resource estimate on its Karas property in the Red Lake mining district before the…


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