Auckland, New Zealand — Exploration and mining are welcome in New Zealand as long as companies are prepared to meet high environmental standards and be good corporate citizens, government officials t…
Northern Quebec is certainly no stranger to mineral exploration, but, unlike many companies active there, Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-M) has chosen to focus on previously unworked territory.The junior ho…
Niocan (NIO-M)has added the mineral rights of the closed St. Lawrence Columbium & Metals mine to its 970-acre niobium prospect near Oka, west of Montreal, Que.The newly added claims, which total 630 a…
A new company, Pyx Mining, has been formed through the combination of Rayrock Yellowknife Resources (RAY-T), Minera Rayrock (MRN-T) and Inter-Rock Gold (IRO-T).Under the terms of the proposal, Rayrock…
The board of directors of Westmin Resources (WMI-T) has determined that an unsolicited $593-million takeover bid by Boliden (BOL.IR-T) is “inadequate and not in the shareholders’ best interests.”Bolid…
Junior Argosy Mining (AGO-V) continues to expand reserves at Kremnica, a former gold and silver producer in central Slovakia.The project comprises 28 sq. km in the Kremnica epithermal district, about …
Exploration work at grassroots and advanced-stage exploration and development projects in Turkey and Brazil is returning heartening results for Eldorado Gold (ELD-T).The company recently discovered go…
Toronto-based junior Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) has increased by 54% its reserve estimate at the Kwale heavy mineral sands project in Kenya.The project’s three deposits are now estimated to host 200 mil…
A polymetallic deposit at Sisson Brook, N.B., is now in the hands of Freegrant Silver, a privately owned New Brunswick-based firm.The property, situated 30 km north of Fredericton, was drilled in the …
Junior spreads out from IndonesiaOnce known mostly for its Indonesian gold and diamond projects, Indomin Resources (IRL-V) has entered the African exploration scene with promising grassroots gold proj…
The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued water permits to the Crown Jewel gold project, bringing it one step closer to production.The Department of Ecology granted the permits following a…
At first glance, the Toodoggone camp of northern British Columbia does not appear to have much in common with the North Lampung district at the southern end of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.However…
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