2012

Alexandria finds new gold in old stomping grounds

In the gold business, some places never go out of style.While Canadian juniors continue to pursue gold in far-flung locales, Alexandria Minerals (AZX-V) is proving that one of Canada’s most well-worn gold-hunting grounds has plenty…


From left: Geologist Jacques Stacey, exploration manager Bill Cronk and COO Andrew Berry, in front of the Nutaaq Camp at Kivalliq Energy's Angilak uranium project in Nunavut. Photo by Kivalliq Energy

Kivalliq eyeing new uranium district in Nunavut

Kivalliq Energy (KIV-V) is cashed-up and moving forward with an ambitious exploration program on its 1,000-sq.-km Angilak property in Nunavut, just as the Nunavut government has formalized its uranium policy.The company completed an…




Global Minerals' country manager Martin Zahorec doing rehabilitation work at the historic Maria iron ore mine, part of the Strieborna project in Slovakia. Photo by Global Minerals

Global Minerals seeks silver in historic Slovakian mine

A common story heard in many of the former communist countries of Eastern Europe is the one about an historic, state-run mine that fell into disrepair after freedom blossomed in the 1990s. Explorers like Vancouver-based Global Minerals (CTG-V)…


NovaGold attempts to de-risk high-cost Donlin project

VANCOUVER — NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) bounced off 52-week lows after announcing it had achieved a number of milestones on the road to developing its Donlin gold project northeast of Anchorage, Alaska. Donlin is one of the largest…


Aquiline boys look for treasure in Ontario

Three years after selling the world class Navidad deposit in Argentina the key members of the former Aquiline Resources team are looking to strike pay dirt again — only this time they are doing it closer to home.


GoldQuest adds drill rig, shares surge

Shares of GoldQuest Mining (GQC-V) jumped 24% or 16¢ to 83¢ apiece with a little over 2 million shares trading hands after the Vancouver-based junior announced that a second rig had started drilling at its Romero gold and copper…


BCSC questions Barkerville’s mega-resource

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has raised numerous concerns about a 10.6-million-oz.-gold resource Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM-V) released on June 28.


Semafo drops the ball on West African project update

VANCOUVER — Quebec-based gold producer Semafo Inc. (SMF-T) found out just how punishing markets can be these days when the company released long-awaited exploration results at its Mana gold mine 200 kilometers west of Ouagadougou, Burkina…



Cobriza hits new porphyry in Peru

The latest drill results from Cobriza Metals (CZA-T) Arikepay project in Peru have the company confident it has made a new porphyry discovery.


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