2004

The College of Eastern Utah has dropped its mining program after 30 years, owing to declining enrolment and state legislature-inflicted budget restrictions.

McWatters Mining (MWA-T) has agreed to sell a portion of its Kiena mine royalties to Wesdome Gold Mines (WDG-V) for $700,000.

The TSX Venture Exchange moved sideways during the reporting period March 24-30, with the composite index up 6.2 points at 1,860.36.

Ongoing drilling by Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) at the Boka gold project in southern China has returned encouraging assay results.

The Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury has levied a $375,000 fine against Inco (N-T) nearly three years after the death of Gordon Heffern at the Copper Cliff nickel refinery.

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Drilling by First Narrows Resources (UNO-V) has intersected encouraging gold mineralization at the Golden Ridge property in southern New Brunswick.

Russian miner Norilsk Nickel has bought Anglo American‘s (AAUK-Q) 20% stake in South African-based Gold Fields (gfi-n) for US$1.16 billion in cash.

After the great shakeout of the late 1990s, consolidation became a bit of a mantra among executives in the gold industry. There were really too many gold companies, the story went, and some merger and acquisition activity would tighten up that loo…

A prototype of the world’s first remotely operated “keyhole” underground mining and dredging system will be built later this year in an attempt to exploit precious metals deposits in water-logged, sandy environments such as river beds and undergro…

Akrokeri-Ashanti (AKR-V) has placed its 85%-owned subsidiary, Bonte Gold Mines, into liquidation in Ghana.

Vancouver — Grandcru Resources (GR-V) can earn up to a 70% interest in Atna Resources‘ (ATN-T) Clover gold project in Elko Cty., Nev.