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Shares of White Star Copper Mines (CDN) broke through the $1 mark in active trading on growing speculative interest in the current drilling being carried out by Falconbridge on the company’s small but…

New partners Piedmont Mining (NASDAQ) and Amax Gold (NYSE) recently signed a definitive joint venture agreement for the Haile property near Kershaw, S.C. Amax announced the purchase of a 67.5% interes…

With a wary eye on the environmentalists, quite a few gold mining companies are making a big to-do about recovering gold without cyanide. In this day and age, being “chemically correct” is highly desi…

Low-cost gold producer Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) increased first-half output to 236,600 oz. from its two operating mines. Production at the Golden Giant mine at the Hemlo camp in northern Ontario totalle…

Although it was staked 65 years ago, the Lightning gold zone in northeastern Ontario was only discovered in 1984. Now, after a protracted session of haggling over ownership interests, the property’s s…

A new management team at Goldstack Resources (VSE) is hoping it will be able to follow up on favorable drilling results from its Yellowhammer copper-oxide property on the Utah-Nevada border. Encouragi…

Western markets remained relatively quiet during the holiday-shortened week ended Aug. 4, with the Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index gaining 1.91 points to finish at the 580 level and the resou…

Swannell Minerals Corp. – 2,250,000 shs offered @ 40 cents per sh. Chase Res. Corp. – 1,300,000 units offered @ $2.50 per unit. Stormin Res. Inc. – 1,500,000 shs offered, price to be announced.

BGR Central Net Value $8.55 $5.08 Price $7.50 $4.85 Discount 12.26% 4.50% Value $50,888,000 $81,597,855…

Redwood Resources Inc. (RDW:VSE) has changed its name to Trooper Explorations Ltd. (TPP:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Montreal Trust.

Startup troubles at the Tuina copper mine in northern Chile, which went into operation in March, have been rectified, International Mahogany (TSE) reports. Direct operating costs at the project, which…

Commercial production at the Castle Mountain gold mine in eastern California was established in early April of this year, just six weeks after startup. It was good news for operator and 75% owner Vice…