Excellon Resources fell 8% on Monday, after announcing it could run out of stockpiled ore at its Zacatecas-state mill "within the next few days" after a dispute with workers and local landowners halted operations at its La Platosa silver mine in Mexico.
The World Bank Group accepted a complaint and will evaluate its investment in Eco Oro Mineral’s Angostura mining project, a proposed large-scale gold mine located in a fragile, high-altitude wetland called the Santurbán páramo, which provides water to over 2.2 million Colombians
The new discovery is 30 km north of the Lavoie gold occurrence, it comprises of 3 angular boulders of mineralized quartz with grab samples ranging from 5.16 to 118 g/t gold.
This month’s calendar has been chock a block with one important meeting or vote or conference after another.
For the three-month and six-month periods ended May 31, 2012, the company reported net income of $94.2 million and $111.0 million.
The federal Liberals have shunned both of the antagonistic stances of the Harper government and the leading opposition party on Alberta’s oil sands, by announcing a “new approach” which will seek to pursue oil sands development while minimizing any adverse environmental impact.
Health Canada’s plans for a research study exploring the impact of wind turbine noise upon human health has triggered calls for the suspension of approvals for large-scale wind farms in Ontario from public health groups.
Mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton came up tops in the 2012 report by an anti-corruption group which analyzed the 105 largest publicly listed companies across the world.
A previous report inferred the mineral resource estimate of the Ontario-based project to be 32,169,000 tonnes at a grade of 1.14 g Au/t, and 1.18 million ounces of contained gold.
After months of intense debate among mining companies, environmentalists, local groups and church leaders, the government of the Philippines has decided to increase royalties from mining companies.