Northern Tiger on the prowl
It’s the stuff of prospectors’ dreams: Climb up a hillside in a little-explored area and stumble upon enough visible gold to justify all those years of trudging around alone in the bush.
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Silvercorp rallies on audit findings
Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMN) looks to have been vindicated of fraud allegations in a forensic audit, leading to a sharp recovery in its share price.
Exploration in Brazil’s Tapajos district heats up again (March 14, 2011)
In the wake of Eldorado Gold’s (ELD-T, EGO-N) mid-2010 takeover of Brazauro Resources and its 2.1-million-oz. Tocantinzinho gold project, several Canadian juniors have ramped up their exploration efforts nearby in the hopes of finding the next…
Fennell’s Reunion seeks Guyanese manganese
As industrial metal prices continue to rise from their 2008 lows, Vancouver-based Reunion Gold (RGD-V) has refocused its exploration efforts away from precious metals and on to past-producing manganese mines in Guyana.
Royal Nickel to build ‘monster’ nickel project
On paper, Royal Nickel (RNX-T) looks like a winning combination: A management and advisory team stacked with former Inco guys and seven billion pounds of nickel in the ground in Quebec’s Abitibi region, one of the friendliest mining…
An Alaskan district emerges
Talk of a newly discovered mineral district may be premature, but interest is growing in an area roughly 150 km northwest of Anchorage, Alaska, thanks largely to Kiska Metals’ (KSK-V) efforts there.
Golden resource at Richfield’s Blackwater (March 14, 2011)
After months of encouraging drill results, Richfield Ventures (RVC-V) has established a multi-million oz. gold resource at its Blackwater gold project in central British Columbia.
Metals gurus predict prices for 2011
The opening technical session “Commodities and Market Outlook” of the Prospectors and Developers of Canada convention in Toronto gave a relatively upbeat outlook for precious metals, base metals and potash prices this year, especially…
MEG’s world exploration trends in 2011
The following is an excerpt from the World Exploration Trends 2011 report released by the Metals Economics Group. For the full report visit www.metalseconomics.com.
People (March 14, 2011)
Colossus Minerals – Steven Poad resigned as CFO; Claudio Mancuso appointed CFO.
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