Teck resumes Pogo construction
An agreement with the Northern Alaska Environmental Center (NAEC) has cleared the way for construction to resume at…
Regulatory Issues
J-Pacific to explore Blackdome (May 03, 2004)
Vancouver — J-Pacific Gold (JPN-V) has retained Roscoe Postle Associates to develop an exploration plan for the Bl…
Teck’s Pogo stuck, Lennard Shelf revival planned
Construction work at Teck Cominco’s (TEK-T) Pogo gold project in Alaska has ground to a halt after an environmental…
Alcan capitalizes on Pechiney takeover (April 27, 2004)
Alcan (AL-T) figures it can squeeze an additional US$110 million in savings out of its recent, multi-billion-dollar…
Anglogold warns of lower earnings, production
South Africa’s AngloGold (AU-N) says it expects adjusted first-quarter headline earnings to be "materially&quo…
Metallica tumbles on lease woes (April 14, 2004)
Shares in Metallica Resources (MR-T) went into freefall in early trading on April 14, after the company said that a…
Rex shares tumble after leases axed (April 02, 2004)
Rex shares tumble after leases axedThe government of Sierra Leone has cancelled the diamond mining leases held…
Gold royalty likely to be shelved (March 30, 2004)
The government of South Africa is expected to scrap a proposed 3% royalty on revenue from gold mining companies wit…
Alamos gets water rights for Mulatos
Vancouver-based Alamos Gold (AGI-V) has secured water rights for the Mulatos gold-silver project in Mexico’s Sierra…
Tiomin secures port land
Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) has acquired a three-acre parcel of land on the south side of Mombasa harbour, advancing i…
Akrokeri-Ashanti Bonte
Akrokeri-Ashanti (AKR-V) shares had a penny, or 25% of value, carved away Friday after the company announced that i…
Los Frailes continues to haunt Boliden
Swedish miner Boliden (BLS-T) says it doesn’t expect to suffer any economic damage from the latest claims against i…