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.
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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…
Editorial: Gold megaprojects lurch forward
Mid-December was filled with substantial news about some of the world’s largest gold deposits.
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…
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,…
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