Mexican gov’t snaps up half of country’s mineral concessions
Vancouver – The Mexican government has staked over 320 million hectares of mineral concessions to prevent oil and g…
Mexico and Central America
Cuatro Hermanos drilling positive
The first four holes on the Cuatro Hermanos copper-molybdenum project in Sonora state, Mexico, have intersected sig…
Initial cores from Northair’s El Reventon show strong silver
Vancouver – The first drill results from International Northair Mines’ (INM-V) El Reventon project in Mexico are in…
Bell, Grandcru, and Rogue River to merge
Vancouver – In a three-way aimed at creating a company focused on copper exploration in the Americas, Bell Resource…
Aurogin, Morgain Create Castle Gold
Shareholders of both Aurogin Resources (AUQ-V, AROG-O) and Morgain Minerals (MGM-V, MGIMF-O) have voted overwhelmingly to a merger of equals of the two junior gold companies under an agreement struck …
GlobeStar Drills Nickel Laterites
Vancouver — Drilling into nickel laterites in the Dominican Republic is returning good grades for GlobeStar Mining (GMI-T).
Agnico-Eagle to move ahead with Pinos Altos
Sean Boyd, vice-chairman and chief executive of Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) is feeling pretty chuffed these days.
Pediment jumps on gold results from Mexico (August 27, 2007)
Vancouver — A trio of strong drill results from the San Antonio gold project, in Mexico, bumped shares of Pediment Exploration (PEZ-V, PEZFF-O) up as much as 46% last month.
Editorial: Rotten week for miners
Bad news converged on the mining community from every direction during the week ended Aug. 18, the 33rd trading week of 2007.
Globestar drills near surface nickel laterites
Vancouver – Near-surface nickel laterites in the Dominican Republic are returning good grades for GlobeStar Mining …
Aurogin, Morgain shareholders approve merger to create Castle Gold
On Friday, shareholders of both Aurogin Resources (AUQ-V) and Morgain Minerals (MGM-V) have voted overwhelmingly t…
Honeymoon over for Gammon Gold
Accusations of misguidance and hype could be a sign of more trouble to come for Gammon Gold (GAM-T) as a new management team works to fix a series of startup problems at two gold operations in Mexico.