2011


Riverside and partners busy drilling four properties at once

Prospect generator Riverside Resources (RRI-V) is hoping its “shared-risk business model” will finally return dividends to shareholders this year in the form of a significant mineral discovery. The company has four drill programs running at the…


At Terraco Gold's Almaden gold project in Idaho, from left: lead consulting geologist Ken Snyder; vice-president of exploration Charles Sulfrian; and Discovery Investing's Michael Berry. Photo by Terraco Gold

Terraco Gold is off to a solid start in Idaho, Nevada

When you have an exploration team led by Charles Sulfrian and Ken Snyder – geologists who were instrumental in the discovery of major gold mines in Nevada, including Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) Goldstrike mine and Newmont Mining’s (NMC-T,…


Fronteer ex O’Dea raising $20M for Blue Gold Mining

Fresh from the $2.3-billion sale of his Nevada-focused explorer Fronteer Gold in February, Vancouver-based Mark O’Dea has announced plans to raise up to $20 million for his new company, Blue Gold Mining (BGX-V).


More M&A to come, Canaccord says

Despite strong gold producers and declining gold equity valuations, mergers and acquisitions in the gold sector have been fairly limited this year. But Canaccord Genuity argues that’s about to change. 


Staff log core in the camp at Bellhaven Copper & Gold's La Mina gold-copper porphyry project in central Colombia. Photo by Bellhaven Copper & Gold

Investors applaud first resource for Bellhaven’s La Mina

Shares of Bellhaven Copper & Gold (BHV-V) jumped 14¢, or 28%, on Sept. 13 to close at 64¢ on 1.2 million shares traded after the company released a maiden resource estimate for its La Mina gold-copper-porphyry project in central…




Takeover bid for Hathor becomes heated

Cameco’s (CCO-T, CCJ-N) hostile takeover bid for Hathor Exploration (HAT-T) turned uglier when the uranium producer slammed the credibility of the junior’s preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Roughrider deposit in northern…


The head frame and hoist room at Iamgold's Niobec niobium mine in Quebec, 200 km north of Quebec City. Photo by Iamgold

Niobec stake could be cash cow for Iamgold

Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) made it clear back in June that it was looking to monetize 10% to 20% of its Niobec niobium mine in the near term, but the recent sale of a 15% stake in a Brazilian niobium producer to a Chinese consortium has set tongues…


Drillers working at CuOro Resources' Santa Elena copper-gold project in Colombia. Photo by CuOro Resources

CuOro gets good results from Santa Elena

CuOro Resources (CUA-V) has released positive initial drill results from its Santa Elena copper-gold near-surface volcanogenic massive sulphide project in Colombia.



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