Metals gain in firming market
An end-of-week rally saved the Toronto stock market from posting a loss during the reporting period Nov. 8-14. A broad-based recovery brought the TSX Composite Index back to 10,684.72, for a net gain…
2005
Royal to bankroll Taranis
Fresh from financing
Crowflight thinks it’s got new tonnage (November 21, 2005)
Drilling this summer and fall on the Bucko nickel deposit, near Wabowden in northern Manitoba, will allow
Glencairn tames wildcat action (November 18, 2005)
Operations at the Limon gold mine in Nicaragua are up and running again after owner Glencairn Gold (GGG-T, GLE-X) r…
Northern Peru Copper drills hot hole at Galeno (November 18, 2005)
Vancouver – Continuing its trend of pulling long mineralized intersections, Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O) d…
Battle for Orphan Boy continues
Vancouver — A legal battle for control of Orphan Boy Resources (ORS-V) is set for another round even after the Sup…
Barrick settles lawsuits, wins apology (November 18, 2005)
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) and New Orleans-based coin and bullion dealer Blanchard & Co., and Herbert Davies, have…
YGC boosts Ketza gold resource (November 17, 2005)
Vancouver – An extensive summer drill program by YGC Resources (YGC-T, YGCFF-O) on its Ketza River project, in the …
Ridge Mining to build Blue Ridge project
Variations to the proposed mining method and better terms on concentrate sales have moved the Blue Ridge platinum p…
Phelps Dodge sells some downstream assets
In two separate transactions, copper producer Phelps Dodge (PD-N) is selling all its specialty-chemicals business a…
Sparton explores Yunnan’s Luxi gold belt
Two years of successful grassroots exploration by Sparton Resources (SRI-V) of the Luxi gold belt in China’s Yunnan…
Hamlin showing grows with drilling (November 16, 2005)
A copper-gold showing in the Shebandowan volcanic belt west of Thunder Bay is proving to be a long zone of minerali…