Never at Wits’ end
South Africa’s Witwatersrand basin never seems to run out of gold; you might even say it’s never at Wits’ end.
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Northern Dynasty’s Pebble East keeps on growing
An updated resource estimate for Pebble East confirms the claims of Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-T, NAK-X) that i…
Tanzanian Royalty zeroes in on Kigosi
Gold exploration in Tanzania is about to get a shot in the arm as Tanzanian Royalty Exploration (TNX-T, TRE-X) of Surrey, B.C., gears up for a $6-million drilling program aimed at its Kigosi property …
Northern Energy & Mining reports strong finances
NEMI Northern Energy & Mining (NNE.A-T, NNEMF-O) is in a relatively strong financial position with working capital of $9.7 million and no long-term debt, according to recent financial statements, …
Extract joins uranium stampede in Namibia
SITE VISIT Swakopmund, Namibia — The high-pitched wail from the handheld spectrometer intensifies as the geologist creeps across the dry, rocky terrain of Extract Resources’ (EXT-T, EXT-A) Husab uranium project…
Anglo American CEO sees ‘solid’ metals outlook in ’08
Beijing, China–In her keynote speech at the recent China Mining Conference here, Anglo American (AAUK-Q, AAL-L) chief executive Cynthia Carroll highlighted key trends — and concerns — in the mining…
Resource security high on China’s agenda
As the world’s largest consumer of mineral raw materials, it’s no surprise that China’s mining companies are following their international peers and starting to hunt for resources overseas.
Anglo American CEO speaks at China Mining Conference
In her keynote speech at this month’s China Mining Conference in Beijing, Cynthia Carroll, chief executive of Anglo…
Ironing out possible mega merger
Spurned by the board of Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) in a friendly approach, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L, BHP-A) has made its proposal for a US$138-billion all-share bid public in an attempt to brin…
Los Andes studies Las Vizcachitas
SITE VISIT Santiago, Chile — Vancouver-based Los Andes Copper (LA-V, LSANF-O) plans to begin a prefeasibility study at its Las Vizcachitas copper project in central Chile by the middle of…
Clash of the titans: Rio Tinto rebuffs informal BHP bid
In response to rampant market rumours, BHP Billiton (BHP-N) is admitting today that it has been approaching Rio Tin…
Pebble keeps proving itself (October 15, 2007)
Vancouver — Pebble project owners Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) and Anglo American (AAUK-Q, AAL-L) are hitting lengthy, high-grade copper-gold-molybdenum intercepts at Pebble East.