July 26, 2012 Revolution Resources and Lake Shore Gold amend option agreement for Mexican properties The expenditures required earn a 60% interest have been reduced to $15 million from $35 million; and In consideration for this reduction: Revolution will be required to issue an additional…
July 26, 2012 Australian miners seek a wealth of opportunities in a new Myanmar Australian exploration and mining firms are readying themselves for forays into Myanmar following the end of decades of military rule earlier this year and the country's opening up to foreign…
July 26, 2012 Aben commences diamond drilling on Justin Gold project, Southeast Yukon Aben announces the commencement of drilling activity on its 100% owned, 18,314 acre flagship Justin project, where the company made a significant greenfield gold-silver drill discovery in 2011.
July 26, 2012 Fairmont options Houghton Creek, Granite-Hosted gold property, in the Savant Lake Greenstone Belt, NW Ontario The Property has seen only limited prospecting, trenching and two short, narrow diameter diamond drill holes. Recent grab samples collected by the optionor in 2010 returned up to 6.68 g/t…
July 26, 2012 Hecla Mining could scupper U.S. Silver/RX Gold & Silver merger with all-cash bid Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) has made an all-cash offer for U.S. Silver Corporations (TSX-V:USA) in a bid to scupper its proposed merger with RX Gold & Silver (TSX-V:RXE).
July 25, 2012 Third time’s the charm for Peru’s mining issues? Faced with never ending environmental and social conflicts over mining projects, Peru's President Ollanta Humala decided yesterday to reshuffle his Cabinet… again…for the third time.
July 25, 2012 Teck Resources down 5% after profits more than halve The diversified miner suffered lower realized prices across the board with copper down 14% to $3.57 a pound, its realized coal price was 26% below Q2 2011 at $202 a…
July 25, 2012 Miners buying existing projects rather than starting their own: study Escalating costs and economic instability may be the two main reasons why mining companies worldwide are acquiring existing projects instead of starting their own, shows the latest report from global…
July 25, 2012 Slowdown? What slowdown? Caterpillar’s best quarter in history Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), the world's largest earth-moving equipment maker, raised its 2012 profit forecast on Wednesday based on its quarterly profit report, which beat by far most of Wall Street's…
July 25, 2012 G-Resources pours first gold at Indonesia’s Martabe mine The Hong Kong-listed miner said on Wednesday that the start of production at Martabe marked a significant milestone for the company.
US rare earth buyers still see China curbs despite Trump deal The US and China still haven’t reached an agreement on key details of how Beijing will free up sales of rare earths. December 24, 2025 | 07:45 am