Centerra fighting to set the right example with Boroo (September 22, 2006)
When looking at the economics of Centerra Gold’s (CG-T) Boroo gold mine in Mongolia, it’s hard to find much to quib…
Gold
Rubicon arranges financing for African spin-off vehicle
Vancouver – A newly arranged financing agreement paves the way for Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X) to proceed with…
Western Goldfields aims to fire up Mesquite
Vancouver – A 70,000-foot drill program launched by Western Goldfields (WGI-T, WGDF-0) is aimed at expanding the r…
AngloGold cements new Russian alliance (September 21, 2006)
AngloGold Ashanti (AU-N, AGD-L, ANANO-J) has concluded a deal with Russian gold producer Polymetal for a strategic …
Canadian Shield ups stake in Peruvian copper and gold properties
Canadian Shield Resources (CSP-V) has increased its stake in Gallant Minerals Peru – which holds four gold and cop…
Jinshan gets green light to advance Dadiangou
Vancouver – A newly received business license has allowed Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-V) to begin delineation drilling…
Canarc intersects high-grade at New Polaris (September 19, 2006)
Vancouver – Drilling by Canarc Resource (CCM-T, CRCUF-O) at its New Polaris project in northwestern British Columbi…
Great Panther receives resource estimate for KM66
Vancouver – A newly released resource estimate of 22.3 million silver-equivalent oz. has prompted Great Panther Re…
St. Andrew buys Holloway assets from Newmont
St. Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T, SASXF-O) has agreed to buy subsidiary Holloway Mining from Newmont Mining (NEM-N, NMC…
Drilling enhances Lookout zone at Niblack property
Vancouver – Recent drilling by Niblack Mining (NIB-V) has intersected 14.94 metres grading 4.68 grams gold and 126…
Wesdome reopens Kiena
Val d’Or, Que. — The celebrations marking the official reopening of the Kiena underground gold mine on Aug. 18 were particularly sweet for Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO-T, WDOFF-O), coming as they did afte…
Gold Fields to buy Barrick’s Deep stake
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) is selling its half interest in the South Deep gold mine in South Africa to Gold Fields (GFI-N) for nearly US$1.53 billion….