Spring cleaning Polar Star’s boardroom
Leading a proxy battle is no easy task, says Polar Star Mining’s (PSR-V) president and CEO, Douglas Willock, who ju…
South America
Canadian Gold Hunter and Suramina merging
Vancouver – Two Lundin Group companies, Canadian Gold Hunter (CGH-V) and Suramina Resources (SAX-V), are official…
Vale Inco to halt Sudbury operations for eight weeks
Vale Inco, a subsidiary of Vale (RIO-N), is shutting down its nickel mining and processing facilities in Sudbury, O…
Bear Creek posts strong scoping study for Santa Ana in Peru
Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V) Santa Ana deposit in southern Peru will be a pure silver producer averaging 4.6 million…
Dynasty Readies Zuruma Plant
Dynasty Metals & Mining (DMM-T, DMMIF-O) has started commissioning its gold processing plant at Zaruma in southwestern Ecuador.
Rusoro Denied Appeal In Blocked Bid For Gold Reserve
VANCOUVER — The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has denied Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) permission to appeal an injunction blocking its hostile takeover bid for Gold Reserve (GRZ-T, GRZ-X), handi…
Exeter Defines Big Caspiche Resource
VANCOUVER– The initial resource estimate for Exeter Resource’s (XRC-V) Caspiche gold-copper project in Chile is in and it is big.
Aquiline increases Navidad silver resource
Aquiline Resources (AQI-T) has released an updated resource estimate for its huge Navidad silver-lead project, 335 …
Big 2009 plans for B2Gold
Vancouver – In less than two years B2Gold (BTO-T) has completed a successful merger to attain 43,000 oz. gold pro…
Andean Resources into more gold and silver at Cerro Negro
Vancouver – For Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) recent drilling has cut significant grades of gold and silver at bo…
Royal Gold Buys Andacollo Royalty
VANCOUVER — Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-N ) and its minority partner have agreed to sell a major share of the anticipated gold stream from their Carmen de Andacollo copper-gold mine in Chile to Denver-based …
Bigger Is Better For Juniors Magellan And Chapleau
Junior explorers Magellan Minerals (MNM-V, MAGNF-O) and Chapleau Resources (CHI-V, CHRRF-O) believe they’d be better off if they combined their exploration and development efforts in northern Brazil.