Changkeng Reaches 1M Oz. Gold For Minco
VANCOUVER — With 59 freshly drilled holes in 2008, one of Minco Gold’s (MMM-T, MGH. A-X) key assets, the Changkeng gold project in southeastern China, has gotten a major resource boost.
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Red Hill proposes US$337M coal mine
Vancouver – A prefeasibility study returned positive economics for Red Hill Energy’s (RH-V) Ulaan Ovoo project at t…
Centerra seals the deal in Kyrgyz Republic
Good news shines on Centerra Gold (CG-T) from the Kyrgyz Republic.
New Pacific finds high-grade, narrow-vein gold
New Pacific Metals (NUX-V) has intersected high-grade gold in channel samples from a narrow vein on its 57 sq. km H…
Gold rises on China purchases
Word that the Chinese have been stealthily stockpiling gold over the last five years sent the price of the yellow m…
Uranium One celebrates start of pilot mining phase in Kazakhstan
Japanese, Canadian and Kazakh officials collected in a remote corner of Kazakhstan to mark the beginning of the pil…
Kyrgyz government set to go from cruel to kind for Centerra
Some good news could be about to shine on Centerra Gold (CG-T) from the Kyrgyz Republic.
SouthGobi Errs In Mongolian Coal Estimate
VANCOUVER– Mathematical errors have led to a major overstatement of a resource estimate at South- Gobi Energy Resources’ (SGQ-V, SGQRF-O) Ovoot Tolgoi coal mine in southern Mongolia.
Khan’s Dornod Returns Positive Feasibility
A definitive feasibility study on Khan Resources’ (KRI-T, KHRIF-O) Dornod uranium project in Mongolia estimates an after-tax internal rate of return (IRR) of 29.1%.
Proposed ETFs Juice PGM Market
Dovetailing with the recent rebound in base metals, platinum and palladium prices posted six-month highs during the holiday-shortened, fourteenth trading week of the year. Since New Year’s Eve, platin…
Miners Cast Wary Eye On Indonesia
Despite being home to some of the world’s more robust gold deposits, mining in Indonesia is in a state of upheaval.
Japan, China, Korea in energy shopping spree
Taking advantage of fire-sale prices, energy-poor, cash-rich industrial powerhouses Japan, China and Korea have emb…