A production shortfall at the Refugio mine in northern Chile caused 50%-owner Bema Gold (BGO-T) to bleed more red ink in the second quarter.The Vancouver-based company tabled a loss of US$2.5 million …
The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has taken advantage of the armed conflict in the eastern regions of the country to expropriate Banro Resource’s (BNRS-C) Sakima gold projec…
As part of a $49-million plan to reactivate the St. Lawrence fluorspar mine on the Burin Peninsula of southeastern Newfoundland, the provincial government has pledged to build a $10-million deep-water…
Two holes at the Shotgun property in southwestern Alaska have returned long mineralized intersections for Novagold Resources (NRI-T).The holes were drilled vertically into a large rhyolite porphyry bo…
Drill results from the Wolf property in southeastern Yukon have returned significant widths of banded zinc, lead and silver massive sulphides.Atna Resources (ATN-T) is earning a 65% interest in the pr…
A short course on blast design and assessment will be held Oct. 1-2 at the Hilton Hotel in Reno, Nev.Sponsored by consulting firm Golder Associates, the course will provide an overview of basic blasti…
An environment assessment panel has announced that public hearings will be held to review the proposed development of a mine and mill at the Voisey’s Bay base metal deposit in Labrador.The hearings, w…
The author is vice-president of economic affairs at the Mining Association of Canada. He has written this article at the request of Mining Works for Canada, an organization designed to increase awaren…
Michael Westcott, mining analyst for Goepel McDermid Securities, believes the Bulyanhulu gold deposit in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria Goldfields region will transform Sutton Resources (STT-T) into a low-c…
Based on an ongoing review of assets, Gold Fields is debating whether or not to hold on to its 40% equity interest in Eldorado Gold (ELD-T).At presstime, Eldorado’s shares were trading at about 45 cen…
Back in the early 1960s, I was working as a sample man at the Copper Rand mine in Quebec’s Chibougamau mining camp. The sample man’s job involved shift work, and on this particular day I was working d…
Junior Laramide Resources (LAM-T) will use proceeds of $375,000 from a private placement to explore the Bilbao project in Mexico’s Zacatecas state.The company says mapping and gravity surveying have e…
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