Kent Exploration acquires NZ gold property
Kent Exploration (KEX-V) has assets across North America in Nevada, Washington State, British Columbia and Sas…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Mirabela starts mining nickel at Santa Rita
Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) has become the first Australian company to mine nickel in Brazil with the start…
Vista Gold’s Batman Returns Good Scoping Study
Vista Gold (VGZ-T, VGZ-N) plans to move ahead with a prefeasibility study on the Batman deposit at its Mt. Todd gold project in Australia’s Northern Territory after learning the results of a prelimina…
SRK Marks 35Th Anniversary By Opening 4 Offices
Mining experts SRK Consulting are celebrating 35 years in the business by adding four new offices worldwide.
Ballarat mine too small for Lihir Gold
Lihir Gold (LGG-T, LGL-A, LIHR-Q) has decided to put its Ballarat gold mine in Victoria state, Australia, up f…
Dioro and La Mancha JV to push harder at Frog’s Leg gold mine
Vancouver – Proven and probable reserves are up by 45% at the Frog’s Leg mine, a 49-51 joint ventu…
Mega Uranium Boosts Resource, Finds Partners For Lake Maitland
VANCOUVER — In the space of a month, Mega Uranium (MGA-T, MGAFF-O) took two significant steps towards becoming a producer: the company signed a $49-million joint-venture agreement and upgraded most o…
Perilya buys Broken Hill’s silver from Coeur for US$55M
Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N, CDM-T) is selling back its 100% interest in the silver produced from the iconic Broke…
Rio Tinto reports 70% drop in diamond production
Radical scaling back of diamond production by Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) in the second quarter has resulted in a 70…
ATW and Kinbauri to merge
Vancouver – ATW Gold (ATW-V) and Kinbauri Gold (KNB-V) are merging to create a new mid-tier gold company that could…
ATW Gold mobilizing drills around gold-copper intercept
Vancouver – As part of a confirmation and stepout drill program at its Gullewa project in Australia, ATW Gold (AT…
UBS Investment Research forecasts thermal coal recovery
Signs of rising power consumption in China coupled with supply constraints across the Asia Pacific region are all a…