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Gold takes the spotlight at Aldridge’s Yenipazar
Aldridge Minerals (AGM-V) aims to capitalize on Turkey’s mining boom, which has drawn substantial international curiosity and investment. Aldridge has been on a bit of a roll recently with upgraded metallurgy and an expanded…
Red Eagle tickled pink with Santa Rosa in Colombia
Colombia-focused junior Red Eagle Mining (RD-V) has hit encouraging high-grade gold intercepts in a phase-two drill program at its Santa Rosa project near Medellin, although the final drilling from phase one did not fare as well.Hole 42…
Gran Colombia builds up Marmato
Gran Colombia Gold (GCM-T) has boosted the resources at its Marmato gold project in Colombia, although it cost a bit of grade to do so.The company says measured and indicated resources stand at 409.7 million tonnes grading 0.9 gram gold…
WCB hunts gold, copper on PNG’s Misima Island
When Xstrata (XTA-L) put its share of the US$5.3-billion Frieda River copper project in Papua New Guinea on the market in late June, there were a few raised eyebrows at the state of affairs in the country — especially given…
Uranerz discovers new uranium trend in Wyoming
Uranerz Energy (URZ-T, URZ-X) says it has discovered a new uranium trend on its Monument project, 24 km southeast of where the company is building its first in-situ recovery uranium mine at the Nichols Ranch project in Wyoming’s…
Avala unveils maiden resource in Serbian goldfields
VANCOUVER — Canadian explorer Avala Resources (AVZ-V) is making strides towards establishing a multi-million ounce, near-surface gold deposit in the historic mining region of Timok in eastern Serbia — a Balkan country formerly part…
Papua New Guinea continues to scare off miners
Aldridge Minerals (AGM-T) has added its name to a growing list of mining companies leaving or looking to leave Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Trevali adds tonnes to Santander resource
VANCOUVER — Trevali Mining (TV-T) has added significantly to the resource base at its Santander mine in Peru as it advances the project towards production.
Global Minerals seeks silver in historic Slovakian mine
VANCOUVER — A common tale amongst grand old communist regions is the historic state-run mine that now lies in disrepair following the blossoming of democratization and liberalization in parts of Eastern Europe. International explorers…