Montreal-based Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-T) has discovered a platinum-palladium-copper-nickel showing at its wholly owned Folson Lake property in Gerow Twp., 80 km west of Sudbury, Ont.The 320-ha…
In the mid 1980s, the man who later undertook the great geological detective work that put Canada on the world diamond map, was in the deep south of New Zealand, in conditions as cold as, but a lot we…
Clifford Frame’s Minroc Mines (MN-T) is acquiring a half-interest in the Kanyemba uranium-vanadium project in Zimbabwe from Toronto-based junior Cline Mining (CMK-V).Minroc will pay Cline 1.5 million …
A unit of London-based Billiton has signed joint-venture agreements with several Canadian juniors collectively holding 343 sq. km of prospective ground in the Buchans area of central Newfoundland.The …
While Nevada’s Carlin trend remains the cornerstone of Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) gold mining empire, Latin America appears to be prodiving the company with a steady stream of exploration and development …
Plummeting production at its Philippine operations has resulted in the third straight quarterly loss for Philex Gold (PGI-T).For the 3-month period ended June 30, the Toronto-based company posted a ne…
Idaho-based Hecla Mining (HL-N) has commenced drilling on two properties, in Mexico and Peru, while beginning exploration on a third, in Chile.Drills are turning at the Noche Buena property in the nor…
With $38 million in the till and an $8-million exploration budget, Francisco Gold (FGX-V) has decided to focus its efforts on the El Sauzal gold deposit in northern Mexico.The deposit forms part of th…
Although the Omai gold mine in Guyana is up and running, the comparable Gross Rosebel project in neighboring Surinam sits idle — a situation that can only be explained by bad timing.”We missed a wind…
In tough times for copper, big operations have to find refuge in low production costs. This is especially true of large porphyry copper projects, where low grades mean that big savings per tonne of or…
An amalgamation with Triton Mining, executed earlier this year, has provided Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T) with a gold mining operation in Nicaragua and various exploration projects in Latin America, incl…
Two Vancouver-based juniors, Golden Peaks Resources (GL-V) and Primo Resources (PRI-V), have teamed with Mitsubishi of Japan to explore for gold and silver in northwestern Argentina.The joint venture …
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