Odyssey tallies Altintepe resource
Vancouver The inferred mineral resource for the 2G zone on the Altintepe project in northeastern Turkey has come i…
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Apollo Gold revitalizes mature mines
Winnemucca, Nev. — The inaugural year of Apollo Gold (APG-T) proved to be auspicious. In 2002, the Denver-based company produced 154,860 oz. gold, doubled its reserve base and picked up the promising…
El Peon powers Meridian’s growth
Created as the successor to FMC Gold in 1996, Meridian Gold (MNG-T) took a Chilean asset called El Peon, which no one else wanted, and used it to reposition itself in the lower quartile of low-cost p…
China lures junior mineral explorers
Vancouver — In its bid to transform itself into a market-oriented economy, China has become the world’s largest recipient of foreign direct investment, and good chunk of it is earmarked for mineral e…
Nevada entrepreneurs
After 44 years and 11 months with the United States Geological Survey, I finally retired in 1981. I was only 70 years old and was certainly not ready to hang it all up. I wanted, and needed, to be pro…
PEOPLE (March 10, 2003)
Arch Coal — Bennett Hatfield appointed president eastern operations.Diadem Resources — Paul Carroll appointed president and CEO; Thomas Skimming appointed vice-chairman; former CEO, Peter Howe, will…
Exploration heats up again in Mali
Gold prices are back up and explorers are back to work, and it need be no surprise that southwestern Mali, with three gold producers pouring plenty of low-cost ounces, has returned to favour among jun…
Juniors scour BC’s Toodoggone region
Vancouver — With the Kemess South open-pit copper-gold mine serving as a model, Northgate Explorations (NGT-V) and a host of other juniors are exploring the Toodoggone region of north-central British…
Anooraq busy on the Bushveld
Mokopane, South Africa — Hunter-Dickinson-led Anooraq Resources (ARQ-V) has tabled an inferred resource totalling some 4.2 million oz. platinum and palladium (PGMs) plus gold for the Drenthe farm on …
Metallic chases Nevada high grade
Determined to achieve mid-tier producer status in a few years, Reno-based Metallic Ventures (MVG-T) is exploring three advanced-stage gold projects in Nevada.Chief among these is the historic Esmerald…
Goldcorp, Placer Dome spark Red Lake revival
Vancouver — The Red Lake area of northwestern Ontario has had its share of gold exploration booms over the past 75 years. Today, thanks to the discovery of additional reserves along the 24-million-oz…
Healthy prices, discoveries spur nickel exploration
After losing ground to their trendy laterite cousins a few years ago, nickel sulphide deposits — hosts of the giant Sudbury, Voisey’s Bay and Norilsk orebodies — are back in fashion.Nickel sulphide …