Cliffs adds new coal mines in W. Virginia
Cliffs Natural Resources’ (CLF-N) US$757-million acquisition of INR Energy, a private equity firm with producing metallurgical and thermal coal mines in West Virginia, is part of the company’s long-te…
Volume 96 Number 24 - Aug 2 - Aug 8, 2010
Kaminak extends Latte zone at Coffee
Results from four new step-out holes drilled on the Latte zone at Kaminak Gold’s (KAM-V) Coffee property in the Yukon returned encouraging intercepts including 2.35 grams gold per tonne over 51 metres…
Marathon PGM hits more gold at Leprechaun
Marathon PGM (MAR-T) shares were up more than 10% on July 21 after the company posted results from its latest round of drilling at the Leprechaun gold deposit in central Newfoundland.
Scorpio gets Mineral Ridge resource
VANCOUVER — Scorpio Gold (SGN-V) has released the first compliant resource estimate for its Mineral Ridge gold project almost a year after completing its initial due diligence on the property.
Luiri Gold ups resources at Luiri Hill
As Luiri Gold (LGL-T, LGM-A) awaits clarity on the future of the mining licence it holds on its Luiri Hill gold project in Zambia, it has converted more inferred resources into the indicat-ed category…
Energizer’s vanadium hunt at Green Giant
Energizer Resources (EGZ-V) continues to get promising results from its Green Giant vanadium project in Madagascar as market curiosity about the metal grows.
Shrewd Kinross reaps windfall
When it comes to adversity, some people just rise above it all.
AQM, Teck re-jig Zafranal deal
VANCOUVER — The long copper hits coming out of the Zafranal project in southern Peru are starting to define a sizable zone of mineralization and the success has prompted its owners AQM Copper (AQM-V)…
Sage Gold explores Nevada, Timmins
Three years ago Sage Gold (SGX-V) had a market capitalization of about $40 million. Today the figure stands at about $6 million but the junior’s president and chief executive Nigel Lees believes that’…
Kinross Gold sells Diavik stake
Diamonds have been kind to Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N).
Aurizon Mines gets busy in July
July has been a busy month at Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-N). On July 5, the Vancouver-based gold producer unveiled that it had significantly updated its resource for the Hosco gold deposit on its Joann…
Molycorp to raise $240M in IPO for REE mine
Molycorp, owner of the Mountain Pass rare earth element (REE) mine in California, is going ahead with an initial public offering (IPO) topping US$420 million so it can ramp up North America’s only cur…