Infill drilling at the Feitais deposit, part of the formerly producing Aljustrel property in southern Portugal, continues to intersect zinc grades that are significantly higher than prefeasibility est…
In an ongoing effort to pare down its assets and concentrate on its core business, Cyprus Amax Minerals (CYM-N) has entered into an agreement to sell its coal subsidiary to Germany-based RAG Internati…
Last-minute talks have failed to prevent Canada’s largest producing base metal mine, Highland Valley Copper, from shutting down indefinitely.Situated 50 km from Kamloops, B.C., the mine is a partnersh…
Lower production rates and low gold prices took their toll on Glamis Gold (GLG-T) during the first quarter.The company posted a loss of US$3.3 million (or US7 cents per share) on revenue of US$7.9 mil…
Fipke account misses mark — Travelogue barely scratches surface of Canadian diamond huntFire Into Ice: Charles Fipke & the Great Diamond Hunt By Vernon Frolick…
Partners Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-T) and Greater Lenora Resources (GEN-T) are planning to drill their joint-ventured Bylund gold property in the Matawin gold belt near Thunder Bay, Ont.The partn…
Hecla Mining (HL-N) has signed a purchase agreement to acquire all the assets of Monarch Resources (MRE-T) for US$25 million.The deal would see Hecla assume ownership of Monarch’s La Camorra gold mine…
Hunter-Dickinson-led Taseko Mines (TKO-V) has entered into an agreement with Boliden (BOL-T) to acquire the Gibraltar copper mine, near Williams Lake in central British Columbia.Gibraltar is a large-s…
It was a long time coming, but Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) has finally received all necessary government approvals to begin exploration on the Tambo Grande mining concessions in northern Peru.The Peruv…
Saddled with a US$115-million debt load and a first-quarter net loss of US$16.7 million, Vengold (VEN-T) found itself facing some criticism from shareholders at its annual meeting in Vancouver.Several…
Diamond drilling at Francisco Gold’s (FGX-V) El Sauzal project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state has been focusing on expanding the 3.6-million-oz. contained resource by stepping out on possible extensions …
The following is the fifth in a series of articles in which the author, an exploration geologist based in Delta, B.C., recounts his experiences working in the jungles of Venezuela in the late 1980s an…
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