Erdenet mining copper under Lenin’s gaze (September 19, 2006)
A giant painting of Lenin’s head still looks down over the sprawling copper and molybdenum project known as Erden…
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Centerra cuts Kumtor forecast
Centerra Gold (CG-T, CAGDF-O) expects to produce up to 17% fewer ounces than originally planned from its Kumtor min…
Banking on Boka
Southwestern Resources (SWG-T, SWGGF-O), a junior with nine years of Chinese exploration experience under its belt, is aggressively advancing the Boka gold project in the Yunnan province of China thro…
Neo Alliance pours gold from trial mining
Vancouver — Aspiring junior gold producer Neo Alliance Minerals (NAM-V) recently poured its first bullion from trial mining operations at the Majiahe project in Gansu province, China….
Golden China claws its way to production
A little known company that traces its roots to Hong Kong, is listed in Toronto, and is about to merge with an Australian firm that holds Chinese assets, has ambitions to become the largest foreign pr…
Jinshan Gold aims for year-end startup
Vancouver — Mine development is rapidly advancing at Jinshan Gold Mines’ (JIN-V, JINFF-O) Chang Shan Hao (217) gold deposit, in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, following completion of…
Minco Silver plans scoping study for Fuwan project
As the first step toward an ambitious goal to become “China’s leading silver producer,” Minco Silver (MSV-T, MISVF-O) intends to carry out a scoping study to determine the viability of its Fuwan silve…
Ivanhoe posts Q2 loss
Vancouver — Accelerated exploration and development spending at its Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold deposit in southern Mongolia pushed Ivanhoe Mines (ivn-t, ivn-t) deeper into the red in the second quarter,…
Tianshan confirms new discovery
Australian explorer Tianshan Goldfields (TGF-L, TGF-A), pursuing a drill program on its Gold Mountain property in the Xinjiang-Uygur autonomous region (historically, Turkestan), has intersected severa…
Goldrea drills gold at Daye
Canadian junior Goldrea Resources (GOR-V, GORAF-O) reports that the latest drilling on its Daye gold property near Rushan City in China’s Shandong province has extended the Jingkou zone another 200 me…
QGX weathering Mongolia’s tax storm (September 04, 2006)
It takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears to develop a deposit in a young democracy. Sometimes the work gets rewarded; other times, the rug gets pulled out just when things are coming into alignment….
Inter-Citic advances Dachang gold project
Toronto-based junior Inter-Citic Minerals (ICI-T, ICMTF-O) is making good progress in its third year of grassroots exploration at its Dachang gold prospect in west-central China’s Qinhai province….