NovaGold Resources has new plan of attack for Galore Creek mine
After halting construction of its Galore Creek copper and gold mine in British Columbia last November when estimate…
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Inmet and Petaquilla make nice
Inmet Mining has moved closer to its (IMN-T, IEMMF-O) dream of taking Petaquilla Copper (PTC-T, PTQLF-O) out of the picture at the Petaquilla copper project in Panama, by boosting its bid for the juni…
Editorial: Conflicts and confusion
While the crash in junior mining stocks started to level off during the week ended Aug. 30, the 35th trading week of 2008, there remained quite a few open-ended, confusing situations for miners and th…
NovaGold sells Ambler; mulls future asset sales
Now that troubled NovaGold Resources (NG-T) has found a buyer for the last of its non-core assets, the company says…
PC Gold looks to set Pickle Crow back in flight (August 30, 2008)
It’s not often a junior gets its hands on a former gold mine that was a “money machine” in its day and still contai…
Taca Taca cha-cha: Rio returns option to Lumina (August 26, 2008)
Vancouver – After drilling six holes Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) has passed the buck again on Taca Taca, giving its op…
Inmet and Petaquilla Copper make nice
Inmet Mining’s (IMN-T) dream of taking Petaquilla Copper (PTC-T) out of the picture and thereby clearing its path t…
NovaGold sees class action over Galore Creek
A class action lawsuit has been filed against NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-N) claiming the company and certain officers issued false and misleading statements about the costs, progress and viability o…
Shareholder files class action against NovaGold over Galore Creek
A class action lawsuit has been filed against NovaGold Resources (NG-T) that claims the company issued false and mi…
Largo bets on hunger for Yukon tungsten
SITE VISIT TESLIN, YUKON–“If China’s hoarding their tungsten, where does Japan go?” Tim Mann, Largo Resources’ (LGO-V, LGORF-O) vice-president of engineering, asks a small gathering of drillers, geotechs and media…
Teck and Xstrata close Lennard Shelf mine
Teck Cominco (TCK. B-T, TCK-N) and Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) are closing the Lennard Shelf Pillara zinc-lead mine in Western Australia, because it is no longer economic.
Teck to buy Fording for US$14.1B
In a move that will give it added exposure to rising metallurgical coal prices, Teck Cominco (TCK. B-T, TCK-N) has made a friendly US$14.1- billion bid for Fording Canadian Coal Trust (FDG. UN-T, FDG-…