Atna Primed To Pour Gold Again At Briggs
VANCOUVER — It sat idle for five years but now Atna Resources (ATN-T, ATNAF-O) is firing up the Briggs gold mine in Inyo Cty., Calif., and expects to produce its first gold dor soon.
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Terrane Bites The Bullet And Delays Mt. Milligan
SITE VISIT SMITHERS, B. C. — As Robert Pease, the president and CEO of Terrane Metals (TRX-V, TRXOF-O), would later describe it, the timing of the site visit to the…
GlobeStar Undaunted By Copper’s Descent
SITE VISIT MAIMON, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — A siren wails as GlobeStar Mining (GMI-T) chairman Larry Ciccarelli addresses a crowd of more than 200 people at the Cerro de Maimon open-pit…
Kootenay Steps Out At Promontorio
VANCOUVER — Over the past two years, Kootenay Gold (KTN-V, KOOYF-O) has conducted a tightly focused drill program at the Pit zone on its 900-sq.-km Promontorio property in Sonora state, Mexico.
Barrick Buys Out Teck At Hemlo
In yet another asset sale to deal with its short-term debt crisis, Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-N) is unloading its half stake in the Hemlo gold assets in northwestern Ontario on its joint-venture partner, Bar…
Centamin Set To Bring Gold Mining Back To Egypt
After a long hiatus, Egypt is on the cusp of getting a new major gold mine.
Pace Pays Off With Rapid Resource For Oroco
VANCOUVER — It took only $1.25 million and five months of drilling for Oroco Resource (OCO-V) to define a promising resource at its Cerro Prieto project in Sonora state, Mexico, and there is every in…
Yamana Makes Headway In Mexico, Brazil
It was just four months ago that Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) was trading in Toronto at the very bottom of its 52-week price range of $4.29-19.79 per share.
Geologix’s Loss Is Silver Standard’s Gain
Unable to get its hands on the money it needed to make a final payment on the San Agustin poly-metallic deposit, Geologix Explorations (GIX-T, GXEXF-O) must walk away from a project it has spent most …
Uruguay’s Only Miner Searches Out More Gold
Uruguay’s relative obscurity as far as mining countries go has generally worked for Uruguay Mineral Exploration (UME-V, UGY-L).
Apollo Pays Hefty Price For Black Fox Funds
Apollo Gold (APG-T, AGT-X) now has the money it needs to push ahead with the construction of its Black Fox gold mine near Timmins, Ont., but at what cost?
Meliadine Gets Scoping Study Go-Ahead
VANCOUVER — After 20 years of work in Canada’s North, Comaplex Minerals (CMF-T, CXMLF-O) has a positive scoping study in hand for a combined open-pit/underground operation at its Meliadine gold proje…