Surviving Central Asian Political Risk, Centerra Style
Centerra Gold (CG-T, CAGDF-O) has never shied away from taking on political risk if it meant securing profitable mines.
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Northern Gold Girds For Round II At Garrison
Northern Gold Mining (NGM-V) is planning the next round of exploration drilling at its Garrison gold property near Kirkland Lake, Ont., as the assay results from the first round now come in.
UEX Completes Pre-Feasibility Study On West Bear Deposit
A preliminary feasibility study has upgraded UEX’s (UEX-T) previously released resource estimate for its West Bear uranium deposit in the centre of the eastern Athabasca uranium district to a probable…
Apoquindo Posts Strong Copper Intercepts At Zafranal
Drilling in February at Apoquindo Minerals’ (AQM-V) Zafranal copper-gold porphyry project 90 km northwest of the city of Arequipa in southern Peru has returned an intercept of 118 metres grading 1% co…
Uranium Energy Completes Latest Resource Estimate
VANCOUVER — Uranium Energy (UEC-N) has added another robust resource estimate to its collection of uranium projects in the United States. The company, which plans to become a producer soon, released …
Anglo American To Double Copper Output By 2017
Anglo American (AAUKY-O, AAL-L) says it can double copper production to 1.2 million tonnes by 2017 through the development of its project pipeline.
Crocodile’s Cosmo-Howley Gold Project Starts To Grow
VANCOUVER — Crocodile Gold (CRK-T) is busy spending US$8.4 million exploring the extensive land package it assembled in northern Australia in early 2009 and the results have sent the company’s share …
Argentex Hits More High-Grade Silver At Pinguino
VANCOUVER– The first results from Argentex Mining’s (ATX-V) latest drill program at the polymetallic Pinguino project in Argentina indicate high-grade, near-surface silver mineralization. The results…
Western Potash Files Resource On Milestone
When it comes to location it doesn’t get much better than this. Western Potash Corp.’ s (WPX-V) Milestone property in Saskatchewan is 35 km southeast of one of the largest producing potash solution mi…
Atna Gets Briggs Back Into Production
Atna Resources (ATN-T) has produced a steady enough stream of gold to announce that its Briggs mine is in commercial production.
People (March 08, 2010)
Alcoa — John Thuestad elected executive VP and group president of Global Primary Products, succeeding a retiring Bernt Reitan.
Vale Inco Sues Striking Workers
Vale (VALE-N) subsidiary Vale Inco is suing striking members of the United Steelworkers Local 6500 in Sudbury, Ont., for $1 million over content posted on the Internet that’s allegedly encouraging vio…