Volume 98 Number 1 Feb 20 - 26, 2012

Lynas' rare earth elements processing plant in Pahang State, Malaysia. Photo by Lynas

Malaysia gives Lynas temporary REE plant licence

Shares of Lynas (LYC-A) closed 19% higher at A$1.59 on the Australian Stock Exchange following news that, after a year of delay, the Malaysian government  has approved a temporary operating licence for the rare earth separation plant the…


JV partners Regulus and Pachamama to merge

Already equal partners in the headline-grabbing Rio Grande copper-gold project in Argentina, Regulus Resources (REG-V) and Pachamama Resources (PMA-V) are making the arrangement formal and merging into one company.


A showing of fuchsite and carbonate-altered mafic to ultramafic volcanic rocks, recrystallized cherty iron formation and quartz veins at Benton Resources' Sewell gold project near Timmins, Ontario. Photo by Benton Resources

Gold sniffs for Benton at Sewell-West project

Last December Benton Resources (BTC-V) launched a 1,500-metre drill program at its Sewell-West Timmins grassroots gold project in northern Ontario, 60 km west of Timmins and 40 km west of Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T) Timmins gold mine.


Positive prefeasibility for Silvercorp

AMC Mining Consultants has given the thumbs-up to Silvercorp Metals’ (SVM-T, SVM-N) Gaocheng silver-lead-zinc project in southern China in a prefeasibility study that outlines a $73.7 million net present value at an 8% discount rate, a…


A drill rig at Magma Metals' Thunder Bay North platinum-palladium-copper-nickel project, located 50 km northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Photo by Magma Metals

Panoramic launches hostile bid for Magma Metals

An unfriendly takeover bid of Magma Metals (MMW-T, MMW-A) by Australia’s Panoramic Resources (PAN-A) sent Magma’s shares in Toronto up 77% to close at 15¢ on Feb. 3 with nearly 3 million shares changing hands.  



Marathon Gold vice-president of exploration Sherry Dunsworth (far left), CFO Jim Kirke (third from left), and CEO Phillip Walford (centre) with colleagues at the Golden Chest gold project in Idaho. Photo by Marathon Gold

Marathon Gold goes the distance in Idaho, Newfoundland

Newfoundland-focused explorer Marathon Gold (MOZ-T) is ramping up its U.S. presence with a 20,000-metre drill program at its Golden Chest gold mine project in Idaho and a historic Bonanza gold mine acquisition across the state line in Oregon.



Drillers in action at Orezone Gold's Bombore gold project in Burkina Faso. Photo by Orezone Gold

Orezone turns assets to cash in Burkina

Being in a gold-rich country before the mining world gets turned on to it can pay some handsome dividends, as Orezone Gold (ORE-T) is proving in Burkina Faso. 


Editorial: Eager beavers and nuclear pandas

Canada’s uranium began a whole new chapter in its history in early February with the landmark agreement to open wide the country’s uranium production and nuclear technology to customers in China, undoing decades of Cold War-ish…



Drilling at Nevsun Resources' Bisha gold mine, 150 km west of Asmara in Eritrea. Photo by Nevsun Resources

Where did Nevsun’s gold go?

At a time of record-high gold prices Nevsun Resources (NSU-T) had the unfortunate task of announcing to the market that it has a lot less gold in its deposit than it originally believed.


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