DIVIDENDS (February 07, 2011)
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Volume 96 Number 51 Feb 7 - 13, 2011
Paramount expands San Francisco
The final assays results from the remaining 28 holes completed during the 2010 drill program on Paramount Gold and Silver’s (PZG-T, PZG-X) San Miguel project in Mexico continue to confirm the potential for near-surface, bulk-tonnage…
Newstrike cuts long gold hit in Mexico
Vancouver – The first set of drill results from Newstrike Capital’s (NES-V) exploration and twinning program on its Ana Paula gold project in southern Mexico returned several significant gold intercepts including a long stand-out.
Nautilus secures deep-sea mining lease (February 07, 2011)
A pioneering deep-sea mining operation is a big step closer to reality after the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government granted a mining lease to Nautilus Minerals (NUS-T, NUS-L) for its Solwara 1 copper-gold project in the Bismarck Sea.
Aldridge likes what it sees at PNG discovery
When Aldridge Minerals (AGM-V) acquired a 450-sq.-km licence in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in February 2009, it fielded three requests from majors to joint-venture the property even before any samples were taken.
Rockgate boosts grade, tonnage at Falea
Rockgate Capital (RGT-T) has significantly increased the size and grade of the uranium and silver resource in its Falea project in southwest Mali with a resource update.
First Quantum to expand Kansanshi
Already one of the largest copper-producing companies, First Quantum Minerals’ (FM-T, FQM-L) plan to expand production capacity in Zambia at its Kansanshi copper-gold mine by 60% to about 400,000 tonnes of copper per year by 2015 and advance…
Lucara gets $60M for diamond projects
With two diamond projects in the pipeline, Lucara Diamond (LUC-V) has announced a $60-million private placement to help move them forward.
Shanta Gold makes headway in Tanzania (February 07, 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…
Sunridge gets results
Sunridge Gold (SGC-T) has released assays from the first four of 35 holes drilled to define the Debarwa copper-gold-zinc VMS (volcanogenic massive sulphide) deposit at its Asmara project in Eritrea.
African Copperbelt: still risky after all these years
The African Copperbelt running through Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hosts some of the world’s richest copper and copper-cobalt deposits, and has attracted dozens of junior companies over the years. But like moths to a…
Bjorkdal grows 50%
The overall resource at Gold-Ore Resources’ (GOZ-T) Bjorkdal gold mine in Sweden has grown by more than 50% from the previous estimate reported last March.