MMC Norilsk Nickel and ALS Laboratory Group have entered into a joint venture (25%+1 share, and 75%-1 share) to establish a mineral assay and geochemical analysis business to serve the mining and exploration industry in Russia. The initial focus of the JV will be on the Trans Baikal Region of Siberia where LLC ALS Chita is […]

Australian nickel producer Mincor Resources is broadening its geographical growth after consolidating control of a highly sought-after lead-zinc exploration land package near Tipperary in the Republic of Ireland, in the heart of a very active base metal exploration and production provinces.
Mincor says that its Tipperary Joint Venture, established late last year with private company Fractore, has been awarded […]

On September 25, Sherwood Copper announced results for an extensive Gradient Array Induced Polarization (GAIP) survey on its wholly owned high grade Minto copper-gold mine property in the Yukon.  The results of the survey include the definition of a large chargeability anomaly in an under-explored area that was previously thought to be of low prospectivity.  […]

Banlaw Africa says it “has beaten off competition” to secure three new contracts worth $13 million at Tarkwa gold mine, Ghana for Gold Fields Ghana. Tarkwa has been the focus of gold mining for nearly a century and has the largest concentration of mines in a single district on the continent of Africa, with […]

Recent project rejections call into question both the system and the understanding of that system by British Columbia’s mining companies. If these rejections stand, a great deal of money has been wasted.
The most recent problem arose this week, on September 25. Imperial Metals reports that the Federal Court of Canada ruled that the Federal environmental assessment of the […]

Speaking at the Denver Gold Show Conference this week, Gabriel Resources’ CFO Richard Young provided an update on the status of the company’s Rosia Montana Gold Project in western Romania. In his Denver remarks, Young told the conference that solid progress was being made in the permitting and development of the Rosia Montana Project until the […]