Sabina off to busy 2011 in Nunavut
Vancouver – Sabina Gold and Silver (SBB-T) has released an updated resource for its Back River gold project in Nunavut just as it embarks on an extensive drill program in the area.
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Exploration in Brazil’s Tapajos district heats up again (March 09, 2011)
Vancouver – In the wake of Eldorado Gold’s (eld- t, ego-n) mid-2010 takeover of Brazauro Resources and its 2.1-million-oz. Tocantinzinho gold project, several Canadian juniors have ramped up their exploration efforts nearby in the hopes of…
Great Panther leaps on new resource, silver price (March 08, 2011)
Vancouver – Positive exploration and development news from its two silver mines in Mexico and a 30-year-high silver price have helped Great Panther Silver (GPR-T, GPL-X) achieve an all-time share price high.
PMI drills high grades at old Ghanaian mine
Vancouver – Exploration and infill drilling at PMI Gold’s (pmv-v, pvm-a) past-producing Obotan gold project in southwestern Ghana has turned up 20.8 metres grading 17.6 grams gold per tonne, part of a larger intersection of 80 metres grading…
Roxgold’s Burkina Faso find attracts artisanal miners (March 08, 2011)
Vancouver – Roxgold (rog-v) has intersected high-grade drill results from a new gold zone at its recently optioned Yaramoko gold project in Burkina Faso, adjoining the southern boundary of Semafo’s (smf-t) Mana gold mine.
Colombia’s gold rush in high gear
Medellin, Colombia – Colombia continues to excite mining investors and exploration geologists alike. With over 41 million oz. of gold identified so far, 2011 promises to be a landmark year for this country’s reemergence as a serious gold…
Colombia’s ‘shock of the new’ and its gold growing pains
Medellin, Colombia – The administration of former President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) opened the door to modern mining in Colombia. It was political foresightedness that is bearing fruit as various mineral projects advance to resource estimates…
PDAC: precious metals and uranium gurus weigh in with predictions for 2011
The opening technical session “Commodities and Market Outlook” of the Prospectors and Developers of Canada convention in Toronto gave a relatively upbeat outlook for precious metals and uranium prices this year, especially considering the wild…
Northern Gold drilling for Ontario’s next big gold mine
With so many gold juniors vying for investor’s attention, it can be an ever more daunting task separating out the projects that will outshine the rest.
Detour Gold determined to go it alone
Toronto-based Detour Gold (DGC-T) will resist takeover attempts as the junior focuses on increasing and developing its resources at the Detour Lake project in northern Ontario, already the largest pure gold play in North America, says president…
Colombia’s gold rush kicks into high gear
Colombia continues to excite mining investors and exploration geologists alike. With over 41 million oz. of gold identified so far, 2011 promises to be a landmark year for this country’s reemergence as a serious gold destination, as various…
Goldcorp pushes lonore ahead
When Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) acquired Éléonore in March 2006 from what is now Virginia Mines (VGG-T) in a US$425-million deal, the project had no reserve or resource estimate, just a lot of speculation on how big it was going to get…