Richfield releases more Blackwater results
Vancouver – Another round of drill results from the Blackwater gold project means more long gold hits for Richfield Ventures (RVC-V).
Gold
The Technical Analysis Report — Hey gold where’s the glory?
After a torrid run, the yellow metal has cooled off with the coming of the New Year. The Technical Analysis Report felt it would be a good time to dive into the charts to try and make some sense of it all, and perhaps find a few choice junior…
Shanta Gold makes headway in Tanzania (January 25, 2011)
Junior Shanta Gold (SHG-L) wants to make the leap from explorer to gold producer within two years. On Jan. 25 Shanta said it is on track to complete a detailed feasibility study by the end of June on its Singida gold project in central Tanzania…
Fronteer Gold outlines US$48 million exploration program
With cash and short-term deposits of roughly US$100 million, Fronteer Gold (FRG-T, FRX-X) has more than enough money to pay for the US$48 million global exploration program it has outlined for 2011.
Golden Dawn looks to revive Greenwood
Golden Dawn Minerals (gom-v) wants to breathe mining life back into Greenwood, B.C., for the third time. The small town of some 600 souls in south-central B.C. saw its fortunes swell at the turn of the last century and again in the 1950s, both…
Governments must reform Canada’s EA process
There is a modern “gold” rush underway in British Columbia, led by copper, gold and steel-making coal developments. To ensure all British Columbians share the economic benefits from mineral exploration and mining, a dedicated government effort…
Fredonia looks good to Eaglecrest
Eaglecrest Explorations (eel-v) turned in some interesting results from a first-pass sampling program at its Fredonia gold project in Colombia. The highlight assay returned 8.25 grams gold per tonne and 47.5 grams silver per tonne and came from…
Rainy River secures $75M financing
On the back of its flagship 5-million-oz. Rainy River gold project in northwestern Ontario, Rainy River Resources (rr-v) has closed a $75-million bought-deal financing just as gold is starting to lose a little of its lustre.The private…
Avion grows in West Africa
Avion Gold (avr-t, avgcf-o) continues to bulk up on West African gold assets as it has closed a deal to acquire the Kofi property in Mali from Axmin (axm-v). In total Avion will pay Axmin $500,000 in cash and issue 4.5 million of its shares for…
Western Copper plans to get more out of Casino
Western Copper (wrn-t) says its Casino gold-copper project in the Yukon can process more ore than previously believed. The company has been in the midst of updating its prefeasibility study from 2008 ever since it released a significantly…
Slam cashes up to fund NB exploration
Slam Exploration (sxl-v) has topped up its treasury with private placement financings as it prepares to resume exploration drilling early in the New Year on the Reserve Creek gold project in northern Ontario and the Silverjack base-metal…
Carolina gold belt lures Revolution Resources
With historic gold production dating back to the early 1800s, coupled by the success Romarco Minerals (r-t) has enjoyed expanding the Haile gold project to 4.2 million contained gold oz., Revolution Resources (rv-t) is focusing its attention on…