AGRDF Auriga Gold (.3565) Near term gold producer. Developing Maverick Gold Project, bringing the Puffy Lake Mine back into production in 2012. Puffy Lake Mine includes a 1,000 tpd flotation mill, a developed underground ramp to 135 metres depth, is fully road accessible and close to existing mining infrastructure. Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) completed and positive. 40,000 plus gold ounces per year realistic.
Eric Sprott’s Sprott Asset Management initiated a brand new position in American Bonanza Gold Corp (TSX-BZA). According to the firm’s 13G filing on October 7th, Sprott Asset Management now has 24.91 million shares in TSX-BZA, giving a 12.7% passive stake in the stock. http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/tag/american-bonanza-gold-corp-tsx-bza/
American Bonanza Purchases Mining Equipment in Move to Become Owner-Miner
October 11, 2011 - American Bonanza Gold Corp. (TSX: BZA) ("Bonanza" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has purchased a mining fleet for the transition to owner-mining at its 100% owned Copperstone gold mine in Arizona. The mining equipment purchased includes drill jumbos, loader-hauler-dumpers, exploration and production drills, ore haul trucks, a rock bolter and other specialized underground mining equipment. Some of the mining equipment has already arrived at the Copperstone gold mine site with a significant number of items scheduled to be delivered by the end of this week, and the remainder of the mining fleet on schedule to be delivered to the mine site by the end of this month.
Copperstone remains on track for a fourth quarter, 2011, mine and mill startup process, with the goal of achieving full production rates by the end of the year.
Bonanza is well financed with no long-term debt and no gold hedges. http://www.americanbonanza.com/s/Home.asp / ASLRF Arian Silver (.397) Silver Producer. Main project is the San José project in Zacatecas State, Mexico. Produced 65,804 silver ounces in Q3 2011.
BRD Brigus Gold (1.11) produced 16,838 ounces of gold in the third quarter of 2011 from wholly owned Black Fox Mine and Mill in the Timmins Gold District of Ontario, Canada. Brigus processed 189,674 tonnes at an average grade of 2.9 grams per tonne and an average recovery of 95.2% during Q3 2011.
BULM Bullion Monarch Mining (.95) is a publicly traded gold-focused exploration royalty company with additional interests in bauxite and oil-shale technology. Bullion Monarch derives the majority of its income from royalty payments on properties controlled and operated by other companies. Bullion Monarch had quarterly royalty revenue of US $1,737,905.71 which represents a 35.39% increase in revenue compared to Q4 a year ago. These excellent fourth quarter results also contribute to record annual revenue of US $6,289,092.71, an increase of over 20% when compared to FY 2010.
IHUB: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=5294 / Canasia Industries (.035) Early stage bulk sample gold producer focused on the development of the Clone Prospect in Stewart, BC with plans to commence operations in July 2011.
"...assays have been received for the 102 one-ton lots comprising the 2011 bulk sample from the Clone property, situated 12 miles southeast of Stewart, British Columbia. The average for the 102 tons is 4.0 oz/ton gold or 137.1 g/t gold."
CMCXF CMC Metals (.24) High grade Silver and gold deposits. Yukon operations sold 174 ton bulk sample averaging 5,000 grams Silver per ton with additional 1500 tons already produced and in process of selling in 2011. Additional By Product credits tested positive for copper, zinc, and lead.
Exploration tested 1,749 ounces per ton (54,660 grams per ton) Silver in the B vein.
High grade Gold deposits in California up to 28 grams per ton gold, Bishop Mill comes on line Q4 2011.
GALKF Galantas Gold (.085) Ireland's first modern producing gold /silver / lead mine. Assets include a 100 percent interest in the Irish subsidiary Omagh Minerals Limited, which has sole rights to a 653 square-kilometre prospecting license and associated mining leases in County Tyrone, Ireland.
GBGD Global Gold (.17) a producing international gold mining and exploration company operating three properties in Armenia and are the largest gold exploration license holder in the country. Also hold a 100% interest in an alluvial gold property in Chile.
GBRIF — Golden Band Resources (.30) Gold producer. The Company reported revenue of $15.0 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2011, its first full quarter of commercial production, on sales of 10,031 gold ounces, an average realized price of $1,491/ounce. The Company's objective, supported by a positive Pre-Feasibility Study completed in January 2009, is the annual production of at least 75,000 ounces of gold over a ten-year project life. Projects are located in the La Ronge Gold Belt in northern Saskatchewan. The Company has 9 deposits with reserves and resources of 893,319 ounces as well as the Jolu mill, with a capacity of 700 tonnes per day.
KOOYF Kootenay Gold (1.054) actively developing mineral projects in the Sierra Madre Region of Mexico and in British Columbia, Canada. The Company's flagship property is the former producing Promontorio Silver mine in Sonora State, Mexico.
October 03, 2011 PROMONTORIO - Intercepts 47 Meters of 214.2 gpt Silver Eqv (84.47 gpt Ag, 3.04% Pb+Zn) and 54 meters of 197 gpt Silver Eqv (91.98 gpt Ag, 2.47% Pb+Zn) in NE Zone, 700 Meters from Current 43-101 Resource
High Grade Intervals Include 16 Meters of 492 gpt Silver Eqv (202.7 gpt Ag, 6.8% Pb+Zn) and 11 Meters of 480.6 gpt Silver Eqv (179.4 gpt Ag, 7.0% Pb+Zn)
MLGAF Malaga Inc (.122) Owns and operates mine in Peru. One of the few publicly-traded producers of tungsten (outside of China). Malaga's production capacity represents 15% of the tungsten available for sale outside of China. Malaga produces hydroelectric power at its company owned dam at the Pasto Bueno property.
