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GeoMega’s Montviel is no longer a secret

“The secret will be out with the initial resource estimate,” said GeoMega’s (GMA-V) president Simon Britt, referring to the potential at the company’s Montviel carbonatite rare earth elements (REE) property in Abitibi, Que.


Highlights from Precious Metals Summit, Part I

Over the next to days The Northern Miner will look back at some of the stand-out presentations from the Precious Metals Summit, which took place in Vail, Colorado in mid-September. Today’s segment will look at presentations made by the chief…


Mongolian MPs post hostile letter about OT

In an open letter to Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) published yesterday on Mongolian website medee.nn, a group of twenty parliamentarians in Mongolia reportedly accused the government of breaking the law when it concluded an investment agreement (IA)…


Rio revisits Saskatchewan’s potash scene

Rio Tinto (RIO-N) is investing back into potash, after selling its potash interests in Canada and Argentina to Vale (VALE-N) for US$850 million in 2009 to help pay off its debt during the 2008-09 recession.



Allana Potash adopts shareholder rights plan

In an effort to discourage any unsolicited and unfair takeover bids Allana Potash (AAA-T, ALLRF-O) announced yesterday that it is adopting a shareholder rights plan. But the company emphasized that while it is in talks with various strategic…



A Mutiny at Gullewa

The Gullewa project in Western Australia has attracted some interest of late both for its high grade gold, silver and copper mineralization and for the wheeling and dealing being done around it. The project had, just a short time ago, been the…


Mandalay looks for discounted properties

The strategy at gold and antimony producer Mandalay Resources (MND-T) is to find assets that can generate enough cash to grow themselves as well as fund the next acquisition.  So far, that strategy appears to be working at the…



Central Iron Ore expands gold tenements in Western Australia

Central Iron Ore’s (CIO-V) primary focus may be the magnetite and direct shipping ore it believes exists under its 652 sq. kilometres of tenements in the Yilgarn iron ore province of Western Australia, but the junior is also busy exploring…


Drillers working at CuOro Resources' Santa Elena copper-gold project in Colombia. Photo by CuOro Resources

CuOro gets good results from Santa Elena

CuOro Resources (CUA-V) has released positive initial drill results from its Santa Elena copper-gold near-surface volcanogenic massive sulphide project in Colombia.


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