SMC Gold buys Chilean miner
Queensland, Australia-based SMC Gold will almost triple it share base by issuing up to 200 million shares in part t…
Copper
Mindoro expands Archangel deposit
Vancouver — Reconnaissance work at the Archangel project on Luzon Island in the Philippines has extended the gold-…
NovaGold reins in SpectrumGold (March 31, 2004)
Vancouver — NovaGold Resources (NG-T) intends to acquire the shares of SpectrumGold (SGX-T) that it does not alrea…
NovaGold expands Alaskan portfolio
NovaGold Resources (NG-T) has agreed to spend at least US$5 million exploring Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N) Ambler volcanogen…
Anvil ready to dual-list in Canada (March 24, 2004)
Seeking a broader shareholder base, Australian-listed Anvil Mining has unveiled a restructuring scheme under which…
Kolwezi deal done
America Mineral Fields (AMZ-T) has started the ball rolling on a feasibility study of the Kolwezi copper-cobalt tai…
BHP Billiton boosts nickel business (March 23, 2004)
Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has approved a US$1.4-billion plan to develop its Ravensthorpe nickel l…
Rio Tinto finds nickel in Michigan
Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has discovered a small, high-grade nickel-copper deposit at its Eagle prospect in Michigan’s Uppe…
Grand Central climbs on gold discovery (March 22, 2004)
Shares of Grand Central Silver Mines (GSLM-PK) have doubled, tripled and quadrupled in recent months, follow…
Ontzinc checks extensions at Balmat
Underground drilling by Ontzinc (OTZ-V) at the Balmat zinc mine in upstate New York has confirmed extensions of kno…
Ok Tedi back to the old grind (March 19, 2004)
The mill at the Ok Tedi copper-gold mine in northwestern Papua New Guinea is back to full capacity following a two-…
Spider, KWG find more at McFaulds
Drilling at the McFaulds Lake property in northern Ontario has intersected more base-metal sulphide mineralization.