Cuban copper project yields gold
While conducting work towards a final feasibility study on the Mantua copper project in Cuba, 50% owner Miramar Mining (TSE) identified three previously unrecognized forms of gold mineralization. One …
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La Colorada turns up more gold
Stepout drilling at La Colorada, a mine property east of Hermosillo in Sonora state, Mexico, continues to return wide intersections of oxide gold mineralization. Eldorado (TSE) owns and operates an op…
Adex Mining drilling boosts Mt. Pleasant reserves
A “wildcat hole” has Adex Mining (TSE) confident that tin mineralization is continuous between two known structures at the Mount Pleasant mine property in New Brunswick. Adex is funding prefeasibility…
Copper output forecast to rise in the Philippines
The Philippine Chamber of Mines expects the country’s copper concentrate production to rise this year on the back of higher international copper prices and lower government taxes imposed on corporate …
NEWS ROUNDUP — Unit of Mazarin to close
One of three asbestos mines operated by LAB Chrysotile in eastern Quebec will be closed. The BC-Beaver unit has, of late, been unable to produce asbestos at competitive prices, which led to a decision…
Outlook favorable for antimony compounds
Demand for antimony has recovered somewhat with the general economic revival, but prospects for growth in the main markets for antimony metal are small, says research firm Roskill of London. On the ot…
Vedron seeks exploration funds for Timmins area properties
Having undergone a restructuring, which included acquiring the Buffalo Ankerite claims near Timmins, Ont., Vedron Gold (CDN) has resumed trading. The company was delisted in 1990, a few years after a …
La Poposa gold play advanced
High atop the Argentine Andes, in one of most prolific gold belts in South America, Argentina Gold (VSE) is busy trenching and drill-testing targets on its La Poposa property. During a recent site vis…
Dakota to receive gilt-edged loan
Denver-based Dakota Mining intends to borrow US$5 million from Repadre Capital (TSE) to develop an oxide deposit at the Gilt Edge gold mine site in South Dakota. The agreement consists of a US$4-milli…
Tiomin feasibility study continues
A feasibility study is in progress at the 18,000-hectare Natashquan heavy mineral sands deposit along Quebec’s northern shore. Project operator Tiomin Resources (ME) expects a 20-year mine plan to be …
Vior, Cambior conclude Douay West agreement
A development agreement for the Douay West gold deposit, 20 km southwest of Joutel, Que., is expected to lead to production within four years. Property owner Societe exploration miniere Vior (ME) has …
American Bullion boosts tonnage at Red Chris
The in situ geological resource at the Red Chris project in north-central British Columbia is now estimated at 100.1 million tonnes grading 0.58% copper and 0.46 grams gold per tonne. American Bullion…