2011


Kaminak Gold VP of exploration Tim Smith (far right) and colleagues explore a trench at the Coffee gold project in the Yukon. Photo by Ian Bickis

Kaminak Gold goes big in the Yukon

Ever since the company  started out in 2005, Kaminak Gold (KAM-V) has been about scale. When it first launched, the junior boasted 60,000 sq. km of land around Nunavut and B.C., a size that well-suited the company’s…




The Cirnic pit at Gabriel Resources' Rosia Montana gold-silver project in Romania. Gabriel Resources

Gabriel gathers new momentum at Rosia Montana

The trials and tribulations of Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) and its Rosia Montana gold project in Romania’s Transylvania region have been well-documented in these pages since the late 1990s. 


Workers pumping lithium and potash brine from the Sal de Vida lithium project in Argentina. Photo by Lithium One

Strong economics for Lithium One’s Sal de Vida

Lithium One (LI-V) is fast-tracking its Sal de Vida lithium and potash project at Salar del Hombre Muerto in Argentina based on encouraging economics that sketch out the project’s huge potential. 


A planned drill site at North Atlantic Potash and Rio Tinto's potash project in Saskatchewan. Photo by North Atlantic Potash

Rio revisits Saskatchewan’s potash scene

Rio Tinto (RIO-N) is investing back into potash, after selling its potash interests in Canada and Argentina to Vale (VALE-N) for US$850 million in 2009, to help pay down its debt during the 2008–2009 recession. 



Violence plagues Freeport’s Grasberg mine

Three contractor workers died and two security personnel were wounded at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (fcx-n) Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia’s Papua province on Oct. 14.


North Country finds more high grade in Nunavut

The fourth set of drill results from North Country Gold’s (NCG-V) 2011 drill program in Nunavut further demonstrate the continuous nature of the high-grade zones along the Walker Trend, a 4.1 km stretch of land in the Committee Bay Greenstone…



Letter to the editor

As a retired Manitoba exploration geologist and physical scientist, I’ve come to the conclusion that most junior exploration companies are merely mining and milking the markets.


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