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A man studies drill core at Aureus Mining's New Liberty project in Liberia. Source: Aureus Mining

Aureus takes a fresh look at New Liberty

Aureus Mining (AUE-T, AUE-L) has updated a definitive feasibility study for its fully permitted New Liberty gold project in northwestern Liberia, confirming promising economics for what could become the country’s first commercial…


An engineer poses on a suspension bridge at the San Dimas mine. Source: Primero Mining

Primero extends veins at San Dimas

While challenging market conditions have forced many companies to trim exploration programs this year, Primero Mining Corp. (P-T, PPP-N), which held US$141.2 million in cash as of Mar. 31, plans to spend $15 million on diamond…


Fortune favours a bold Fortuna Silver

Earlier this year Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T, FSM-N) bought a 55% stake in the Taviche Oeste concession surrounding its San Jose silver mine in Oaxaca, Mexico, from Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-Q) for US$4 million, with an option to pick…


New Millennium keeps growing

With another 7.6 billion tonnes of iron ore resource coming from its Howells River North and Howells Lake properties in Labrador, New Millennium Iron (NML-T) counts itself as one of the world’s largest iron ore resource holders.


Mediterranean’s Ecclestone sees money in antimony

Mediterranean Resources (MNR-T) is best known for advancing gold deposits in northeastern Turkey, but the junior also has its eye on the antimony market. This week it picked up two past-producing deposits of the metal in Spain and has plans to…


Driling at Carpathian Gold's Riacho dos Machados project in Brazil in 2010. Source: Carpathian Gold

Brazil production in sight, Carpathian says

Gold production at Carpathian Gold’s (CPN-T) Riacho dos Machados project in Brazil will start at the end of the third quarter of this year, making the Toronto-based junior the South American nation’s newest producer of the metal.


Workers dig a trench at Focus Ventures and Stonegate Agricom's Mantaro phosphate project in Peru. Source: Focus Ventures

Focus Ventures adds phosphate project

Peru may be best known for its rich endowment of gold and silver deposits, but the South American nation could also become a player in producing phosphates, Focus Ventures (FCV-V) believes.


Ball mills at Scorpio Mining's Nuestra Senora polymetallic mine in Mexico. Source: Scorpio Mining

PEA outlines Scorpio’s mine-expansion plans

VANCOUVER — Scorpio Mining (SPM-T) has faced more than a few challenges over the last year, starting with the need to downsize the resource at its Nuestra Senora deposit when mining revealed more geologic variations than expected. Soon…


An ore storage dome at the Detour Lake mine in Ontario. Source: Detour Gold

Detour turns to equity markets as share price falls 65%

VANCOUVER — The soup has gotten a lot thinner for many companies in recent months, with falling metal prices and skittish investors driving equity valuations down across the board. And that reality set in for newly minted Canadian…


The high-grade copper oxide zone at NGEx Resources' Filo del Sol project on the Chile-Argentina border. Sources: NGEx Resources

NGEx wraps up campaign with high-grade hit

VANCOUVER — Copper explorer NGEx Resources (NGQ-T) capped off a busy drill season in April, with the Vancouver-based company completing 44,000 metres over a promising property package that straddles the Chile-Argentina border, southeast…


Euromax's Trun gold project in Bulgaria. Source: Euromax Resources

Euromax forges ahead in southeastern Europe

VANCOUVER — It has been a busy year so far for Vancouver-based explorer Euromax Resources (EOX-V) and its diverse portfolio of base and precious metal projects across emerging jurisdictions in southeastern Europe. Euromax has locked down…


Capstone Mining's   Santo Domingo iron oxide-copper-gold project in Chile. Source: Capstone Mining

Santo Domingo feasibility expected in less than a year

When Capstone Mining’s (CS-T) Santo Domingo iron oxide-copper-gold project in Chile eventually enters commercial production in 2017 or 2018 — at an estimated capital cost of between US$1.5 billion and US$1.8 billion — the…


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