La Fortuna resource firmed up (April 18, 2005)
Joint venture partners Metallica Resources (MR-T) and Noranda Chile have intersected significant copper and gold at…
Gold
Two new silver zones at Pitarilla
Vancouver – Two new mineralized zones at Silver Standard’s (SSO-T) Pitarilla project are likely to boost the silver…
Alto drilling expands Despinassy gold zone
Vancouver – Drilling by Alto Ventures (ATV-V) continues to expand its Despinassy gold project located 75 km northea…
Friends go to court (April 15, 2005)
Unresolved differences in interpretation between Hecla Mining (HL-N) and Great Basin Gold (GBG-T), over provisions …
South African government issues mining-related directive
The South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry has directed South African miners DRDGOLD (DROOY-N), Har…
Aurizon sells Sleeping Giant stake to Cambior
Cambior (CBJ-T) is buying the half interest it doesn’t already own in the Sleeping Giant gold mine in northwestern …
Bema increases loan for Kupol
Vancouver – Bema Gold (BGO-V) and Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG have agreed to increase the US$60 million brid…
American Bonanza drills test Copperstone (April 14, 2005)
Underground drilling by American Bonanza Gold (BZA-T) is testing the D zone as part of a broad effort to upgrade kn…
Mirabel adopts Russian Kid (April 13, 2005)
Mirabel Resources (RMB-V) will take over ownership of the Russian Kid gold deposit in northwestern Quebec, in a dea…
El Sauzal delivers for Glamis (April 13, 2005)
Dusting itself off after its failed hostile takeover of Goldcorp (G-T), Glamis Gold (GLG-T) has rebounded with a re…
Cambior production, shares higher
Improved mill throughput at the Rosebel mine in Suriname helped Cambior (CBJ-T) boost its first-quarter gold produc…
Eldorado goes to Vila Nova
A deal with Brazilian company Minerazao Amapari will give Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) an option to earn 84% of the Vila N…