Newmont Drops Matrix
Vancouver — After spending US$2.2 million on exploration over three years, Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) has terminated an option to earn up to a 70% interest in the Matrix gold project west of Arvia…
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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…
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…
New World cuts higher grades at Lipea
Vancouver – The second and third holes by New World Resource (NW-V, MWFFF-O) at its Lipea project in southwestern …
Goldcorp, Glamis to merge
Vancouver — The latest in a series of mega-mining mergers sees Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) looking to boost its ranking amongst the world’s top gold companies through an agreement to merge with mid-tier pro…
Goldcorp and Glamis table merger plans
Vancouver – The latest in a series of mega-mining-mergers sees Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) looking to boost its ranking am…
Boddington gets the green light
On care and maintenance since the last of the oxide reserves were mined out at the end of 2001, the Boddington gold mine in Australia received the go-ahead earlier this year for a US$1.35-US$1.5 billi…
Newmont’s Uzbek joint venture declared bankrupt
The Uzbek Navoi Economic Court has imposed “supervisory measures” and installed a temporary administrator as part o…
Editorial: Golden era unfolding
With second-quarter results rolling in from the big gold miners, we’re seeing a refreshing and long-anticipated new…
Queenstake ekes out a profit in Q2
Vancouver – For the first time since acquiring the Jerritt Canyon mining complex in mid-2003, Queenstake Resources …
New World drills wide intercept at Lipea (August 14, 2006)
Vancouver — Initial drilling by New World Resource (NW-V, NWFFF-O) on its Lipea project in southwestern Bolivia has returned a wide intercept of copper, gold and silver mineralization….
Newmont sees strong earnings in Q2
Vancouver — Shares of Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) slipped almost 5% the same day it announced earnings of US$161 million (36 per share) in its latest second quarter, up 83% from last year’s corres…