Continental Nickel Makes Headway In Tanzania
Nickel prices may be in the dumps, but that isn’t dampening Continental Nickel’s (CNI-V, CNKDF-O) drive at its Nachingwea nickel sulphide project in Tanzania, which recently returned some encouraging …
Africa
Keegan reports wide gold intercepts at Esaase
Keegan Resources (KGN-T, KGN-X) has reported more gold intercepts at its Esaase project in Ghana. Esaase is locat…
BRC scales back to preserve cash
Sustained lower prices for diamonds and the deepening economic downturn have led BRC DiamondCore (BCD-T, BCD-J) to …
Banro increases resource at Twangiza
Banro (BAA-T, BAA-x) has grown its resource at Twangiza in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by 49.7% to 5.6 mil…
Oromin keeps hitting gold in Senegal (January 13, 2009)
Vancouver – A 140,000-metre drilling effort in 2008 is paying off for Oromin Explorations (OLE-T): the company has …
El Nino falls on results from new DRC project
Vancouver – The first full set of drill results from El Nino Ventures’ (ELN-V) Kasala copper discovery in the…
Glencore moving in on Katanga
Facing financial distress Katanga Mining’s (KAT-T) shareholders have agreed to allow the world’s largest commodity …
ARM, Vale To Turn Teal Into 50-50 JV
VANCOUVER– In a roundabout deal, Vale (RIO-N) is paying a hefty premium to get its hands on half of Teal Exploration and Mining (TL-T, TLXMF-O).
Business As Usual After Guinea’s Military Coup
It didn’t take long for unrest to take hold in Guinea after the country’s long-serving president was pronounced dead on Dec. 22 and that has meant increased uncertainty for miners in the country.
MagIndustries Makes Headway At Kouilou
Using a treasury that held consolidated working capital of more than US$100 million in September, Mag- Industries (MAA-V, MAAFF-O) continues to advance its Kouilou potash project in the Republic of Co…
African Copper On The Ropes At Mowana
VANCOUVER — A massive value writedown for its brand new Mowana copper mine in Botswana, depressed copper prices, and a share price barely off the floor has put African Copper (ACU-T, AFNCF-O) in a to…
Semafo ramps up gold production in West Africa
At a time when miners have been hard pressed to deliver good news, Semafo (SMF-T) managed to pull out a nugget for …