BHP buys SolGold stake for US$35M
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP; LON: BLT) is acquiring a 6.1% stake in SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG), which is developing its Cascabel porphyry copper-gold project…
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Southern Silver extends mineralization at Cerro Las Minitas
Southern Silver (TSXV: SSV; US-OTC: SSVFF) is seeing some encouraging results from its 12,000 metre drill campaign at its Cerro Las Minitas silver-zinc project in…
Commerce hopes new US policy will benefit rare earth projects
Commerce Resources (TSXV: CCE; US-OTC: CMRZF) has spent the past 10 years developing its Ashram rare earth element (REE) project in northern Quebec. Like many…
Avalon discovers lithium pegmatite
A new lithium pegmatite Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL; US-OTC: AVLNF) is naming Snowbank has been found 4 km northwest of the company’s main Separation…
Alamos boosts Island Gold’s reserves, grades
After incorporating 65,600 metres of exploration drilling in the first half of the year, Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) has increased the reserves and…
Osisko bumps Cariboo royalty to 4%
Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR) has agreed to acquire an additional 1.75% net smelter return royalty (NSR) for $20 million on the Barkerville…
Aztec chases silver-zinc deposits at Tombstone
Aztec Minerals (TSXV: AZT; US-OTC: AZZTF) has started surface exploration at its newly optioned Tombstone silver-zinc district, 104 km southeast of Tucson, Arizona. The company…
Continental Gold employee killed in Colombia
Two mining engineers employed by Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) in Colombia were attacked by armed men in the town of Buritica, near the…
Nevsun agrees to $1.86B Zijin takeover bid
Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE: NSU) has agreed to Zijin Mining’s (HGK: 2899) friendly take-over bid which values Nevsun at $6 per share or $1.86…
Semafo’s Boungou mine achieves commercial production
Since its first gold pour at the end of June, Semafo’s (TSX: SMF) Boungou mine in Burkina Faso has produced more than 12,000 ounces of…
Mawson improves gold-cobalt grades at Rajapalot
Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW; US-OTC: MWSNF) recently announced results from 46 diamond drill holes spanning six prospects at its Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland. The…
Marathon discovers gold trend
Prospecting and trenching southwest of Marathon Gold’s (TSX: MOZ) Victory deposit in central Newfoundland have uncovered a 1,500-metre-long gold trend. A channel sample returned 2.71…