Sunridge posts strong assay results in Eritrea
Sunridge Gold (SGC-T) has released assays from the first four of 35 holes drilled to define the Debarwa copper-gold-zinc VMS (volcanogenic massive sulphide) deposit at its Asmara project in Eritrea.
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Canaco Resources explores Ethiopia (January 19, 2011)
Canaco Resources (CAN-V) may be best known for its Magambazi gold discovery in the Handeni district of eastern Tanzania, where in late December drill results yielded intercepts of 53.2 metres of 9.51 grams gold per tonne and 17.4 metres of 6.1…
Nautilus secures deep-sea mining lease (January 18, 2011)
Vancouver – A pioneering deep-sea mining operation is a big step closer to reality after Papua New Guinea granted a mining lease to Nautilus Minerals (NUS-T) for its Solwara 1 project in the Bismarck Sea.
Newstrike strikes long gold hit in Mexico
Vancouver – The first set of drill results from Newstrike Captial’s (NES-V) exploration and twinning program on its Ana Paula project in southern Mexico returned several significant gold intercepts including a long stand-out.
Wood Mackenzie estimates damage of Australian floods (January 18, 2011)
In a brief analysis of the disruption of coal exports from Queensland, Wood Mackenzie estimates that more than half of Australia’s coal exports are likely to be affected and the impact will be felt strongly in the global coal markets.
Is there smoke at Pickle Crow…
Kevin Keough likes to say that the “universe is unfolding as it should” at PC Gold’s (PKL-T) Pickle Crow property in northwestern Ontario.
Huge synergies with Cliffs’ bid for Consolidated Thompson
If Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) is successful in its bid for Consolidated Thompson (CLM-T) and its Bloom Lake mine on the south end of the Labrador Trough in Eastern Canada, it will in one easy stroke acquire a world-class ore body…
Canarc snags Relief Canyon
An 18-month search by Canarc Resource (ccm-t) for new acquisitions has culminated with the successful bid to buy a mostly built and permitted, open-pit, heap-leach gold mine in Nevada through a bankruptcy court auction.Canarc has agreed to buy…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE January 4-7
The shortened first week of trading in the New Year saw the S&P-TSX Venture composite index drop 62.46 points between Jan. 4 and 7 to end at 2,225.39. Volumes were back to a brisk pace, averaging 164 million shares traded daily. Despite the…
GC4C to raise funds for students at Roundup
Global Change for Children (GC4C) will kick off its 2011 fundraising campaign at Mineral Exploration Roundup, to be held Jan. 24-27 in Vancouver.In keeping with the conference theme, “Exploring Today for Tomorrow’s Resources,” the registered…
Seafield posts more results from Colombia
Five days after shares of Seafield Resources (sff-v) soared 147% to 57¢ on drill results of 449 metres grading 1.29 grams gold per tonne at its Miraflores gold deposit in Risaralda, Colombia, the junior has moved its drills 3 km to the…
Gold hits lift Rainy River, Northern Superior
Joint-venture partners Rainy River Resources (rr-v) and Northern Superior Resources (sup-v) have pulled a significant discovery hole from Target 3 at the TPK gold project in northern Ontario. Hole 4 hit 13.5 metres grading 25.87 grams…