Typhoon Exploration signs option agreement for Fayolle
Gold producer Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) is teaming up with Typhoon Exploration (TYP-V) in a joint-venture t…
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Rye Patch looks to bounce back with new resource estimate
Rye Patch Gold (RPM-V) failed to tap into the market support it enjoyed as recently as a month ago with its …
Nevada Copper hits deeper copper at Pumpkin (May 18, 2010)
Vancouver – Step-out drilling by Nevada Copper (NCU-T) at its Pumpkin Hollow copper project in Nevada has expa…
Who will follow Australia’s lead on mining tax? (May 18, 2010)
The global mining team at UBS Investment Research is fingering Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mo…
Western Copper permit denial casts shadow on Yukon permitting process
Vancouver – The Carmacks copper project in the Yukon looked primed for development, with owner Western Coppe…
Denison drills high-grade uranium in Athabasca
Vancouver – Denison Mines (DML-T, DNN-X) has 20,000 metres of drilling planned for the summer at its 60%-owned…
Vale sells assets to Norsk Hydro in $4.9 billion deal
Vale (VALE-N) rmay be locked in a 10-month labour dispute in Canada but it is making headway in Eur…
Silver Wheaton invests $20.7M in Ventana for rights to future silver production
Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-N) has agreed to buy $20.7 million worth of Ventana Gold (VEN-T) shares in a p…
Rubicon’s F2 gold system returns high-grade intercepts
More drilling at Rubicon Minerals’ (RMX-T, RBY-X) 100%-owned Phoenix project in the Red Lake gold district of …
Nevsun pushes towards production in Eritrea (May 17, 2010)
VANCOUVER — Nevsun Resources (NSU-T, NSU-X) is now more than halfway through building Eritrea’s first mine, on schedule to commission the gold-silver-copper-zinc operation before the year end.
Red Back gets boost from Kinross
Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) is investing $600 million for a 9.4% stake in Red Back Mining (RBI-T). The placement should help finance the expansion of Red Back’s carbon-in-leach (CIL) plant and develop a…
Source posts maiden resource for San Acacio
Source Exploration’s (SOP-V) past-producing San Acacio deposit in central Mexico, just 5 km northeast of Capstone Mining’s (CS-T) Cozamin copper mine, has an indicated resource of 1.49 million tonnes …