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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).


Ursa gets in the ring with Forbes & Manhattan

Struggling junior nickel miner Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-T) has told Stan Bharti’s Forbes & Manhattan group to put up its dukes and prepare for a fight at the company’s annual general meeting of shareholders in Toronto on June 23.


Ct Lake: Ontario’s next great deposit

There is no debating that Trelawney Mining’s (TRR-V) Côté Lake deposit is big. But the question on the minds of many junior gold investors is: Just how big? 



Bralorne pours first dor bar from historic BC gold mine

Vancouver – 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…


McEwen to merge US Gold, Minera Andes

Rob McEwen, the largest shareholder of both US Gold (UXG-T, UXG-N) and Minera Andes (MAI-T), plans to combine the two companies to create what would be a dynamic, mid-tier silver producer in the Americas….


Great Quest rises on Mali’s phosphate potential

It must have been one inspiring annual shareholders meeting for Great Quest Metals (GQ-V) as the company’s shares jumped just a day after it was concluded. In Toronto on June 14 the company’s shares were up 26% or 85¢ to $4.15 on 98,400…


Banro raises funds for Congolese hospital

The Banro Foundation, a charity created by Canadian gold explorer Banro (BAA-T, BAA-N)  in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, raised $80,000 for the Panzi Hospital in the eastern part of the country.


Aurizon expands resource at Hosco

Drilling in the last three quarters of 2010 and January 2011 has boosted by 31% the in-pit measured and indicated resource at Aurizon Mines’ (ARZ-T, AZK-X) Hosco deposit, part of the gold producer’s Joanna project in northwestern Quebec.


Rio Novo Gold is a near-term producer in Brazil

Rio Novo Gold (RN-T) hopes to become a near-term 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…


Osisko Mining president CEO Sean Roosen (centre) hoists the company's first gold bar, with members of the executive team at the company's general meeting in May. Photo by Osisko Mining

Osisko’s Malartic tale of guts and glory (June 13, 2011)

When pressed about some of the many challenges he faced developing the Malartic gold deposit in Quebec into a commercial mine during one of the toughest economic times this century, Sean Roosen admits sleep deprivation was one of them.


International Lithium president Mike Sieb at the Mariana lithium project in Argentina.

New lithium junior gets ready to explore (June 13, 2011)

Newly listed International Lithium (ILC-V) spent two years cherry-picking projects, securing a strategic partner and fulfilling requirements for a plan of arrangement. Now, the company is ready to get the drills turning on its lithium and rare…


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