Deal reached at Voisey’s Bay
Inco (N-T) and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador have entered into a non-binding statement of principles fo…
2002
Renard 2 yields more diamonds
Vancouver – A 2.44-tonne sample collected from the Renard 2 kimberlite pipe in the Otish Mountains region of Quebe…
Cyanide spilled at Denton-Rawhide
Vancouver – The failure of a weld on a pipeline resulted in 40,000 gallons of dilute cyanide process solution to be…
BHP Billiton’s Turquoise Hill rights expire
BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) back-in rights for a 40% stake in Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T) Turquoise Hill project in southern…
Trading Summary (June 10, 2002)
The gold issues plummeted nearly 8% on Monday leading the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX Composite Index 17.86 po…
Kinross, Echo Bay and TVX plan three-way merger
Joining the mining sector’s consolidation parade, Kinross Gold (K-T), Echo Bay Mines (ECO-T) and TVX Gold (TVX-T) h…
Hecla joins Great Basin at Ivanhoe (June 10, 2002)
Vancouver — Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based Hecla Mining (HL-N) has teamed up with Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) to advance…
Red Emerald moves to scoping study
Vancouver — With the latest round of drilling confirming the gold mineralization previously cut in the Discovery z…
Twin headed back to Atlanta
With gold prices remaining above US$300 per oz., Twin Mining (TWG-T) plans on revisiting its roots and revitalizing…
Stratoni may need a new study
The Conseil d’tat, Greece’s supreme administrative court, says that TVX Gold (TVX-T) may or may not need to comple…
Seabridge builds up fringe gold projects
Some gold companies become marginal plays, and others have that status thrust upon them; the unusual thing about Seabridge Resources (SEA-V) is that it was born a marginal play, and by design.Founded …
Juniors eye precious metals in Argentina
Argentina’s recent financial woes have not deterred two juniors from inking separate deals to explore for precious metals there.Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) has purchased a 43% interest in the Pi…