Chilean copper producer buys controlling stake in Explorator Chile
Vancouver – Explorator Resources (EXO-V) is selling a 51% stake in its Chilean subsidiary, Explorator Chile, to int…
Gold
BacTech buys interest in PNG deposits
BacTech Mining (BM-V) is in the process of buying a 33% interest in two gold deposits in Papua New Guinea from Yama…
Centamin to raise at least $60M
Vancouver – The Pharaohs would be envious. Centamin Egypt (CEE-T, CEY-L) is raising $60 million for its 9 mil…
Positive pre-feasibility for Golden Band’s La Ronge
Vancouver – Golden Band Resources (GBN-V) has taken another step towards production with a positive pre-feasib…
GFMS: gold’s long-term fundamentals still strong
Probably the most encouraging news for miners in mid-January came out of GFMS’s newly tabled supply and demand stat…
Rusoro extends deadline for Gold Reserve offer
Less than 3% of Gold Reserve’s (GRZ-T) shares have been tendered so far in Rusoro Mining’s (RML-V) hostile takeover…
More gold for Osisko
With a feasibility study and a 6.3 million oz. reserve already done on its main orebody Osisko Mining (OSK-T) wants…
Regent takes reins at Barrick
It is not every day that the world’s largest gold company changes leaders at the helm, but such a rare day occurr…
Andina Riding High At Volcan
SITE VISIT COPIAPO, CHILE — Using its US$19 million in working capital, Andina Minerals (ADM-V, ADMNF-O) is moving forward on its advanced Volcan gold-sulphur exploration project here, high in the…
Commentary: Commodity Prices To Bottom In 2009: Banks
While TD Bank sees the commodities market starting to rebound in the second half of 2009, followed by more pronounced price increases in 2010, the World Bank believes that, over the long term, commodi…
Woodjam Shaping Up For Fjordland And Cariboo
VANCOUVER — Drill intercepts showing long intervals with consistent grades of copper, molybdenum and gold on the Woodjam property, 50 km east of Williams Lake, B. C., buoyed the share prices of 60/40…
Fronteer Readies Long Canyon Resource
Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-X) has released some strong grades from recent drilling on its 51%-owned Long Canyon gold project, in Elko Cty., Nev., that will be included in an initial resour…