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…
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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’…
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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…
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…
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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….