Kensington Tailings on Hold
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has issued a temporary injunction halting construction activities on the tailings dam portion of Coeur d’Alene Mines’ (CDM-T, CDE-N) Kensington…
Gold
Newmont Drops Matrix
Vancouver — After spending US$2.2 million on exploration over three years, Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) has terminated an option to earn up to a 70% interest in the Matrix gold project west of Arvia…
Drilling and Prestripping Continue at Minto
Vancouver — Recent exploration drilling by Sherwood Copper (SWC-V, SWOPF-O) has intersected additional high-grade mineralization at the Minto copper-gold project being advanced to production in the Y…
New zone shaping up at Turmalina
Drilling by Jaguar Mining (JAG-T) on a target near its Turmalina gold project in Brazil shows potential to increase…
Campbell offering ready for street
A rights offering by Campbell Resources (CCH-T, CBLRF-O) to assist the restructuring of the financially troubled co…
Quimsacocha resource grows (September 27, 2006)
The last season of drilling at the Quimsacocha gold deposit in southern Ecuador has expanded the resource on the pr…
McEwen to battle Goldcorp-Glamis merger
Vancouver – Goldcorp’s (G-T, GG-N) founder and ex-chairman Robert McEwen has dropped the gloves and launched an ope…
Northgate extends depth of Young-Davidson
Four holes drilled this summer by Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X) have confirmed that two gold-mineralized zones …
Drilling results enhance potential of Agi Dagi
Vancouver – The Turkish subsidiary of Teck Cominco (TCK-T, TCK-N) has pulled the best gold intersection to date fr…
Cumberland gives green light to Meadowbank
Vancouver – The board of Cumberland Resources (CLG-T, CLG-X) has approved plans to develop the Meadowbank project …
Poirier picks two hot juniors
It’s hard to find value in a market that has been overheated by record high commodity prices and merger mania, but Don Poirier, an analyst with Blackmont Capital who has followed the junior side since…
Iamgold bids for Cambior (September 25, 2006)
A friendly deal between Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N, IGD-A) and Cambior (CBJ-T, CBJ-X) would see Iamgold take over the Montreal-based gold miner in a paper deal valued at $1.3 billion to form a gold company…