Nevsun closing in on Eritrean mining licence
The Eritrean government and Vancouver-based Nevsun Resources (NSU-T, NSU-X) have hammered out a deal over how much …
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Barrick bids for Arizona Star (October 29, 2007)
Dont look now but Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) is going on a spending spree. Less than a week after announcing …
Bayswater benefits from near-surface uranium grades at Anna Lake
Uranium intersections from the Central Mineral Belt in Labrador that stretched up to 40 metres in length gave Baysw…
Fifth Zone the Charm for Redhawk
Vancouver — A resource estimate for the American Eagle porphyry at Redhawk Resources’ (RDK-V, RHWKF-O) Copper Creek project, in Arizona, estimates the deposit hosts 1.54 billion lbs. of copper, makin…
Is a Cassiar Revival in Sight?
SITE VISIT Cassiar, B.C. — For more than 10 years, Cassiar was a ghost town. The northern B.C. town had thrived on an asbestos mine for 40 years but in…
Alberta Star Intersects Base Metals, Silver at Echo Bay
Alberta Star Development (ASX-V, ASXSF-O) has intersected multiple zones of base metal and silver mineralization on a prospect near the old Echo Bay silver mine on the eastern shore of Great Bear Lake…
Producer and Dealer Prices (October 29, 2007)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,570/t.
Cobre Grande Results Boost Linear Metals
Vancouver — The latest results from the Cobre Grande copper-zinc-silver-molybdenum project in Mexico pushed Linear Metals’ (LRM-V, LMTCF-O) share price up 30% in one day.
Quebec Miners Clean Up Tainted Past
Kangiqsujuaq, Que. — At first glance, a sizable heap of old rusty barrels on the perimeter of Canadian Royalties’ (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O) Expo camp in Nunavik, Que., looks like a mini garbage dump.
Rockwell Set to Boost Diamond Values
Vancouver — Rockwell Diamonds (RDI-V, RDIAF-O) has brought in some help to increase realized value from its large and “special” stones produced at alluvial operations in the Kimberley region of South…
Crew Gold’s Nalunaq Hits Production High
Crew Gold’s (CRU-T, CRUGF-O) Nalunaq gold mine, in Greenland, has reached a record average daily production rate of 510 tonnes, surpassing the 500-tonne target each day for the entire month of Septemb…
Ivanhoe Completes Entre JV Earn-in
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) has invested more than US$20 million in its joint-venture properties with Entre Gold (ETG-T, EGI-X) to earn its initial 51% interest.