Long Canyon drilling delivers for Fronteer and AuEx
Vancouver — Joint-venture partners Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-x) and AuEx Ventures (XAU-T, AUXVF-o) are hitting long gold intercepts at the Long Canyon project in Elko Cty., Nev.
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Roundup: The New Era of Exploration
Last year, Mineral Exploration Roundup proudly celebrated its 25th silver anniversary, and commemorated a vast assortment of achievements. Now, as 2009 approaches, Roundup, the world’s premier technic…
CSR 101 — A GUIDE TO DEVELOPING DETERMINISTIC STRATEGIES FOR TRANSPARENCY IN MINERAL EXPLORATION
The proliferation of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) represents one of the most significant trends in business management and governance over the past few decades. It has gained s…
Prospectors’ Tent (November 10, 2008)
Located in the Core Tent, the Prospectors’ Tent provides an opportunity for BC and Yukon based prospectors to present their diverse mineral properties to the delegates attending Mineral Exploration Ro…
Map Tent (November 10, 2008)
The Mineral Exploration Roundup is pleased to be running the Map Tent for the third year, making it, along with Core Shack, an ongoing and integral part of the technical foundation of Roundup. Map Ten…
COMMODITY REVIEW: NEW DEMANDS, OLD PRODUCTS
Investor enthusiasm for commodities has continued over the past year, driven by strong prices and increased M&A activity. Debate still abounds about where we are in the commodity cycle. Is there a…
Carmen JV returns more gold and copper
Vancouver — The final 10 holes from this year’s drilling campaign at the Carmen target on the Inca de Oro Sur property, a joint venture between Anaconda Mining (ANX-T, ANXGF-o) and Minera Penoles de …
Rye Patch cuts more Nevada gold
Rye Patch Gold (RPM-V, RPMGF-o) has intersected gold mineralization in drilling on two of its Nevada projects, Wilco and Jessup.
CANADIAN EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS
The commodity boom continued into 2008 where record high prices were achieved in a number of mineral commodities including iron ore, potash, copper, gold, and metallurgical and thermal coal. Canada co…
BRITISH COLUMBIA EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS
British Columbia has seen a significant increase in exploration spending over the last few years with over $415 million spent on exploration in 2007 (up from a mere $25 million in 1999). BC’s share of…
INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION SUCCESSES
The increased flow of venture capital into the mineral sector and burgeoning balance sheets for producers of all mineral commodities and metals have provided an unprecedented level of funding for expl…
International Tower Hill doubles Livengood resource (November 10, 2008)
Vancouver — The Money Knob deposit is starting to live up to its name for International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-x).