Fortress plans to up Svetloye interest to 80%
Mineralization now stretches 100 metres farther at Fortress Minerals’ (FST-V) Elena prospect on its 51%-owned Svetl…
Asia
Tips for gold seekers in China (December 31, 2007)
Beijing, China — China’s mining history may stretch back 3,000 years, but when it comes to gold, the country has yet to find many world-class gold deposits.
Digging into China’s vast, untapped, interior
SITE VISIT Xinhuru, Inner Mongolia, China — In the summer months, the sparse grasslands in this remote corner of China’s enormous Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region…
Centerra Gold inches toward an investment agreement in Mongolia
Centerra Gold (CG-T) has officially registered its Gatsuurt ore reserves with Mongolia’s National Registry of Miner…
Amanta acquires third Thai tungsten mine (December 27, 2007)
Amanta Resources (AMH-V) says a rock sampling program is already underway on its newly-acquired tungsten property i…
Tips for gold seekers in China (December 25, 2007)
China’s mining history may stretch back 3,000 years, but when it comes to gold, the country has yet to find many wo…
Gold World sues former partners, starts anew in China (December 24, 2007)
Gold World Resources (GDW-V) is picking up the pieces of its China strategy and has signed a new joint-venture contract on a silver-gold property in Hebei province.
Silvercorp to build new mill at Ying
After a spending spree this year during which Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O) acquired three new properties within 15 km of its Ying silver camp, the company has started to build a 2,000-tonne-per-…
Scoping study adds 12 years to Anatolia’s Copler gold mine
Even though a scoping study on the sulphide portion of Anatolia Minerals Development’s (ANO-T) Copler gold project …
Asian Mineral gets Ban Phuc mining licence
Vancouver – With receipt of a mining licence for its Ban Phuc massive sulphide nickel deposit in northwestern Vietn…
Freeport-McMoRan restarts Climax mine
With molybdenum prices trading recently at US$32.65 per lb. — up sharply from a 20-year high in 2004 of US$16 — it’s hardly surprising that Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) plans to reopen…
Pebble Creek plans $10M for India
Vancouver — India-focused explorer Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V, PBLEF-O) plans a $10-million financing to advance its Askot copper-zinc project.