Great Basin sees stronger future for troubled Burnstone mine
Vancouver – Struggling miner Great Basin Gold (GBG-T) got a much needed share price boost after releasing production and exploration updates on its two operating gold mines.
United States
US stocks fairly flat in Feb 27 to March 2 period
Vancouver — U.S. markets were fairly flat in the period, despite the G20 rejecting calls to fund Euro bailout funds, the IMF warning that the global economy is still at risk of a slowdown, and both U.S. housing prices and durable goods…
‘Rediscoveries’ among featured projects at Roundup 2012
Modern technologies combined with robust metal prices helped generate many of the domestic and international exploration successes featured at Mineral Exploration Roundup hosted by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME…
27,000-page environmental study leaves Pebble critics unimpressed
Facing legal, political and regulatory challenges before the permitting process has even begun, the Hunter Dickinson Group’s Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-T, NAK-N, NAK-X) appears to be swimming against the current at its giant Pebble…
Commentary: The United States of Withdrawal
Benjamin Franklin wrote that, in this life, nothing is certain but death and taxes. Well, if you are in the business of developing mineral or energy projects in America, there is one more certainty to add to the list: lawsuits!
Cadillac Mining up 241% on Goldstrike results
Two gold hits in Utah have vaulted Cadillac Mining’s (CQX-V) share price up 20.5¢, or 241%, to 29¢ on 8.4 million shares traded.
Gold Standard snares 56 metres of 4.3 grams gold at Railroad
The Carlin trend in northeast Nevada is known as elephant country thanks to seven major gold deposits, each exceeding 20 million tonnes. Gold Standard Ventures (GV-V) may have found its elephant.
Freegold hunts Alaskan gold at Golden Summit
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).
Nevada Copper steadily advancing Pumpkin Hollow
Vancouver — Nevada has long excited explorers with its gold potential, but Nevada Copper (NCU-T) continues to prove the state’s potential for the red metal too.
Pre-feasibility lifts Rare Element Resources
A prefeasibility study on the Bear Lodge project in Wyoming suggests the rare earths project is technologically feasible and offers robust returns on invested capital, Rare Element Resources (RES-T, REE-X) says. The news sent the junior’s…
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.
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…