Jinshan’s Dadiangou to be sold to Zhongjin
Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T) has agreed to sell its Dadiangou gold project in China’s remote Gansu province to Gansu Zhongjin Gold Mining Co., a subsidiary of Zhongjin Gold.
Volume 96 Number 13 - May 17 - 23, 2010
Red Back gets boost from Kinross
Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) is investing $600 million for a 9.4% stake in Red Back Mining (RBI-T). The placement should help finance the expansion of Red Back’s carbon-in-leach (CIL) plant and develop a…
Nevsun pushes towards production in Eritrea (May 17, 2010)
VANCOUVER — Nevsun Resources (NSU-T, NSU-X) is now more than halfway through building Eritrea’s first mine, on schedule to commission the gold-silver-copper-zinc operation before the year end.
Barker Minerals searches for BC diamonds (May 17, 2010)
VANCOUVER — Many thought Chuck Fipke and Stu Blusson were crazy when Canada’s diamond pioneers tried to convince the world they could find diamond-rich kimberlites in Canada’s Far North.
Oyu Tolgoi could be one of world’s biggest mines
An independent study of Oyu Tolgoi shows Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) to have one of the world’s largest copper and gold projects on its hands.
Initial resource tally for Big Daddy chromite
The Big Daddy chromite deposit in the McFaulds Lake area of northern Ontario is living up to its name as one of the largest and highest grade deposits of its type in the world.