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Workers at Nevsun's Bisha mine in Eritrea. Source: Nevsun Resources

Eritrean trials and tribulations for Nevsun

Doing business in East Africa comes with its challenges, but Nevsun Resources (NSU-T) has a robust outlook for its Bisha mine in Eritrea despite dealing with matters that miners closer to home would never encounter.


Cliffs to take major hit in Q4

Two years ago when Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) acquired Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines for US$4.97 billion, many critics argued the Cleveland-based company had overpaid.





The camp at Northern Freegold's Freegold Mountain copper-gold project in the Yukon. Photo by Matthew Keevil

Northern Freegold homes in on Nucleus

A new resource estimate outlining a higher-grade starter zone has put the Freegold Mountain project in prime position, as owner Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) finalizes the project’s first economic assessment.


In a trench at Eurasian Minerals' Akarca gold-silver project in northwest Turkey, from front: chief geologist David Johnson, country manager Mike Sheehan, geologist Halil Aydincak and geologist Alper Ozbek. Source: Eurasian Minerals

Eurasian scores in Turkey

After a busy 2012, Eurasian Minerals (EMX-V) is starting 2013 with a bang: in its first news release of the year the company reported the highest-grade intercept to date at Akarca, the gold-silver project in northwest Turkey where Eurasian just…



Historic processing facilities at Clifton Star Resources' past-producing Duparquet gold project, located 50 km north of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Source: Clifton Star Resources

Clifton Star hits PEA milestone at Duparquet

The way forward is coming into focus for junior explorer Clifton Star Resources (CFO-V) at its multi-million ounce Duparquet gold property in northwestern Quebec, 50 km by road north of the mining town of Rouyn-Noranda. The company has…


Fipke takes legal action to stop Ekati sale

Chuck Fipke, a minority shareholder in the Ekati joint venture, is trying to block BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) from selling its majority interest in the Ekati diamond mine to Harry Winston Diamond (HW-T, HWD-N) for US$500 million.


Ivanplats doubles vast copper resource at Kamoa in DRC

Robert Friedland’s latest venture looks to be following a familiar template. On Jan. 17, Vancouver-based Ivanplats (IVP-T) updated the resource estimate on its Kamoa copper discovery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, boosting…


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