Imperial-Taseko battle for bcMetals heats up
Vancouver — In the spirit of the holidays, both bcMetals’ (C-V, BMTLF-O) and Imperial Metals (III-T, IPMLF-O) have…
Gold
Kinross ups Bema offer, cancels Petrex side deal
Vancouver- Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) has increased the value of its offer for Bema Gold (BGO-T, BGO-N, BAU-A) and c…
Centerra reluctantly negotiates end to Kumtor strike
The strike at Centerra Gold’s (CG-T) Kumtor Mine in Kyrgyzstan is over and normal mining operations have resumed….
TNM’s 2006 Mining Person of the Year: Robert Friedland
The world’s top athletes, scholars, artists and gurus all talk one way or another about the importance of finding a…
Int’l Royalty to buy NSR on Barrick’s Pascua-Lama
Vancouver – International Royalty (IRC-T, ROY-X) has inked a deal to purchase a sliding-scale net smelter return ro…
Windfall tax on gold in Mongolia deemed illegal
Mongolia’s infamous windfall tax on gold is not being collected from gold producers — at least not for the time be…
Holiday strike at Centerra’s Kumtor
Christmas isn’t coming early for Centerra Gold (CG-T). The Toronto-based company with a penchant for operating in d…
Resource up at Young-Davidson (December 18, 2006)
Resources at the Young-Davidson gold project near Matachewan, Ont., have grown substantially in a new estimate comm…
TSX goes global with gold index (December 18, 2006)
To suit its beefed-up list that now includes non-Canadian gold companies, the Standard & Poor/Toronto Stock Exchang…
Gryphon Gold dealt major blow in Nevada
Vancouver — Reserve and resource miscalculations in a recently completed feasibility study for Gryphon Gold’s (GGN-T, GYPH-O) Borealis project in western Nevada’s Walker Lane trend have prompted the …
More massive sulphides at Niblack
Vancouver — Stepout drilling by Niblack Mining (NIB-V, NBLKF-O) has delivered further massive sulphide intercepts from the Lookout zone at its Niblack project on Prince of Wales Island in southeaster…
Noront hits bonanza grades at Windfall (December 18, 2006)
Vancouver — Recent drilling at the well-tested Windfall gold project in Urban Township, Que., has yielded a pleasant surprise for Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O).