Copper Ridge options ground to Kinross
Junior Copper Ridge Explorations (KRX-V) has optioned back to Kinross Gold (K-T) a portion of its Ogopogo property in east-central Alaska.Ogopogo is one of five exploration-stage properties that Geral…
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NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — X-Cal issues wake-up call to Sleeper
X-Cal Resources (XCL-T) is still hot on the Sleeper gold project in northern Nevada, having recently tabled a new resource estimate.Preliminary resource figures were updated by Sierra Mining & Enginee…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Battle Mountain forges ahead at Crown Jewel
With the political wrangling over, Battle Mountain Gold (BMC-T) is back on track at the advanced Crown Jewel gold project in northeastern Washington state.The company is earning a 54% interest in the …
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Glamis adds to Nevada holdings
By merging with Rayrock Resources, Reno-based Glamis Gold (GLG-T) has added three mines to it portfolio of Nevada properties.Rayrock shareholders received 1.6 shares of Glamis and $3 in return for eac…
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…
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 — 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…
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 — 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 …
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…
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 …
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…