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Augusta moves closer to decision on Rosemont Copper
The preliminary draft Environment Impact Statement on Augusta Resource’s (AZC-T, AZC-X) Rosemont Copper project near Tucson, Ariz., has been delivered by the Coronado National Forest to Arizona State and local cooperating agencies, bringing it…
Fortuna Silver updates San Jose
Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T) started building its San Jose underground silver-gold mine 47 km south of the city of Oaxaca in southern Mexico in the second quarter of 2010. Now, the company says it can increase the start-up production rate from…
Temex Resources posts resource for Gowganda
Between 1910 and 1972 the Miller Lake O’Brien silver mine in northeastern Ontario turned out 42 million oz. silver. It also left behind a lot of silver in tailings piles – 2.96 million oz. to be precise.
Bralorne pours first dor bar from historic BC gold mine
Seventy-nine years after the first gold brick was poured from one of British Columbia’s richest and largest gold mines, Bralorne Gold Mines (BPM-V) has restarted operations at the Bralorne complex. The company poured the first gold-silver…
Inmet’s Balboa discovery excites the market
A high-grade intercept of 124 metres, grading 2.32% copper and 2.28 grams gold per tonne in the Balboa zone at Inmet Mining’s (IMN-T) Cobre Panama project, makes Balboa a “contender,” writes UBS Investment Research associate analyst Matt Murphy…
Riverstone drilling enriches its Karma
The latest drill results from Riverstone Resources’ (RVS-V) Karma project look to be pushing known mineralization farther south on the Gouglagou I zone and deeper on the Gouglagou II zone.
Young and old join forces to create new gold explorer
A 33-year-old entrepreneur with an undergraduate degree in cell biology and genetics isn’t the first person one expects as the chairman of a new mineral explorer focused on Brazilian gold.
Magellan races to find more Brazilian gold
It’s been years since geologists Alan Carter and Dennis Moore flew around with a claim map staking property in Brazil’s attractive Tapajos gold district, before setting up their own mining company – Magellan Minerals (MNM-V).
Brazilian Gold turns to Tapajos
Brazilian Gold (BGC-B) wants investors to get familiar with Brazil’s Tapajos region.
Luna cutting costs, boosting output at Aurizona
Working away in the relatively remote San Luis craton of northeast Brazil, Luna Gold (LGC-V) has commissioned one gold mine, advances a second project to the scoping stage and holds an extensive greenfield land package in the area.
Rio Novo Gold marches towards production
Rio Novo Gold (RN-T) hopes to become a gold producer by bringing its two advanced-stage Brazilian properties into production: The Almas gold project in the southeastern part of Tocantins State, and the Guaranta gold project in the northern part…