McLean’s Transition to gold
When Scott McLean packed up and left Xstrata (XTA-L) after a long and fruitful career with Falconbridge, he knew exactly what he wanted to do with his time: find another world-class mine.
Gold
Luxor turns Crocodile hunter
Luxor Capital Group, a New York-based investment company, has launched a partial bid for Crocodile Gold (CRK-T), which operates gold mines in Australia.
Welsh gold: The ‘rarest gold in the world’
If you’re ever looking for expensive gold jewellery – not just any old gold jewellery, mind you, but with gold of such fine quality and such rarity as befits a royal family – you might want to consider having it made of Welsh gold.
Gold-Ore and Astur Gold to merge
Vancouver-based juniors Gold-Ore Resources (GOZ-T) and Astur Gold (AST-V) are joining forces to form a single, European-focused company with a producing gold mine and another gold project with upside.
Avion triples Hounde resource to 1.6M oz. gold
In less than two years, Avion Gold (AVR-T) has turned a group of early stage mineral concessions in Burkina Faso into a 1.6-million-oz. gold project, with management convinced of its potential for growth.
Yukon-Nevada adds ounces at Jerritt
Vancouver – Yukon-Nevada Gold (YNG-T) has added roughly 429,000 oz. gold to the resource at its Jerritt Canyon project in Nevada with a resource update.
Smash Minerals and Prosperity Goldfields to merge
When Adrian Fleming, co-founder of the wildly successful Underworld Resources, listened to a presentation at his Vancouver office in November last year from Prosperity Goldfields’ (PPG-V) chief geologist Quinton Hennigh about a prospect in…
Brixton cuts mega-intercept in BC
Vancouver – Brixton Metals (BBB-V) has pulled a whopper of an intercept from the Thorn project in northwest British Columbia, hitting 95 metres grading 904 grams per tonne silver equivalent from near surface.
Prophecy Platinum starts winter drill program at Wellgreen
Burwash Landing, Yukon – Fifteen km off the paved Alaska Highway in southwestern Yukon, the Wellgreen nickel-copper-PGM project sits largely as it has since 1973, when Hudson-Yukon Mining abandoned underground mining there after one year of…
Independence Gold advances 19 properties in B.C., Yukon
With $15 million in the till, newly listed Independence Gold (IGO-V) is looking to recreate past success in British Columbia and the Yukon searching for gold and silver. The company was spun out of Randy Turner’s former Silver Quest Resources…
Brigus grows Black Fox
Brigus Gold (BRD-T, BRD-X) has added to its gold resource at the Black Fox complex in Timmins, Ont., and reported an initial resource estimate exceeding half a million oz. gold for its 147 and Contact zones.
Another Revolution for Mexico
Revolution Resources (RV-T) is set to make its mark in Mexico after the company closed a deal with Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T) to earn a 100% stake in four properties in prime gold-producing ground.