St Andrew posts quarterly loss
Although it enjoyed exploration success in the first quarter, St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T) was not so lucky financially.In the three months ended March 31, the Toronto-based junior lost $453,676 (or 2…
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St. Jude expands gold zone in Ghana
St. Jude Resources (SJD-V) has tabled encouraging drill results from the Hwini-Butre gold property in Ghana, West Africa.The work focused on the Dabokrom Shaft zone, one of three structures that are r…
NEWSROUNDUP — Berland to drill Timmins property
Newly listed Berland Resources (BNL-V) is funding a drill program at Echo Bay Mines’ (ECO-T) Ogden Twp. property in Ontario’s Timmins camp.The junior holds an option to earn 50% of Echo Bay’s interest…
Juniors test Mexican target
Partners Sand River Resources (SRL-V) and Spokane Resources (SKN-V) have begun an initial 1,500-metre program of diamond drilling on their Minerales project in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.Three new…
Partners test Cerro Cobre target
Partners Corriente Resources (CTG-T) and London-based Rio Tinto,/C> (RTP-N) have begun a program of reverse-circulation drilling on a portion of the Taca-Taca project in Argentina’s Salta province.The…
NEWSROUNDUP — Pioneer plans follow-up program
With results from the winter program in hand, Pioneer Metals (PSM-T) is gearing up for a summer program at its Riou Lake uranium project in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin.Pioneer says winter …
Cumberland drills Nunavut gold — Goose Island deposit deemed amenable to open-pit mining
Drilling by Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) at its wholly owned Meadowbank gold property in Nunavut is expanding one deposit and upgrading another.Situated north of Baker Lake, the project consists of fo…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Junior aims expertise at Nevada — Deal with Kennecott affects 1,000 sq. miles in Carlin trend
Armed with $2.3 million in its treasury, Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) is advancing several early-stage gold projects, most of which are in Nevada.The Vancouver-based junior is zeroing in on the Carlin …
Barramundi tests at Longline
Junior Barramundi Gold (BAM-A) has begun a shallow, 60-hole program of core drilling at its Longline gold project in the west-central Yukon.The work is part of an attempt to reassess the resource repr…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Goldstrike keeps on trucking — Barrick focuses on ‘mile-long corridor of mineralization’
Few mineral properties are as aptly named as Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) Goldstrike, in Nevada’s prolific Carlin trend.The property’s two operating mines, Betze-Post and Meikle, are expected to churn out m…
DIAMOND PAGE — Jordan yields few stones
The newly discovered Jordan kimberlite on the Afridi Lake property, near Yellowknife, N.W.T., has yielded lacklustre microdiamond results.Kennecott Canada Exploration recovered only four stones (two m…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Partners make Rosebud bloom– Costs at underground mine proving to be low
Not every successful Nevada gold mine is a big, high-tonnage open pit. The Rosebud mine near Winnemucca, a joint venture of Hecla Mining (HL-N) and Newmont Mining (NEM-N), is seeing increased producti…