CanAlaska options reserve lands in Athabasca Basin
Vancouver – CanAlaska Uranium (CVV-V, CVVLF-O) has optioned a 385-sq. km land package, located on the northern rim …
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Editorial: Mining and CSR, part I
Major mining companies and most juniors have adopted progressive environmental and social policies designed to help…
Rusoro plans to take out Mena
Venezuelan explorers Rusoro Mining (RML-V) and Mena Resources (MEA-V) have announced a friendly takeover by Rusoro …
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Expansions for Gold Fields’ Tarkwa mine
Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L, GOGOF-J) has decided to nearly triple the throughput capacity of its carbon-in-leach pla…
Mining sector eyes leftist tilt in Ecuador
Vancouver Mining companies with operations in Ecuador say they remain cautiously optimistic after leftist economi…
Guarded optimism in the Philippines
There’s nowhere to go but up when it comes to mining production in the Philippines. In 1980, the mining sector …
Woodlawn pre-feasibility underway
Metallurgical testing and engineering and design work for the Woodlawn base metal project in New South Wales, Austr…
Gryphon Gold dealt major blow
Vancouver – Reserve and resource miscalculations in a recently completed feasibility study for Gryphon Gold’s (GGN-…
Aquila targets Upper Peninsula
Menominee Cty., Mich. — In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan it’s not hard to imagine you are in northern Ontario. The scenery is much like the north shore of the big lakes, and the little details fit,…
Silvercorp flouts convention at Ying
Henan Province, China — The Ying silver-lead-zinc mine in central China is already generating enough cash flow to pay for exploration to upgrade known resources, outline more resources at depth and f…
‘Conflict diamonds’ getting through loopholes
Commentary — The following was presented by De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer earlier this year at the World Diamond Congress in Tel Aviv, Israel. De Beers, of course, is a…