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Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, president of Venezuela, delivers a speech at the 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York City, N.Y.

Miners play the waiting game in Venezuela

Lima, Peru — Venezuela’s firebrand president Hugo Chavez is not one to mince his words. “Don’t mess with me, girl!” he told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice this month after the American gover…


Staff from Virginia Gold Mines examine core from the lonore project in the James Bay region of north-central Quebec.

Juniors smitten by lonore

Spurred by Goldcorp‘s (G-T, GG-N) recent vote of confidence, exploration is heating up around Virginia Gold Mines‘ (VIA-T) lonore gold discovery in the James Bay re…



Glass Earth's vice-president of exploration and COO, Simon Henderson (left), shows details of an airborne surveying program to the head of Geology Department head of Auckland University, Jeff Mauk.

Glass Earth scoops up New Zealand prospects

Perth, Western Australia — Glass Earth (GEL-V) will this year test its claim that New Zealand, compared to other epithermal gold regions in the world, is grossly underexplored….





U.S. Markets february 21-27

Equity markets south of the border clawed upwards during the reporting period Feb. 21-27, but corrections in the metal markets proved to be too much for the previously buoyant resource sector. While t…



Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006

Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $556.50 +3.10
Silver $9.70 +0.21
Platinum<...



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