Shares of Yukon Zinc tumble after feasibility study for Wolverine
Vancouver – A newly completed feasibility study has concluded that the Wolverine deposit owned by Yukon Zinc (YZC-…
Gold
Dolores gets environmental nod
Approval of the environmental impact statement for the Dolores gold-silver project in Mexico pushed shares in Vanco…
Queenstake cuts Jerritt Canyon high-grade (May 08, 2006)
Vancouver – Underground drilling by mid-tier gold producer Queenstake Resources (QRL-T, QEE-X) at its Jerritt Canyo…
Randgold’s first quarter profits down
While generating more profit from its mining operations, rising costs and lower production meant a decrease in net …
Coeur basks in record Q1 profits
Vancouver – A 31% increase in silver production helped Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) post net earnings of US$…
Strike looms over Yanacocha (May 08, 2006)
Roughly two weeks after a group of workers at Latin America’s biggest mine returned to work, miners at Peru’s Yanacocha gold mine are threatening to walk off the site again….
Continental to take over Great China (May 08, 2006)
A friendly deal to take over Great China Mining (GCHA-O) will see Hunter-Dickinson company Continental Minerals (KMK-V, KMKCF-O) trade one of its shares for 8.7843 Great China shares. The bid, under w…
Midway tables preliminary Spring Valley number (May 08, 2006)
AMEC E&C Services has pinned down a preliminary resource estimate for Midway Gold’s (MDW-V, MDWGF-O) developing Spring Valley project, in Pershing Cty., Nev….
Mosquito finds mutiple metals at Pine Tree
Vancouver — Drilling by Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines (MSQ-V, MQCMF-O) on its Pine Tree project, in central Nevada, has turned up wide, multi-element mineralized intercepts….
Eldorado bleeds US$7.5 million in Q1
Vancouver – During its transition phase of winding down one mine and bringing two others into production, Eldorado …
South Deep skip plunges 1.6 km
An investigation is underway at the South Deep underground gold mine in South Africa, after a loaded skip broke fre…
AngloGold loses revenue despite higher gold price
Despite the average price of gold being 14% higher for the first quarter than it was for the fourth quarter of 2005…