Canada’s territories expected to beat national growth
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – The global economy is making its presence felt in Canada's territories, dampening - but not dousing - the mining boom underway in Canada's North, The Conference Board of...
View ArticleForsys Metals reports ‘encouraging’ results at Namibian discovery
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Namibia-focused uranium project developer Forsys Metals on Tuesday reported "encouraging" results from a recent drilling campaign completed on the company’s Valencia East...
View ArticleStellar Diamonds increases Jorc-compliant resources
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – In the six months ended December 2012, London-listed Stellar Diamonds increased the Joint Ore Reserves Committee (Jorc)-compliant inferred resources for its Tongo and...
View ArticleKarnalyte Resources’ Saskatchewan project most likely to secure financing
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Analysts observing the Saskatchewan potash industry seem to agree that junior project developer Karnalyte Resources is most likely to secure financing for the first phase...
View ArticleBusiness Eight new oil and gas exploration blocks mapped out
Kenya has mapped out eight new blocks for onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration, a top Energy Ministry official said on Tuesday, as foreign investors scramble for acreage in east Africa....
View ArticleOil experts stress importance of shale exploration to Texas U.S. economies
Michael Levi with the New York-based Council of Foreign Relations discussed international energy trade with Texas lawmakers via Skype on Monday. Texas can take the lead in showing the rest of the...
View ArticleUrban Exploration Helps Terrorism Counterterrorism Agency Warns
Placehacking Some people are into spelunking through the urban ruins and crevasses of unfamiliar cities. The National Counterterrorism Center has a term for these sorts of people: terrorist dupes....
View ArticleCyprus brings gold price immunity as ETF outflows hit 18 tonnes a day
The gold price on Tuesday was consolidating yesterday's gains as investors continued to digest the stunning decision over the weekend to bail-in Cypriot savers. By early afternoon gold was hanging onto...
View ArticleGlobal downturn takes a toll on Canada’s north mining boom report
says theConference Board of Canada , but longer-term prospects for the industry in the country's north remain strong. Nunavut's mining sector, says the report, is experiencing both accelerating growth...
View ArticlePueblo Viejo shipment delayed indefinitely Barrick could face $24m fine over...
Customs officials from the Dominican Republic say a shipment from Barrick Gold's (NYSE, TSX: ABX) Pueblo Viejo mine will "delayed indefinitely" and the Canadian firm could receive a penalty of as much...
View ArticleShale exploration vital to Texas nation experts tell legislators
Shale exploration is important to the state and nation, experts say. Texas can take the lead in showing the rest of the country the economic possibilities of successfully exploring shale plays when...
View ArticleBuchans announces successful tests on its NB manganese project
Buchans Minerals Corporation (BMC), together with its partner, Minco plc ("Minco"), has announced the results of a preliminary bench scale pre-concentration test program conducted by Thibault &...
View ArticleMars rover Curiosity another computer glitch delays exploration
A "software issue" has switched the Mars rover Curiosity into standby mode, stopping the rover from drilling into rocks, taking photographs or driving around the Red Planet until the problem is ...
View ArticleGondwana Gold Announces Closing of Transaction with Pan African Oil Ltd.
February 21, 2013 it has completed the acquisition (the "Transaction") of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Pan African Oil Ltd. ("PAO"). The Transaction constituted a change of business...
View ArticleEndeavour Minings Agbaou construction continues on schedule
Endeavour Mining announces that construction of its Agbaou Gold Mine in Côte d'Ivoire is proceeding on-budget and on-schedule to initial production in Q1 2014. Steel deliveries for the plant have begun...
View ArticleHunt for gold continues in Northern Manitoba
Callinex Mines just announced that it has begun a drilling campaign on its Gossan Hill gold project in Northern Manitoba, near Cranberry Portage. This, the third drill program on the property by...
View ArticleQuarry expansion moves ahead as planned
Diamcor Mining Inc is pleased to announce it has successfully completed the procurement, delivery, construction, and installation of the vast majority of equipment and infrastructure required to expand...
View ArticleP.M. Kitco Metals Roundup Gold Ends Up on More Safe-Haven Demand Fresh...
Gold prices ended the U.S. day session with moderate gains and hit a fresh three-week high Tuesday. More safe-haven demand was featured amid the present uncertainty regarding Cyprus' financial bailout...
View ArticlePetrobras to invest $236.7-billion over five years mostly for exploration
A Petrobras offshore rig. Petrobras said Tuesday that most projects deep below the ocean floor in the so-called pre-salt formation on Brazil's continental shelf will start up between 2016 and 2017,...
View ArticleTheater Review The Norwegians by C. Denby Swanson at Drilling Company
A pair of sweet Scandinavian hit men in Minnesota grill a young woman under bright lights while serving her elderberry wine. In flashback, the woman talks to a new friend at a bar - about the weather,...
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