HudBay pays Callinan $2.4 million
HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) has cut a $2.4-million cheque to Callinan Mines (CAA-V, CCNMF-O) this month as pa…
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Merger plans for Gryphon Gold, American Bonanza
Gryphon Gold (GGN-T, GYPH-O) and American Bonanza Gold (BZA-T, ABGFF-O) have tabled plans to merge. A letter of int…
Genco buys new ball mill for La Guitarra in Mexico
With silver prices at the start of February 27% higher than a year-earlier,Genco Resources (GGC-T) wants to fast-…
Mirabela releases smelter scoping study on Santa Rita
It would cost Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) about US$254 million to build a nickel sulphide smelter for its Santa …
Independent Nickel changes Lynn Lake drill focus
Independent Nickel (INI-T) has intersected higher than expected nickel grades within its existing resource model at…
Gold Canyon boosts Cordero gallium resource (February 11, 2008)
Vancouver – An updated resource estimate on Gold Canyon Resources’ (GCU-V, GDCRF-O) Cordero gallium project, locate…
Alberta Star upbeat on Contact Lake (February 11, 2008)
Grab samples from its Contact Lake property on the south side of Echo Bay in the Northwest Territories appear to le…
Int’l Minerals goes back to drawing board for Gaby gold plant
A prefeasibility study for International Minerals’ (IMZ-T) Gaby open pit gold project in Ecuador recommends that th…
Maximus confirms gold and silver-rich zone at Hope Bay
Results from its 2007 drilling program in the Hope Bay gold belt of Nunavut have yielded significant gold and silver values for Maximus Ventures (MXV-V, MXVEF-O).
France denies Iamgold permits
The government of France has rejected the final permit applications needed to start open-pit construction at Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) Camp Caiman gold project, in French Guiana, a protectorate of Fran…
Semafo banks on Mana
Semafo (SMF-T, SEMFF-O) president and CEO Benoit La Salle made his entry into West Africa’s mining scene in the mid-1990s — before there was a scene to speak of.
Goldrush follows the artisanal miners in Burkina Faso
At a recent Richmond Club luncheon at the tony National Club, in Toronto, Don Willoughby of Goldrush Resources (GOD-V, GDRRF-O) generated some laughs when he kicked off his presentation with reference…