Botswana returning copper-silver hits for Hana Mining
Vancouver – New results from the Ghanzi copper-silver project in Botswana show promising grades for owner Hana Mini…
Africa
Great Western Minerals looks to South Africa for rare earths
As China continually tightens its reigns on rare earth exports, Great Western Minerals Group (GWG-V) is trying to s…
Regent takes reins at Barrick
It is not every day that the world’s largest gold company changes leaders at the helm, but such a rare day occurr…
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 …
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.