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Volume 97 Number 44 Dec 19 - 25, 2011
Exploration and discovery: Anglo’s perspective
There are only three ways a mining company can provide growth, contended Graham Brown, head of geosciences and exploration for Anglo American (AAL-L), during a presentation at the recent Mines and Money conference in London: You can discover,…
Commentary: Hide from resource nationalism at your peril
Brian Menell, heir to the South Africa-based Anglovaal mining fortune and a speaker of the Mines and Money conference here in December, states the obvious when he says increased government intervention in the mining industry is not generally…
Editorial: Gold megaprojects lurch forward
Mid-December was filled with substantial news about some of the world’s largest gold deposits.
NovaGold, Barrick table feasibility on Donlin
A second feasibility study on the Donlin gold project in southwestern Alaska puts capital costs at US$6.7 billion – down from US$7 billion – and includes US$834 million for building a 500-km natural gas pipeline and US$984 million in…
Barkerville taps into Bonanza Ledge gold in BC
Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM-V) has cleared another hurdle in its quest for a modern take on the gold rush that filled the hills around Barkerville 150 years ago.
How to make it as a gold miner in Africa
If you ask Mark Bristow what it takes to build a successful gold mining company in Africa, he’ll start by telling you what it doesn’t take.
Rye Patch pounces on Coeur d’Alene’s lapsed claims
Rye Patch Gold (RPM-V) shares surged 84% to 71¢ on Dec. 5 on news the junior scooped up lapsed mining claims from Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) in Nevada’s Rochester mining district.