Aquila finds more sulphides
Drilling by Aquila Resources (AQA-V) at the Back Forty project in Menominee Cty., Michigan, has intersected gold an…
Copper
Taseko tables bid for bcMetals
Vancouver – Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) has waded into the foray to acquire bcMetals (C-V, BMTLF-O), intending a $1…
Update: NovaGold urges rejection of Barrick’s sweetened offer
Vancouver After reviewing Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) revised US$16.00 per share bid, NovaGold Resources (NG-T,…
Teck Cominco posts $504-million profit in Q3
Vancouver – Robust commodity prices continued to fuel Teck Cominco’s (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) revenue engine, delivering st…
Anglo investing US$25 million in Nautilus
Vancouver – Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) plans a US$68.5-million financing and has lined up mining giant Angl…
More reward than risk at Kutcho Creek
Dease Lake, B.C. — The Kutcho Creek volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project located 100 km east of this Northern community made it to prefeasibility in the mid-1980s, only to be put on the back b…
Rio Tinto throws weight behind Oyu Tolgoi
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) wowed the market in mid-October, by laying the groundwork for a partnership with Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) to get its massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in southern Mon…
Petaquilla lifts veil on Jinchuan talks (October 30, 2006)
Petaquilla Minerals (PTQ-T, PTQMF-O) has revealed that it is in talks with Chinese nickel producer Jinchuan Group to finance Petaquilla’s buyout of its partners at the Petaquilla copper project in Pan…
Campbell offering held up
A rights offering by Campbell Resources (CCH-T, CBLRF-O) to assist the restructuring of the financially troubled company is ready, its final prospectus having been approved by securities regulators. B…
Nautilus contracts to build deep-sea mining vessel (October 30, 2006)
Vancouver — Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) and Belgium-based Jan De Nul Group have reached a tentative agreement that would see a deep-sea mining vessel built for use at a Nautilus project in the…
Editorial: Russia tightening its grip on natural resources (October 25, 2006)
Foreign investors of time and money in Russia’s mining sector would do well to keep a close eye on the increasingly…
Nuinsco readying estimate at Lac Rocher (October 23, 2006)
A 2,087-metre drill program at the Lac Rocher nickel prospect in northwestern Quebec should allow Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T, NUIRF-O) to put together a resource figure for the zone it discovered in 199…