Sand Creek drilling hits uranium
An initial drill program on the Sand Creek joint venture ground in Converse Cty., Wyo., has returned a number of intercepts of uranium mineralization.
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Revett drills Troy
Seeking to increase the resource at its Troy copper-silver mine in northwestern Montana, Revett Minerals (RVM-T, RVMIF-O) has started a mine-site exploration program.
Debate ramps up as Northern Dynasty’s Pebble grows
Vancouver — Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) says its huge Pebble project in southwestern Alaska now ranks as the world’s second-largest porphyry copper-gold deposit, and could get even large…
Freegold advances Almaden
SITE VISIT Weiser, Idaho — A buoyant bullion price coupled with past engineering studies has Freegold Ventures’ (ITF-T, FGOVF-O) recently revitalized management team convinced its Almaden gold project in west-central…
NovaGold gets permit boost in Alaska
Vancouver – NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) says the U.S. government is reinstating a key permit for its Rock Creek…
Northern Dynastys Rebagliati looks ahead to PDAC award
Vancouver – When Ross Rebagliati won the first Olympic Gold medal for snowboarding in Nagano back in 1998, he was m…
Barrick brings Ruby Hill back to life (February 27, 2007)
Following a successful re-start of operations, the Ruby Hill mine in Nevada poured its first gold in February.B…
McEwen back in Red Lake camp with Rubicon
Vancouver – Financier Rob McEwen is set to acquire a 35% stake in Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X), a move that tak…
Quadra rolls out Q4 and 2006 profit
Vancouver – Improved performance at its flagship Robinson mine near Ely, Nevada propelled Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QAD…
Goldcorp sees higher 2007 production, costs.
Vancouver – Canadas second largest gold producer Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N), expects to produce 2.6 million oz. of the y…
Jaguar Nickel moving to merchant banking
Vancouver Jaguar Nickel (JNI-T) is shifting its focus from mineral exploration to merchant banking and says it ho…
Alaska debate ramps up as Northern Dynastys Pebble gets bigger
Vancouver – Even before permitting has begun, controversy surrounding Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) Peb…