Armada finances Siberian project
Junior Armada Gold (AAU-T) has closed a $1.4-million private placement with Levesque Beaubien Geoffrion aimed at financing exploration work in Siberia and Mongolia.The financing consists of 6.6 millio…
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Minorca teams with Tan Range — Work program under way at Itetemia
Juniors Minorca Resources (MAR-T) and Tan Range Exploration (TNX-A) will shortly sign a formal agreement to jointly explore the latter’s Itetemia gold property in the Lake Victoria Goldfields region o…
LATIN AMERICA — Sur American drills ground in Colombia
A sampling program by Sur American Gold (SUR-V) has resulted in a gold-silver discovery within siliceous sinters at the company’s 100%-owned Gavia project in western Colombia. The sinters occur as bou…
LATIN AMERICA — Eloro warms to gold potential of Guatemala
An increasingly stable political climate and positive changes to mining and tax legislation are making Guatemala a more attractive destination for Canadian junior explorers.The country’s 36-year civil…
LATIN AMERICA — Diagem seeking more Brazilian diamonds
To illustrate that all that glitters is not gold, Diagem International Resource (DGM-V) recently invited the The Northern Miner to view an 80-carat diamond being polished in Vancouver, B.C.The diamond…
LATIN AMERICA — Rondal Gold options group of Mexican gold claims
Vancouver-based Rondal Gold (RGD-A) has acquired, in central Mexico, a 49% stake in a group of claims prospective for gold-silver-copper mineralization.The company, formerly known as Prior Resources a…
LATIN AMERICA — Orvana pushes ahead at Don Mario property
Now that feasibility work is under way at its Don Mario gold-copper deposit, Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) has launched an aggressive exploration program aimed at expanding reserves and testing new targets …
LATIN AMERICA — Early work on Sonora project returns interesting values for Miranda
In early January, Vancouver-based Miranda Industries (MAD-V) announced it had acquired a 20-sq.-km land package in the northern Mexican state of Sonora through staking.The claim block covers an area w…
LATIN AMERICA — Junior company chases missing chunk of Chuqui
Rockwell Ventures (RCW-V) is marketing a unique product to mining investors: a chance to search for the missing piece of the largest copper deposit in the world.The Denver-based company, which only re…
LATIN AMERICA — More ounces from Eldorado mines
The La Trinidad mine in Sinaloa state, Mexico, has proved to be a good buy for Eldorado Gold (ELD-T), which credits its purchase of full ownership with an 83% increase in gold production in 1997.Produ…
LATIN AMERICA — High American Gold narrows focus in Argentina
After spending the last half-year separating the wheat from the chaff among its Argentine property holdings, High American Gold (HIAM-C) is focusing its attention on two promising gold-silver prospect…
LATIN AMERICA — Countdown begins at Collahuasi
When full production begins in October, the Collahuasi open-pit project in northern Chile will become the world’s fourth largest producer of copper, yielding 350,000 tonnes of copper concentrate and 5…