New milestone for OceanaGold
Earlier this week OceanaGold (OCG-T, OGC-A) declared that the first concentrate from its Didipio open-pit mine in the Philippines was en route to Japan.
Asia
Aldridge de-risks Yenipazar
Turkey—a nation at the crossroads of Europe and Asia measuring about 1,600 km long and 800 km wide—is punching above its weight as an emerging mining jurisdiction with operating mines owned by Inmet Mining (IMN-T), Eldorado Gold…
Alamos gets busy after losing out on Aurizon
Alamos Gold (AGI-T, AGI-N) isn’t letting its failed Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) bid get it down.
Centerra faces challenges at Kumtor
VANCOUVER — The past year has been marked by operational and jurisdictional challenges for Toronto-based producer Centerra Gold (CG-T) at its flagship Kumtor gold mine, 350 km southeast of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan.
Centerra continues to face challenges at Kumtor
VANCOUVER — The past year has been marked by significant operational and jurisdictional challenges for Toronto-based producer Centerra Gold (CG-T) at its flagship Kumtor gold mine 350 km southeast of Bishkek in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Oyu Tolgoi’s feasibility study delayed
Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ-T, TRQ-N) updated the market with good and bad news about its 66%-held Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia’s South Gobi desert.
Sona signs MOU with Chinese contractor
Executive chairman Nick Ferris of Sona Resources (SYS-V) had been trying to source financing for some time to advance the junior’s Blackdome-Elizabeth gold project in the Clinton and Lillooet mining districts of British Columbia, about…
Eurasian scores in Turkey
After a busy 2012, Eurasian Minerals (EMX-V) is starting 2013 with a bang: in its first news release of the year the company reported the highest-grade intercept to date at Akarca, the gold-silver project in northwest Turkey where Eurasian just…
TV Tower delight continues for Pilot
A high-grade gold zone is emerging at the north end of Pilot Gold’s (PLG-T) TV Tower project in Turkey, complete with drill intervals that regularly contain visible gold.
Eurasian hits highest grades to date at Akarca
VANCOUVER – After a busy 2012, Eurasian Minerals (EMX-V) is starting 2013 off with a bang: in its first news release of the year the company reported the highest-grade intercept to date at Akarca, the gold-silver project in northwest…
Angkor Gold cashes in on Cambodia
It has been just over a year since Vancouver-based Angkor Gold (ANK-V) went public with its stable of Cambodian exploration projects, and it is looking like the company’s early mover strategy in the developing Southeast Asian nation might…
Centerra gets more headaches in Kyrgyzstan, puts more capital into Turkey
Centerra Gold (CG-T) is going all-in on a small Turkish gold project, just as it prepares to endure more tough times at the world-class Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan. Issues at Kumtor have been ongoing, with talk concerning nationalization of…