Lago Dourado lured by Brazilian gold
Forbes Gemmell, 34, is likely one of the younger chief executives of a publicly listed mining company. Six months ago he abandoned his career as a research analyst and took…
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Lustre returns to Harry Winston
A look at Harry Winston Diamond’s (HW-T, HWD-N) recent financials shows the tale of rising demand for diamonds. Both the company’s luxury retail side and its mining side, strongly rebounded…
On the diamond trail
At home and away, Canadian-listed diamond explorers are on the hunt. Here’s a look at what some of these juniors are doing to find the next generation of diamond (and…
Randy Turner: Reflections of a diamond industry pioneer
Energy companies have recruited geological talent from the University of Calgary for decades, so it’s no surprise that Randy Turner joined the sector after earning his B.Sc. degree in 1971….
Trevali hits thick mineralization at Halfmile (April 29, 2011)
Vancouver – Trevali Mining (TV-T) has hit the thickest mineralized intercept yet at its polymetallic Halfmile project in New Brunswick.
Creso signs $43-million JV with Hunter Dickinson
After completing more than 10,300 metres of drilling in the past year at its Shining Tree gold project in northeastern Ontario, Montreal-based Creso Exploration (CXT-V) has signed a binding letter agreement for a joint venture with the…
Auriga hits near-surface gold at Maverick project (April 29, 2011)
Vancouver – Shallow drilling has returned several high-grade intercepts for Auriga Gold (AIA-V) at its northwestern Manitoba-based Maverick gold project.
Rockcliff intersects more copper, zinc, at Lon deposit
Rockcliff Resources’ (RCR-V) 100%-owned Lon deposit, part of the company’s 660 sq. km Snow Lake project in Manitoba’s Flin Flon Greenstone Belt, remains open in all directions and recent drill results underscore its potential.
Belo Sun adds lustre to Volta Grande (April 28, 2011)
Belo Sun (BSX-V) is beefing up resources at its Volta Grande gold project in Brazil’s Para state, with plans of completing a feasibility study by year-end.
Restructured Crowflight looks to fresh start at Bucko Lake
Vancouver – With an entirely new management team, a few hundred million more shares outstanding, a new head-office city, and a different mining strategy all instituted in recent months, Crowflight Minerals (CML-T) looks to be the same company…
Brigus gets the grades from new zone at Black Fox
Brigus Gold (BRD-T, BRD-X) has confirmed a new gold zone with some impressive assays from its Black Fox complex near Timmins. The company says exploration drilling has returned even better grades and wider intercepts than the last batch of…
China Minmetals walks from Equinox; Chinalco signs copper JV with Rio Tinto
As China Minmetals turns its back on Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) saying Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) $7.3 billion offer for the copper producer is above its “most optimistic assessment of value,” another Chinese state-owned company has…