Keegan adds ounces to Esaase
Vancouver – Keegan Resources (KGN-T, KGN-X) has added about a million oz. gold to its Esaase project in southwest Ghana after incorporating an additional 90,000 metres of drilling over 320 holes.
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Long copper-gold hit at Taysan for Crazy Horse (December 14, 2010)
Vancouver – Crazy Horse Resources (CZH-V) has intersected almost half a kilometer of mineralization in just its second hole at the Taysan copper-gold project in the Philippines.
Rival royalty firms to merge (December 14, 2010)
Franco-Nevada (FNV-T), the world’s largest resource royalty company with interests in gold, oil and gas, is beefing up its precious metals portfolio through a friendly takeover of Gold Wheaton Gold Corp. (GLW-T), a royalty company set up just…
Paramount makes new discovery at San Miguel
Paramount Gold and Silver (pzg-t, pzg-x) has intersected significant gold and silver mineralization while drilling the Don Ese target at its wholly owned San Miguel project in the Sierra Madres of Chihuahua, Mexico. The first hole into the…
Ogden looking golden to Metals Creek
More significant results from the drill at the Ogden Gold project in Timmins had Metals Creek Resources (MEK-V) climbing higher. The results came out of the company’s ongoing 2,500 meter drill program and included a highlight intersection of…
Rainy River, Northern Superior hit discovery hole at TPK
Vancouver – Joint-venture partners Rainy River Resources (RR-V) and Northern Superior Resources (SUP-V) have pulled a significant discovery hole from Target 3 at the TPK gold project in northern Ontario.
No surprises in U.S. markets during Dec. 6-10 week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 28.23 points or 0.25% to close the week at 11,410.32, while the S&P 500 rose 15.6 points or 1.25% to 1,240.40. The Nasdaq advanced 46.08 points or 1.78% to finish at 2,637.54. The Philadelphia Gold…
Venture nudges up in Dec. 6 to 10 week
Vancouver – The week of December 6 to 10 had mixed results for the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index, which climbed 42.26 points over three days and dropped 28.89 points on the other two days to end up 14.37 points at 2124.30.
TSX up on growing exports, while China attempts to rein in inflation
The TSX composite index was up 60.52 points, or 0.5%, to finish the Dec. 6-10 report period at 13,239.47, marking the second consecutive weekly gain as both Canada and the U.S. posted better than expected trade data. Statistics Canada reported…
Seafield soars on Colombian gold hits
Results from the first three holes from Seafield Resources’ (SFF-V) latest campaign at the Miraflores gold deposit in Colombia sent the company’s shares flying.
The ins and outs of going public
For junior miners looking to go public, TMX Group’s (X-T) presentation on going public in Toronto in November offered some helpful advice.
Escobal shows robust economic potential (December 13, 2010)
Designed to improve confidence in the established inferred resource, infill drilling by Tahoe Resources (THO-T) on the high-grade Escobal silver deposit in Guatemala succeeded in expanding the indicat…