Shareholders OK merger
Minority shareholders of Cominco (CLT-T) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the company’s planned merger with parent Teck (TEK-T), and the British Columbia Supreme Court has approved the merger’s …
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Placer Dome shuffles off Las Cristinas to Vannessa
While gold prices sat in a listless, US$265-per-oz. funk during the July 11-17 report period, there was a flurry of news from Canada’s biggest gold miners.Placer Dome announced an eleventh-hour deal t…
Barrick at work in Alaska
Vancouver — Mining titan Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has kicked off a $600,000 exploration program on the California and Surf properties, held jointly by Rimfire Minerals (RFM-V) and Western Keltic Mines…
Teck, Mansfield persevere at Rio Grande
Vancouver-based junior Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V) is encouraged by results from the first round of drilling on the Rio Grande iron oxide-copper-gold prospect in northwestern Argentina. The program has…
Rio Grande shows copper
Vancouver-based junior Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V) is encouraged by results from the first round of drilling on the Rio Grande iron oxide-copper-gold prospect in northwestern Argentina. The program has…
More gold at Intidougou
Drilling by Orezone Resources (ORZ-T) and its Australian partner, Delta Gold, has intersected more near-surface gold at the Intidougou project in Burkina Faso.The partners sank 15 reverse-circulation…
Teck eyes Kantela, Shea
Teck (TEK-T) is funding an exploration program at Orezone Resources’ (ORZ-T) Kantela gold property in Mali.The major can earn 60% interests in the Kantela and Shea gold properties (the latter is in Gh…
Cambior finally back on even keel
It’s been a turbulent year and half, but Cambior (CBJ-T) seems finally to have settled into a familiar pattern of gold production and respectable quarterly reports.Gold production attributable to the …
Major funds search for PGMs
Teck (TEK-T) has completed a $250,000 flow-through financing in each of East West Resource (EWR-V) and Canadian Golden Dragon Resources (CGG-V) and reached a deal with the pair to explore eight…
Teck resumes drilling at White Silver Mountain
A district-wide exploration program completed last year has produced followup targets for Teck (TEK-T) and Minco Mining & Metals (MMM-T) at the White Silver Mountain project in Gansu province, China.T…
San Miguel yields high zinc values in soils
Soil sampling on the wholly owned San Miguel property in central Mexico’s San Luis Potosi state is returning exceptionally strong base metal values for Playfair Mining (PLY-V).All but one of 25 soil s…
Teck, Cominco to form mining giant
Vancouver — It seemed an odd pairing in 1986 when lean, entrepreneurial Teck (TEK-T) bought its initial stake in top-heavy, debt-ridden Cominco (CLT-T).Not anymore.Having shared management and corpor…