Homestake eyes Polish potential
Homestake Mining (HM-N) can earn a minimum 75% interest in several gold properties in western Poland controlled by FX Energy, an oil and gas firm based in Salt Lake City, Utah.Homestake will spend US$…
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ConSil increases Mexican resource
Idaho-based ConSil (CS-V) will buy the assets of Minas la Colorada, a Mexican company which owns two silver mines in Zacatecas state.ConSil reached the agreement with the principal shareholders of Min…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Mission: Impossible
Mining properties with mineral grades a little too low for comfort are not new.In fact, The Northern Miner reported on a property with, as it turned out, low grades sometime in the late 1950s or early…
DIAMOND PAGE — Botswana finances African projects — Water Fissure program near completion
Funds from a warrant offering are allowing Botswana Diamondfields (BWD-V) to continue exploring several of its diamond projects in Botswana and South Africa.The company raised $9.6 million through the…
DIAMOND PAGE — SouthernEra sells first Klipspringer gems — More Angolan diamonds also sold
SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has completed the first sale of diamonds from its Klipspringer project in South Africa’s Northern Province.The company will receive US$573,662 from the sale of a parcel t…
STOCK MARKETS — Summer doldrums descend on western markets — Investors adopt wait-And-see strategy for projects in Timmins camp
Junior companies are pulling in their horns and preparing for a quiet summer in the hope that market prospects and gold prices will improve this autumn. While many companies are finding that it is not…
Ecuadorian, Newcrest form JV in Peru
Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining and Ecuadorian Minerals (EMC-T) plan to acquire the Ayapata gold project in southern Peru.For its part, Ecuadorian can pick up the 10-sq.-km property, subject to …
Mar-West, Curion launch Honduran drill program
At the San Martin concession in central Honduras, drilling is set to begin testing the Palo Ralo prospect, 2 km west of the newly discovered Sinter hot springs gold deposit.The concession is held 80% …
COMMENTARY — A passing of the torch
The author, who was appointed Minister of Natural Resources following the Canadian federal election in June, provided the following article at the request of Keep Mining in Canada, an organization des…
Samax, Resolute to cut ribbon on Tanzanian gold mine
Having signed a formal agreement with government officials, equal partners Samax Gold (SMX-T) and Resolute Samantha of Australia are proceeding with construction of the Golden Pride open-pit gold mine…
Partners expand Peruvian gold project
Equal partners Pangea Goldfields (PGD-T) and Sundust Resources (SUN-M) have intersected additional mineralization at the Victoria gold project in Peru.Pangea, which is managing the exploration effort,…
ODDS’N’SODS — Hanging around
The last nine miles of road that lead to the Bohemia mining district in the Cascade Mountains of south-Central Oregon slither, like a drunken rattlesnake, up and over Champion Crick. (Anyone who calls…