Mountain Province Diamonds finds largest gem-quality diamond in a Canadian drill program
Mountain Province Diamonds (MPV-T, MDM-X) and joint-venture partner De Beers Canada have found a 25.13-carat gem-qu…
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Nevada means never being out of sight of a headframe
Moira Smith has clocked more than a decade working on gold and copper projects in Alaska, Panama, Argentina, Mexico and Peru. But the senior geoscientist says Nevada “leads the pack” in terms of gold …
Rusoro: Venezuela’s odd man in
VANCOUVER — Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) is the exception that proves the rule: While most mineral exploration in Venezuela has ground to a halt, Rusoro just arranged a US$80-million exchangeable l…
Latin American Minerals drives into Argentina, Paraguay (June 30, 2008)
SITE VISIT VINCHINA, LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA — As our convoy speeds towards a distant mountain range, kicking up clouds of dust along the unpaved road on the way to Latin…
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Boardroom battle brewing at U308 Corp
Aberdeen International (AAB-T, AABVF-O) wants to replace board members of U308 Corp. (UWE-V, UTREF-O) with its own slate of directors because it is “disappointed” with the company’s management and bel…
HudBay diversifies into nickel with Skye merger
HudBayMinerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) and aspiring nickel producer Skye Resources (SKR-T, SKRZF-O) are combining forces, expanding Hud- Bay’s zinc and copper portfolio into nickel. Skye’s flagship asset is …
Playing in the right sandbox
SITE VISIT ELKO, NEV. — It was a dark day for Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-X) on April 9, when the Nunatsiavut government of Labrador voted 8-7 in favour of…
Red-hot coal market will moderate: analysts
Coal has been a stellar performer lately, with prices advancing in recent contract negotiations for both metallurgical coal (coking coal), used in steel manufacturing, and thermal coal, used to produc…
Vale has big money to spend
Almir Rezende has a problem that most of us would love to have: How to spend US$1 billion a month over the next five years.
Cue defines Yuty uranium resource
Cue Resources (CUE-V, CUEYF-O) has released a new resource estimate for a portion of the San Antonio uranium deposit in southeastern Paraguay, encouraging the company to continue with environmental ba…
Desert drilling returns strong iron grades for Anaconda
VANCOUVER — Promising drill results and an available drill rig prompted Anaconda Mining (ANX-T, ANXGF-O) to tack on an extra 4,200 metres to the drill program at its San Gabriel project in Chile, and…