Fire at Highland’s Darasun mine; at least 11 dead
A fire at the Darasun underground gold mine in the Chita region of eastern Russia has killed at least 11 mine emplo…
Gold
Kyrgyz authorities seize Jerooy
With the development licence for the Jerooy gold deposit in Kyrgyzstan still up in the air, Kyrgyz authorities desc…
Imperial makes bid for bcMetals
Vancouver – A newly launched takeover bid for bcMetals (C-V) could catapult Imperial Metals (III-T) into a much la…
Schaft Creek drilling returns high-grade gold for Copper Fox (September 07, 2006)
Vancouver – Partial assays from Copper Fox Metals’ (CUU-V, CPFXF-O) initial 2006 drilling at its Schaft Creek proje…
Glencairn adds property near La India (September 07, 2006)
A $2.4-million purchase near its La India property in Nicaragua consolidates mineral rights on a known gold resourc…
Goldfields to deepen Driefontein, Kloof
Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L, GOGOF-J) has announced plans to expand its two largest South African gold mines in a R4….
Great Basin breaks ground at Burnstone
South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Energy has granted Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-X) a pair of new order pr…
Centerra cuts Kumtor forecast
Centerra Gold (CG-T, CAGDF-O) expects to produce up to 17% fewer ounces than originally planned from its Kumtor min…
Asia Gold shares down on results from Bulgaria
Asia Gold’s (ASG-V) drill results from its Tashlaka Hill project in southeastern Bulgaria were delivered to the mar…
Anatolia recharges treasury for pler development
Vancouver – Anatolia Minerals Development (ANO-T, ALIAF-O) has lined up a $61.5-million financing to fund developme…
Nikos funds search for gold in former Soviet Union
Vancouver – A search for multi-million-ounce gold deposits in the former Soviet Union will be funded by Nikos Expl…
Banking on Boka
Southwestern Resources (SWG-T, SWGGF-O), a junior with nine years of Chinese exploration experience under its belt, is aggressively advancing the Boka gold project in the Yunnan province of China thro…