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MAX hopes to find ‘silver lining’ in Majuba Hill

MAX Resource (MXR-V) continues to search for a copper-silver porphyry system at its Majuba Hill property in Pershing County, Nev. Assays were released in early February from a second quarter 2011 drill campaign at the property.


A conveyor piles material at BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's Escondida copper mine in Antofagasta Province, Chile. Photo by BHP Billiton

BHP and Rio double down on copper

BHP Billiton (BHP-N) and Rio Tinto (RIO-N) are feeling optimistic about copper. Six weeks into the first quarter of 2012, the two mining giants have unveiled plans to commit over US$4 billion to expand copper production at operations in Chile…


A drill rig at Corvus Gold's North Bullfrog gold-silver project in Nevada. Photo by Corvus Gold

Corvus shares surge 50% on Nevada gold

Corvus Gold (KOR-T) has started the year with a bang. Positive assay results from its North Bullfrog gold-silver project outside of Beatty, Nev., combined with a sunny outlook for gold juniors, helped push the company’s share up 50% since…


Material passes through a screening machine at NovaDx's Rex coal mine in Campbell County, northeastern Tennessee. Photo by NovaDx Ventures

NovaDx looks to specialty coal

NovaDx Ventures (NDX-V), once a pharmaceutical shell turned merchant bank, has found itself on more solid footing as a specialty coal company.



Freegold hunts Alaskan gold at Golden Summit

Vancouver — Freegold Ventures (FVL-V) hopes to be the next big thing in Alaskan gold country with projects in areas that have proven resource-rich for Sumitomo Metal Mining and Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N).



BHP and Rio double-down on copper

Vancouver — BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BHP-L, BHP-A) and Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) are feeling optimistic about copper. Six weeks into the first quarter of 2012, the two mining giants unveiled plans to commit over U$4 billion to expand…




Marathon Gold vice-president of exploration Sherry Dunsworth (far left), CFO Jim Kirke (third from left), and CEO Phillip Walford (centre) with colleagues at the Golden Chest gold project in Idaho. Photo by Marathon Gold

Marathon Gold goes the distance in Idaho, Newfoundland

Newfoundland-focused explorer Marathon Gold (MOZ-T) is ramping up its U.S. presence with a 20,000-metre drill program at its Golden Chest gold mine project in Idaho and a historic Bonanza gold mine acquisition across the state line in Oregon.


Romarco tops 4M oz. gold at Haile

Romarco Minerals (R-T) has boosted the resource at its Haile gold project in South Carolina by 29% after concluding a 118,000-metre step-out drill program in November. 


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