Underworld pulls strong intercepts at Golden Saddle
Vancouver – Long gold intercepts keep rolling in from Underworld Resources’ (UW-V) White Gold property in th…
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Barrick and MDN getting the cash from Tulawaka
Northern Mining Exploration (MDN-T) continues to receive healthy cashflows from its share in the Tulawaka…
Volta buys Randgold project in Burkina Faso
Volta Resources (VTR-T) plans to turn much of its focus to the newly acquired Kiaka gold project in Burki…
Canplats completes preliminary assessment of Represa deposit
The Represa deposit at the Camino Rojo gold project in Mexico’s Zacatecas state could produce an average of 12…
Queen’s University plans next mining course for Oct. 25-26
Ryan Matthiesen, a senior associate at Macquarie Capital Advisors in Toronto, had worked on the finance side o…
Chinese To Mine Copper In Afghanistan
China Metallurgical Group is pushing ahead with a copper project in war-torn Afghanistan that would test the resolve of even the most fearless mining executives in the West.
Rio Tinto Doubles Down On Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T, IVN-N) largest publicly traded shareholder wants a bigger piece of the copper pie in Mongolia.
Barrick Buy-In At El Morro A Boon For New Gold
Now that Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) has agreed to sell its 70% interest in the El Morro copper-gold project, in northern Chile, for US$465 million, the value of New Gold’s (NGDT, NGD-X) minority 30% sta…
Mosquito Outlines Mega-Moly Mine
VANCOUVER — The Cumo deposit has been dubbed the largest unmined, open-pit molybdenum project in the world. And now Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines (MSQ-V, MQCMF-O) has released a scoping study outl…
Cliffs Sidelines Cons. Thompson With Own Wabush Bid
The surprise US$120-million bid by Montreal-based junior Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines (CLM-T, CLMZF-O) on Oct. 9 for a 100% interest in the Wabush Mines iron ore joint venture in Quebec and Labrad…
Reno Creek Prefeasibility Shows Good Return For Bayswater
VANCOUVER — A prefeasibility study for Bayswater Uranium’s (BAY-V, BYSWF-O) newly acquired Reno Creek project indicates a small mine at the Nevada project could provide a strong rate of return.
Recovery In Sight For Global Steel Demand
The World Steel Association is forecasting that apparent steel use will contract worldwide by 8.6% to 1,104 million tonnes in 2009 after declining by 1.4% in 2008.