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A drill tests the 51-sq.-km Constancia copper-gold project, situated 600 km southeast of Lima, Peru. Norsemont Mining can earn a 70% interest in the project from mining titan Rio Tinto.

Norsemont to option Peruvian porphyry

Vancouver — Revamped Norsemont Mining (NOM-V) intends to option the Constancia porphyry-skarn project in southern Peru from major Rio Tinto (RTP-N). This large-s…


Geological map of Ontario, showing locations of the Swayze and Shining Tree greenstone belts.

Swayze, Shining Tree recapture ray of limelight

On geological maps of northeastern Ontario, the Kenogamissi batholith sits like a giant blister on the heel of the Abitibi greenstone belt, interrupting the northeast-southwest flow of the prolific be…




Placer Dome posts weak quarter

Shares in gold-mining heavyweight, Placer Dome (PDG-T), were off sharply on the Toronto Stock Exchange, as the company’s fourth quarter earnings slumped on lower production and high…


Quincy plans Elliot Lake autopsy

Quincy Gold (QGO-V) is laying plans for a drill program aimed at confirming an existing historic uranium resource on 10 recently optioned mineral claims in Buckles Twp., in the Elli…



Expo drilling suggests extensions

The last 14 holes in a drill program at the Expo-Ungava nickel deposit in far northern Quebec indicate possible extensions to the known mineralization….


First Quantum speeds up Kansanshi production

The Kansanshi copper mine in northwestern Zambia will go into production at a higher rate, under a plan unveiled by operator First Quantum Minerals (FM-T), which hopes to capitalize…


Avocet to sell Primary Metals block

Avocet Mining (AVM-L), the London-listed gold producer, has reached an agreement to sell its 49% interest in Vancouver-based Primary Metals (PMI-V)….


Mexgold cuts bonanza grades

Vancouver — New exploration drifts on the Villalpando-Poniente vein have yielded bonanza gold and silver grades from channel sampling some 100 metres from surface on Mexgold Resources


Photo by Pattie BealesMark Cullinan, great-grandson of Sir Thomas Cullinan, holds replicas of the Cullinan diamonds at the Indaba 2005 conferernce

Cullinan turns 100

In November 2003, De Beers announced that its flagship Premier mine in South Africa would be renamed the Cullinan diamond mine in celebration of the mine’s centenary. The mine once yielded the Cullina…


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