Placer Dome Inc

Vancouver — A disgruntled major shareholder in Arizona Star (AZS-T) is trying to wrestle control of the junior miner away from its affiliate, Bema Gold (BGO-T), through a heated proxy battle that was to have…

Vancouver – A disgruntled Arizona Star (AZS-T) shareholder is trying to wrestle control of the junior company away…

Vancouver — Placer Dome (PDG-T) is strengthening its bank balance through its largest-ever underwritten equity offering.

Vancouver — Exploration spending in the U.S. has been in sharp decline for most of the past decade, falling 66% to below US$150 million in 2002 from 1997 levels, with a 77% drop in new claims over the same period. Weak metal prices and relentless…

Vancouver — Thanks to sliding-scale royalties tied to the price of bullion, Royal Gold (RGL-T) nearly doubled earnings in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2005, compared with the first quarter of 2004.

Vancouver — Riverstone Resources (RVS-V) has added to its property holdings in Burkina Faso by optioning the Liguidi Malguem gold project.

Vancouver — Vannessa Ventures (VVV-V) has registered a Request for Arbitration against the government of Venezuela through the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), part of the World Bank Group. Th…

The following insider trading transactions were recently reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in the OSC Bulletin:…