NBRI North Bay Resources, (.155) Near term gold producer. The Ruby Gold Project, is a fully-permitted underground placer and lode mine located near Downieville in Sierra County, California. The Ruby Property covers approximately 1,755 acres.
The equipment, fixed assets, and infrastructure in place include a 1,000 yard per day placer wash plant, 50-ton per day quartz mill, 6,000 feet of tracked haulage, and related support equipment needed for underground mining operations. The property also features an excellent system of roads, is accessible via paved highway from Reno or Sacramento, has abundant water and timber available for mining purposes, and has PG&E power available on-site.
IHUB: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=6441 / PCFG Pacific Gold (.048) Near term/early stage gold producer. Owns four operating subsidiaries: Nevada Rae Gold, Inc. ("Nevada Rae") owns and operates the Black Rock Canyon gold mine, located in north-central Nevada; Pilot Mountain Resources Inc. ("Pilot Mountain") owns Project W, a large tungsten based deposit in Nevada; Fernley Gold, Inc. ("Fernley Gold") acquired exclusive lease rights to mine the Lower Olinghouse Placers in north-western Nevada; and Pacific Metals Corp. ("Pacific Metals") owns claims in San Juan and Delores Counties, Colorado, encompassing the historic Graysill Mine.
This as of July 2011:
So far in 2011 the plant has operated 19 out of 20 possible operating days and averaged about 500 tons or 350 yards per day. From initial plant testing from stockpile gravels the Company produced approximately 30 ounces of gold. In August and September the Company plans to increase the plant throughput gradually on a weekly basis with daily targets of 750 yards by the end of August then up to 1,000 yards by the end of September, eventually to as much as 95% of plant capacity.
SIRG Sierra Resource Group (.0045) Near term copper producer. Owner and operator of 80% of the Chloride Copper Mine. The Chloride Copper Mine property consists of 37 unpatented lode mining claims and 12 mill-site claims and is located 24km northwest of Kingman, in the Wallapai District, Mohave County, Arizona.
The Chloride Copper mine has an open pit mine and an existing SX/EW processing plant which operated in 1995 before being idled in 1996 due to low copper prices.
The SX/EW plant has a maximum annual capacity of up to 5,400,000 pounds of Copper Cathode.
IHUB: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=18443 / SGMNF Sutter Gold Mining (.1709) Near term gold producer. The Company has two projects: the Lincoln Project located in Amador County, California and the Santa Theresa Project located in the Northern Baja region of Mexico. Currently, the Company's primary focus is the evaluation and development of the Lincoln Project,
Sutter is completing final designs, final construction documents and contractor selection to allow for the construction of surface facilities to begin in September 2011. Sutter has obtained approval from the Amador County Land Use Committee for preliminary architectural plans for the mill complex and shop/staff services building and ancillary structures.
The Company plans to complete bid documents for the underground work by October. This will allow ample time for the anticipated six months of pre-production development work planned to begin by year end.
SGCP Sierra Gold (.0008) Micro Gold/Diamond Producer operating in Sierra Leone, Africa. Substantial agricultural operations/production(currently 3,000 plus acres) plus two significant Carbon Credits projects under review. One of the best sub penny long shots.
IHUB http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=6600 / PRPCF Prophesey Resources (.5566) Producing Coal right now. 1.4 billion tons of coal, sea port facilities, rail agreements in place, new fleet of trucks, selling all coal produced, building 600 MW power plant on mine property. At full capacity will sell electric production to domestic and foreign markets (like a utility), Shareholder rights plan. Located in emerging Mongolia.
IHUB: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=5326 / SHSH — Shoshone Silver/Gold Mining Co. (.17) Idaho based Silver and Gold producer with impressive portfolio of properties including approximately 2,992 acres (1,211 hectares) in its “Silver Division”, approximately 2,125 acres (896) in its “Gold Division”, and approximately 200 acres (80 hectares) of “Potential Platinum” properties.
Rescue Mine and Mill Gold project - 202.34 Hectares • NI 43-101 Report completed • 120 ton per day, on-site mill
Lakeview Mill Silver project - on-site 100 tons expandable to 350 tons a day, flotation mill.
IHUB: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=7875 / TGB Taseko Mines (3.60) Copper Gold, and Molybdenum producer. For the third quarter of 2011, Gibraltar produced 21.3 million pounds of copper and 324 thousand pounds of molybdenum.
Taseko's New Prosperity Gold Project Moving Forward August 26, 2011
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency ("CEAA") has formally accepted Taseko Mines Limited's (TSX:TKO; AMEX:TGB) ("Taseko" or the "Company") project description for its proposed $1 billion New Prosperity gold-copper mine in British Columbia's central interior.
New Prosperity is the largest undeveloped gold-copper deposit in Canada and the 7th largest in the world.
TMGOF Timmins Gold (2.60) Gold Silver Producer. In full commercial gold production at its wholly owned San Francisco Gold Mine in the state of Sonora. 80,000 + ounces of gold per year at a cash cost of approximately $412 per ounce. Estimating production in 2012 at a rate of 100,000 ounces of gold per year at a cash cost of approximately $489 per ounce.
WOLV Wolverine Exploration Inc. (.045) junior exploration company focused on mineral properties in Labrador, Canada. Wolverine holds a 90% interest in 449 mineral claims which cover an area of approximately 11,225 hectares in central Labrador and contain a series of significant copper-gold showings.
Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. YNGFF (.03596) North American gold producer operating the milling facility at Jerritt Canyon located 50 miles north of Elko, Nevada. The Jerritt Canyon operation shipped 21,345 ounces of gold in Q3, comprised of 6,865 ounces in July, 7,195 ounces in August and 7,285 ounces in September.