Eldorado pours first gold at Kisladag
Vancouver — Eldorado Gold’s (ELD-T, EGO-X) Kisladag mine in western Turkey is now producing, having recently poured its first gold following placement of 1.4 million tonnes of ore on the leach pads e…
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Osisko extends Canadian Malartic mineralization (May 29, 2006)
Abitibi explorer Osisko Exploration (OSK-V, OSXLF-O) has finished off another phase of drilling at the Canadian Malartic gold project south of Malartic, Que., with indications of more mineralization t…
Mongolian President fails to veto new tax
Vancouver – Mongolia’s President Nambaryn Enkhbayar has opted for the populist course of strong nationalism and dec…
Linear cuts new gold at Ixhuatan
An initial pair of holes collared some 450 metres southwest of the Campamento gold deposit on the Ixhuatan project,…
Red Lake, Campbell see layoffs (May 26, 2006)
Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) has started staff reductions at the Red Lake and Campbell mines in Balmertown, Ont., beginning…
Nautilus samples deep-sea deposits (May 25, 2006)
Vancouver – Ocean-floor explorer Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has returned high-grade copper-gold values from…
Miramar drill results from Hope Bay
Miramar Mining (MAE-T, MNG-X) issued its first results from the 2006 exploration program at its Hope Bay Project in…
New Gold hits deeper mineralization at Afton (May 25, 2006)
Vancouver – Underground drilling by New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) on its New Afton copper-gold deposit, just west of Kaml…
Cornerstone-Coastport cut high-grade massive sulphides at La Plata
Vancouver – This year’s initial step-out drill hole by joint venture partners Cornerstone Capital Resources (CGP-V,…
Lake Shore to head underground at Timmins West, Vogel
As part of its pre-feasibility study on the Timmins West gold project, Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T) plans to do undergro…
Aurizon appoints committee to review Northgate bid
Vancouver – Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) has appointed a special committee of directors to review and evaluate an …
Editorial: Mongolian government betrays Western miners
Mid-May saw the executives of the West’s mining and mineral exploration companies mentally move Mongolia from the “…