MetalCORP cuts high-grade platinum at North Rock (March 06, 2006)
Vancouver – Drilling on its North Rock project, 25 km east of Fort Frances in northwestern Ontario, has turned up a…
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Ivernia boosts resources at Aussie lead mine
Vancouver Recent infill drilling by Ivernia (IVW-T) has boosted resources at the company’s new, wholly owned Mage…
McEwen’s U.S. Gold looks to consolidate Cortez Trend
Vancouver – Robert McEwen’s U.S. Gold (USGL-O) has launched takeover offers for four TSX Venture-listed companies i…
Sherwood tests high-grade core at Minto
Vancouver – Recent drilling by Sherwood Copper (SWC-V) has returned greater than expected grades and thicknesses f…
Halo expands Sherridon holdings (March 06, 2006)
Vancouver-based Halo Resources (HLO-V, HLOSF-O), already active in northwestern Quebec, has quietly amassed a large property holding in the Sherridon area of northern Manitoba….
Brilliant acquiring 25% of Aussie nickel mine
Vancouver — Expanding its roots into Australia, Brilliant Mining (BMC-V) plans to buy a 25% interest in the Kambalda-area Lanfranchi joint venture, which includes a producing nickel…
Glamis grabs Western Silver
Vancouver — Glamis Gold (GLG-T, GLG-N) has inked an agreement to acquire Western Silver (WTC-T, WTZ-X) in a share deal valued at about $1.2 billion….
Tribute completes Confed earn-in (March 06, 2006)
Tribute Minerals (TBM-V, TBMIF-O) has completed an earn-in on its optioned properties in the Confederation Lake area of northwestern Ontario from Falconbridge (FAL.LV…
Radisson grabs moly at Manitou Lake
Surface grab sampling on properties in the Manitou Lake area south of Dryden, Ont., have returned high molybdenum values for Radisson Mining Resources (RDS-V)….
A tale of three Alaskan mines
Anchorage, Alaska — Alaska is twice the size of Texas, occupies one-fifth of the land mass of the United States, and has a population of 627,000 — roughly one person per square mile — and almost ha…
Goldbelt starts Belahouro permitting
Following a positive prefeasibility study, Goldbelt Resources (GLD-V, GLDDF-O) has submitted applications for mining permits on the Inata gold deposit, part of Goldbelt’s Belahouro pr…
Barrick’s rocky road to El Dorado
Santiago, Chile — It looks increasingly likely that Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) will be able to build its controversial Pascua-Lama mine high in the Andes mountains, but the project’…