Sacre-Coeur cuts Guyana gold zone
Vancouver — Drilling by Sacre-Coeur Minerals (SCM-V, SCRMF-O) on its Million Mountain property, in west-central Guyana, has returned significant gold intercepts in two initial core holes testing a sh…
South America
Esperanza, Silver Standard extend high-grade San Luis vein
Vancouver — Channel sampling by Esperanza Silver (EPZ-V, ESPZF-O) and Silver Standard Resources (sso-t, ssri-q) on the San Luis joint venture, in central Peru, has extended the strike of the Ayeln v…
Falconbridge on the decline at El Morro
Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) has begun sinking an exploration decline into the La Fortuna copper-gold deposit on …
Aurelian soars on FDN hot holes
Shares in Aurelian Resources (ARU-V) more than tripled after resuming trade late in the morning on Apr. 5. The jump…
Randsburg shares soar on diamond news
Randsburg International Gold (RGZ-V) shares shot up on news of its discovery of two diamond-bearing kimberlite pipe…
Crystallex soars on Venezuelan nod
Shares in Crystallex International (KRY-T, KRY-X) jumped as much as $1.44, or 39%, to $5.10 in early trading on March 27, a day after Venezuela’s Ministry of Basic Industry and Mining (MIBAM) approved…
Apex’s fourth quarter loss
Apex Silver’s (SIL-X) hedge position may have hurt its bottom line for the fourth quarter but the loss bodes well f…
Desert Sun shareholders back Yamana deal
A Desert Sun Mining (DSM-T, DEZ-X) shareholders’ meeting has approved the plan to merge Desert Sun into Yamana Gold…
New estimate for Rio Blanco (March 28, 2006)
Consultants for Monterrico Metals (MNA-L) have calculated a new resource estimate for the Rio Blanco copper-molybde…
Partners flash green light for San Jose
VANCOUVER – Partners Minera Andes (MAI-V, MNEAF-O) and Mauricio Hochschild have formally approved plans to place t…
Crystallex soars on Venezuelan approval
Shares in Crystallex International (KRY-T, KRY-X) jumped as much as $1.44, or 39%, to $5.10 in early trading on Mar…
Falconbridge to absorb Novicourt
Facing consolidation itself, Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) plans to snap up the shares in exploration partner Novicourt (NOV-T, NOVFF-O) it does not already own….