MEG’s world exploration trends in 2011
The following is an excerpt from the World Exploration Trends 2011 report released by the Metals Economics Group. For the full report visit www.metalseconomics.com.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Metals gurus predict prices for 2011
The opening technical session “Commodities and Market Outlook” of the Prospectors and Developers of Canada convention in Toronto gave a relatively upbeat outlook for precious metals, base metals and potash prices this year, especially…
Golden resource at Richfield’s Blackwater (March 14, 2011)
After months of encouraging drill results, Richfield Ventures (RVC-V) has established a multi-million oz. gold resource at its Blackwater gold project in central British Columbia.
An Alaskan district emerges
Talk of a newly discovered mineral district may be premature, but interest is growing in an area roughly 150 km northwest of Anchorage, Alaska, thanks largely to Kiska Metals’ (KSK-V) efforts there.
Royal Nickel to build ‘monster’ nickel project
On paper, Royal Nickel (RNX-T) looks like a winning combination: A management and advisory team stacked with former Inco guys and seven billion pounds of nickel in the ground in Quebec’s Abitibi region, one of the friendliest mining…
Fennell’s Reunion seeks Guyanese manganese
As industrial metal prices continue to rise from their 2008 lows, Vancouver-based Reunion Gold (RGD-V) has refocused its exploration efforts away from precious metals and on to past-producing manganese mines in Guyana.
Exploration in Brazil’s Tapajos district heats up again (March 14, 2011)
In the wake of Eldorado Gold’s (ELD-T, EGO-N) mid-2010 takeover of Brazauro Resources and its 2.1-million-oz. Tocantinzinho gold project, several Canadian juniors have ramped up their exploration efforts nearby in the hopes of finding the next…
Columbus sets sail for French Guiana (March 11, 2011)
Vancouver – France is hardly considered a hotbed of mining potential, but Columbus Gold (cgt-v) sees the part of the country tucked away in the South American jungle as just that.
Copper Canyon ‘very pleased’ with sweetened NovaGold bid (March 11, 2011)
Vancouver – Just one month after dismissing the Dec. 20, 2010, takeover bid of joint venture partner NovaGold Resources (ng-t, ng-x) as “inadequate,” and only one week after suing it for allegedly failing to honour certain terms of the JV…
Problems plague Century’s Lamaque mine (March 11, 2011)
Vancouver – A failed cone crusher was the latest of several setbacks over the past year at Century Mining’s (cmm-v) Lamaque underground gold mine in Val d’Or, Que. The loss of the crusher shut down the Lamaque mill for nine days in February,…
Minera Andes makes headway at San Jose mine (March 11, 2011)
Exploration drilling in and around the San Jose underground mine in Argentina last year uncovered 7.5 km of new high-grade silver-gold veins, a 44% year-on-year increase in the cumulative strike length of all the known veins at the mine, Minera…
American Vanadium targets 2012 for Gibellini production (March 10, 2011)
SITE VISIT: Eureka, Nevada – A little ways off a quiet highway in eastern Nevada, freshly re-branded American Vanadium (AVC-V) is working to bring a vanadium heap leach operation to life.