Tough times for High River Gold Mines
It was a rough opening to the week for High River Gold Mines (HRG-T).
Africa
More gold at Chirano and Tasiast for Red Back
Vancouver – Red Back Mining (RBI-T, RBIFF-O) has boosted resources and reserves at both its operating open pit go…
Mayhem In Madagascar
Madagascar is in a state of upheaval, and while foreign miners with operations there deny being affected, no one knows how it will play out in the end.
When Harry Met Tye
Kinross Gold served up the biggest surprise of the eleventh trading week of the year, with its first-ever foray into the diamond business in the form of a US$150-million investment in Harry Winston an…
Political uncertainty in Guinea unsettles miners
Guinea’s new military chief is keeping mining companies in the West African nation on pins and needles after yet an…
New export rule boosts New Dawn Mining
Shares of New Dawn Mining (ND-T) surged 24.4% to 56¢ in mid-day trading in Toronto on news of more positi…
MagIndustries gets the gas it needs to fertilize
MagIndustries (MAA-V) has lined up the energy it needs for its Kouilou potash project in the Republic of Congo.
SearchGold finds gold at surface on Arae-Gassel
SearchGold Resources (RSG-V) has found gold mineralization in surface rock at the Arae-Gassel project in Burkina Fa…
Semafo sees resources rise, reserves fall
Reserves and resources at Semafo’s (SMF-T) three gold mining projects in Africa increased by 17% overall at the end…
Guinea detains former mining ministers; allows AngloGold Ashanti to reopen mine
Guinea’s military junta chief Captain Moussa Dadis Camara is allowing AngloGold Ashanti (AU-N, AGD-L) to reopen its…
A New Tool For Community Development
Conventionally, mining companies have wanted to take immediate measures to alleviate the poverty they observe near their mining projects in developing countries. Typically, they have done this by buil…
New Dawn In Zimbabwe
New Dawn Mining (ND-T) plans to take its 100%-owned Turk gold mine in Zimbabwe out of care and maintenance and put it back into production, says the company’s president and CEO, Ian Saunders.