Although mining represents but a small portion of Argentina’s economy, more and more mineral development projects are expected to enter production there.The country currently produces 35,000 oz. gold …
As a commercial assayer, I am horrified at the panic created by the confusion over the assay results of Bre-X Minerals. The collapse of the company is an awesome example of what can happen when that l…
Boliden, the mines and metals business sector of Trelleborg of Sweden, has signed an agreement with Silver Eagle Resources (SER-V) to explore the junior’s Minera Serrana project and fund a Mexican exp…
With construction of the first two heap-leach cells now complete at the Cerro Mojon gold mine in Nicaragua, Greenstone Resources (GRT-T) has begun piling ore and expects the first gold pour to take pl…
Drilling by junior Ourominas Minerals (OMI-T) at its wholly owned, 190,000-ha Juruena vein gold property in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state has extended the project’s known zones of mineralization.Since dr…
Montreal-based Cambior (CBJ-T) has been served with a motion to institute a class-action lawsuit on behalf of a group of persons living downstream from the company’s Omai gold mine in Guyana, followin…
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Mar.31/97 (change from previous week in brackets):Aluminium853,000(-2,525)Copper177,250(-6,225)Lead106,925(-500)Nickel47,862…
A month ago, it was reputed to be sitting on the largest gold find of the century, but the ground is now shaking beneath Bre-X Minerals (BXM-T), operator of the Busang gold project in eastern Kalimant…
For most investors, the world of junior mining companies is akin to the Twilight Zone, where it becomes virtually impossible to differentiate between reality and fiction. In the past year alone, we’ve…
Diamond drilling on the Bahuerachi copper oxide property in Mexico has yielded favorable results for equal partners Golden Rule Resources (GNU-T) and Tyler Resources (TYS-T).Situated in southwestern C…
With a positive feasibility study in hand, Nelson Gold (NLG-T) is proceeding with another phase of its expansion program at the Jilau gold mine in Tajikistan.Nelson holds a 44% interest in Zeravshan G…
Canarc Resource (CCM-T) has started a 10-hole diamond drill program to test the depth potential of gold mineralization in laterite at its Sara Kreek property in Suriname.Trenching and auger drilling h…
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