Andean Resources expands Bajo Negro gold-silver mineralization
Vancouver – Andean Resources’ (AND-T, AND-A) latest drill hole results extend gold-silver mineralization at de…
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Vale strikes in Canada could last into 2010
The head of the Steelworkers Union for Ontario and the Atlantic provinces says it could be four or five months…
UEX Boosts Resource At Hidden Bay Property
VANCOUVER — UEX Corp. (UEX-T, UEXCF-O) wanted to define 40 million lbs. of uranium oxide at Hidden Bay in 2009 and, in a new resource estimate for the Athabasca basin property in Saskatchewan, it has…
Barrick’s Regent Sees Broader Mandate
Increasing profits to US$492 million would be good news for many miners. But for Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N), the bar is set a little higher — and while its second-quarter profits were up from US$485…
Severstal Ups Offer For High River By 36%
Russia’s Severstal is raising its cash offer for financially troubled High River Gold (HRG-T, HRIVF-O) to 30¢ a share from 22¢ and has extended the deadline for acceptance to Aug. 10.
New Hurdle For Pebble Project
VANCOUVER — The Pebble deposit in southwestern Alaska is one of the largest undeveloped ore-bodies in the world, home to resources totalling 72 billion lbs. copper, 94 million oz. gold, and 4.8 billi…
Northern Freegold Proves Up 1M Oz. Gold
VANCOUVER — After three years of drilling, Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) has defined an initial resource at its district-scale Freegold Mountain project.
Newmont Misses Its Q2 Guidance
Higher sales volumes and lower operating costs were the good news for Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) during the second quarter.
Athabasca Potash Up For Sale
VANCOUVER — Athabasca Potash (API-T, ABHPF-O) has made it clear that as part of a strategic review process formed to consider possible partnerships on the Burr potash project in Saskatchewan, it is n…
Quadra’s Sierra Gorda Study Paints Promising Picture
VANCOUVER — Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O) has released a strong scoping study for the large Sierra Gorda copper-gold-molybdenum project in Chile.
Bannerman Grows Etango
VANCOUVER — Bannerman Resources (BAN-T, BNNLF-O) has boosted the uranium resource at its Etango project in Namibia by 26%.
Fortuna Boosts Reserves 400% At Caylloma
The Caylloma silver-lead-zinc mine in southern Peru has proven and probable reserves of 20.3 million oz. silver — 404% more than previously estimated, Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-V, FVITF-O) has report…