2005

Vancouver — Developing mines in the remote Central Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is an expensive proposition, even for a major company, so it’s no surprise Madison Minerals (…

Vancouver — Expensing of stock options put Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T) into the red last year by $1.5 million (or 3 a share), though that’s still an improvement over 2003, w…

The Toronto Stock Exchange surrendered some of its early gains to end the April 5-11 report period 24.65 points better at 9,643.72. The gold index performed similarly, edging 0.69 of point higher to 1…

Sumitomo Metal Mining and Mitsui have forked over US$150 million for a 21% interest in Inco‘s (N-T) US$1.9-billion Goro nickel-laterite project…

A merger deal between Candor Ventures and Nustar Resources is complete now that the TSX Venture Exchange has approved the issuance of shares under the merger plan…

Construction of the Jericho diamond mine in Nunavut is under way now that Tahera Diamond (TAH-T) has assembled all the pieces for the project….

Vancouver — Drilling by Tenke Mining (TNK-T) at the El Bagual gold-silver property in southern Argentina has returned high grades….

Vancouver — Armed with almost $15 million in cash and cash equivalents, Viceroy Exploration (VYE-V) aims to bring its Gualcamayo gold project in Argentina to the feasibility stage….

Anvil Mining (AVM-T) is revising development plans at the Kulumaziba copper tailings project in the Democratic Republic of Congo after determining the resource is larger than previo…