Talon sizes up iron ore at Trairao in Brazil
Talon Metals (TLO-T) has released a slew of drill results from its extensive 2011 exploration program, showing iron content in weathered and fresh rock at its Trairao project in Brazil.
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Coro options more copper ground in Chile
Coro Mining (COP-T) has signed an option agreement with a local Chilean company to acquire El Desesperado — a 7-sq.-km property hosting porphyry copper-style mineralization 16 km southwest of Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper mine in…
Golder and Mirarco paint beautiful pictures together
There’s no doubt that new technologies have made the discovery and development of mineral deposits a rewarding but more complex business.
Geologix looks at the bigger picture at Tepal
While largely focused on advancing its Tepal gold-copper project in Western Mexico towards production, Geologix Explorations (GIX-T) has also been busy with regional exploration to improve the project’s long-term potential.
Golden Predator claws more results out of the Yukon
Golden Predator’s (GPD-T) deep portfolio of gold projects in the Yukon is looking a little more robust after its latest drill results.
Celeste looks to resurrect tin mining in Cornwall
A lot can change in a year. For Celeste Copper (C-V), a former copper-gold explorer struggling to advance optioned properties in Chile, it has meant new management, new deep-pocketed investors, a new jurisdiction and a new target: tin.
Here comes the sun for Rainy River
An updated resource estimate based on 394 new core holes from 170,000 metres of drilling in 2011 — bringing the total to 1,279 drill holes, or 578,000 metres — has lifted the spirits and shares of Rainy River Resources (RR-T, RR-V).
Avino inches closer to production
Avino is an old name in Mexican mining for a couple of reasons. Most prominently, it is the name of a legendary silver and copper vein 1.6 km long and 182 metres wide at the surface. The vein’s scale helped make it the first mine in the…
El Nino Ventures posts new resource in New Brunswick
An initial resource estimate for the Murray Brook polymetallic massive sulphide deposit in New Brunswick’s Bathurst mining camp has confirmed the property’s historical resource — but with better grades — and confirms…
Winds of change blow for Anooraq and Amplats at Bokoni
Twin tragedies bookended four months of turbulence and change at the Bokoni platinum mine in South Africa’s Limpopo province.
Lachlan finds its gold star in Chile
In December 2010 Perth-based Lachlan Star (LSA-T, LSA-A) went from exploring in Australia and Africa, straight into producing gold in the Americas after buying the CMD gold mine in Andacollo, Chile.
Implats faces violence in South Africa, threat of losing assets in Zimbabwe
Tensions remain high at the world’s largest platinum mine, as a second miner has been killed and strike action continues for a fifth week.