2005

Sherritt International and its partners at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan are offering a recapitalization plan to financially troubled steelmaker Stelco (S-T) , currently in bankruptcy p…

Vancouver — Revitalized copper and gold prices have prompted Petaquilla Minerals (PTQ-T) to reactivate its namesake copper-gold porphyry project in central Panama.

Junior mining stocks held their own over the shortened trading period Dec. 22-24, before the holiday season kicked in. The TSX Venture Exchange index saw an increase of 44.76 points, or 2.5%, to 1781.44 from the beginning of the trading period.

The following insider trading transactions were reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in recent editions of the OSC Bulletin:…

Settling Placentia when Toronto was trees, Basque fishermen described it as insulace corte realis, or “harbour within a womb of hills.” The depiction was apt. More than 100 years later, in the early 1600s, France and England fought for control of…

Vancouver — The Lion Kimberlite Dykes project in eastern Sierra Leone is expected to start producing in 2005, following a joint-venture agreement between Australian-listed diamond miner Crown Diamonds and U.K.-based Ma…

Following nearly 7,000 metres worth of drilling in 24 holes, partners Richmont Mines (RIC-T) and Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) have tabled an inferred resource figure for their Valentine Lake property, 55 km…