It is not often that tourists will visit a park, pick up a shovel and pay a small fee for the privilege of digging all day. But that is exactly what happens at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Ark…
Toronto-listed Athabaska Gold Resources (TSE) can acquire the assets of the Ladner Creek gold mine near Hope, B.C. The assets include a 1,500-ton-per-day gold processing mill and a tailings pond. Unde…
SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt told a congressional panel that the SEC will make the examinations over the next 6-8 months, Knight-Ridder reports. SEC will visit “scores” of securities branch offices duri…
Almost half of Venezuela is underlain by a mineral-rich, unglaciated, Precambrian-aged craton known as the Guiana Shield. This geological entity is analogous to the Canadian Shield and, until recently…
Several years ago, Venezuela’s Kilometre 88 district was the place to be for junior companies hoping to discover a premier gold deposit. To date, however, new finds of the size and importance of Place…
The feverish quest to find a diamond mine in Canada has spread from the Northwest Territories to cover much of the country, including northern Ontario. The diamond rush began in the Territories, north…
For many Americans, Latin America is still an economic backwater plagued by widespread poverty, runaway inflation and huge public debt. Yet to a large extent this image is out of step with reality. Am…
Vancouver-based Crystallex International (VSE) reported the commencement this month of gold production at its Albino open-pit mine in Venezuela. Albino is Crystallex’s first producing property. Output…
Continued support for the uranium industry depends on the public’s belief that the sector is committed to strict environmental protection standards, Saskatchewan’s environment minister said recently i…
Despite the recent disappointing results from Vengold’s (TSE) Oro Uno property in eastern Venezuela, Placer Dome (TSE) remains confident about the region and quietly continues work on its Las Cristina…
Montreal-based Cambior (TSE) has been the driving force behind getting the Omai gold mine in Guyana on stream. Omai, owned 65% by Cambior, 30% by Denver-based Golden Star Resources (TSE) and 5% by the…
Toronto-based Minera Rayrock (TSE) is the latest Canadian company to produce copper in Chile. The Ivan mine, 40 km northeast of Antofagasta, is operating at about 50% capacity and is expected to reach…
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