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The difficulties of mining in Africa
Mining companies looking to do business in an African country need to be aware of the complexities they will likely face – from securing debt financing, to political risks in complying with local anti-bribery laws.
A Mutiny at Gullewa
The Gullewa project in Western Australia has attracted interest of late for its high-grade gold, silver and copper mineralization and for the wheeling and dealing being done around it.
Australia’s mining elite
As strong demand from China spurs development of Australia’s vast mineral resources amid record-high commodity prices, a new swath of mining executives have come to dominate Australia’s mega-rich. Australia now has 20 billionaires, says…
Macarthur Minerals advances Lake Giles iron project
Macarthur Minerals (MMS-V) has issued the latest in a string of resource estimates from its Lake Giles iron ore project in Western Australia as it works towards a potential direct-shipping operation.
Vista Gold ups Mt. Todd resource to 8.6M oz.
Vista Gold (VGZ-T, VGZ-X) is moving to bring its Mt. Todd gold project in Australia’s Northern Territories to feasibility and permitting.
Mandalay looks for discounted opportunities
The strategy at gold and antimony producer Mandalay Resources (MND-T) is to find assets that can generate enough cash to grow themselves, as well as fund the next acquisition. So far, that strategy appears to be working at the junior’s mine in…
Central Iron Ore seeks more gold in Western Australia
Central Iron Ore’s (CIO-V) primary focus may be the magnetite and direct shipping ore it believes exists on its 652 sq. km of tenements in the Yilgarn iron ore province of Western Australia, but the junior is also busy exploring for gold and…
Northgate’s Australian mines lag
Analysts remain mixed over AuRico Gold’s (AUQ-N) $1.46-billion, all-share takeover bid for gold miner Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X), with some believing the 60% price AuRico agreed to pay is too rich for Northgate and its prized…
Nunavut gold find pleases Prosperity investors
Prosperity Goldfields (PPG-V) has drilled 158 metres of 1.7 grams gold per tonne at its main Kiyuk gold project in southern Nunavut, including a higher-grade section of 31 metres grading 4.9 grams gold. The results are from the company’s…
Lawrence Roulston’s top stock picks
“There is a huge amount of uncertainty in the financial markets right now,” Lawrence Roulston, a geologist and editor of the newsletter Resource Opportunities, told an audience at a mid-September Cambridge House conference in Toronto. “There is…