Things get heavy for Namibia Rare Earths
Between 2005 and 2008, Namibia Rare Earths (NRE-T, NMREF-O) was focused on exploring for gold and copper in northwestern Namibia, about 450 km northwest of the capital Windhoek.
Volume 99 Number 1 Feb 18 - 24, 2013
Sudbury songbirds snag top prizes
Some might say working in the mining industry is nothing to sing about, but the results of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame’s (CMHF) mining song contest prove that shovels, shafts and mine safety measures can inspire musical…
McEwen grows Los Azules copper count
VANCOUVER — With 10 drill holes, McEwen Mining (MUX-T, MUX-N) has boosted the copper resource at its Los Azules project in Argentina by 20% compared to the last estimate just eight months ago, and the huge deposit remains open in every…
Quest fires up mini-pilot plant for Strange Lake
Quest Rare Minerals (QRM-T, QRM-X), which owns the Strange Lake rare earth deposit in northern Quebec, recently held a tour of its mini-pilot plant at Process Research Ortech in Mississauga, Ont., where it’s testing the…
Costs creep up for Chesapeake’s Metates project, but analyst remains optimistic
Chesapeake Gold (CKG-V) has completed a prefeasibility study (PFS) on its Metates gold-silver project in Mexico’s Durango state, showing it could annually produce 954,000 oz. gold equivalent and 143 million lb. zinc for 25 years.
Northcliff goes north on strong economics at Sisson
Northcliff Resources (NCF-T) has shone a spotlight on its Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in New Brunswick, with a feasibility study confirming it could economically mine the deposit for 27 years.
Constantine finds perfect partner for Palmer
VANCOUVER — For the last few years, the Palmer project in Alaska almost had it all: a high-grade polymetallic deposit with thick, continuous zones that could be mined using short lateral drifts to deposit ore beside a highway running to a…
Shaking it up at Klondex
Last June Klondex Mines (KDX-T) replaced its board with a new slate of directors and in September hired Paul Huet as its chief executive, a mine engineer and expert in narrow vein gold mining best known for building and permitting Great Basin…
Good gold recoveries might improve economics for Corvus at North Bullfrog
VANCOUVER — Metallurgical test work is returning good results for Corvus Gold (KOR-T), as the company pushes towards production at its North Bullfrog gold project in Nevada.
Meadow Bay doubles Atlanta gold resource
VANCOUVER — Shareholders of Meadow Bay Gold (MAY-T) enjoyed a share price jump after the Vancouver-based explorer doubled resources at its wholly owned Atlanta gold-silver project in Lincoln County, Nev.