Aurizon lines up $75 million for Casa Berardi mine
Vancouver – Financing for completion and start-up of Aurizon Mines’ (ARZ-T, AZK-X) Casa Berardi gold mine, located …
2005
Royal Gold buying royalties from Kennecott
Vancouver – Royal Gold (RGL-T, RGLD-Q) is expanding its portfolio by purchasing a pair of royalties from Rio Tinto …
Eldorado boosts resources at Tanjianshan
Vancouver With results in hand from the 2005 drill program, Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has reported increased m…
Narrow high-grade hits at Hamelin (December 22, 2005)
Four early-stage drill holes at the Hamelin zone in Vassan Twp., northwest of Val d’Or, Que., have intersected high…
EuroZinc adopting poison pill
Vancouver – Conscious of the industry consolidation trend, EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) has tabled a shareholder’…
Billion dollar Christmas bonus
With investors less than eager to tender to its original takeover offer, Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has stuffed a …
Silver Wheaton tops up treasury (December 22, 2005)
Vancouver – Silver Wheaton’s (SLW-T, SLW-X) planned $80-million bought deal equity financing was boosted yet again,…
Imperial outlines new zones at Mount Polley
Vancouver Several new copper-gold targets have been identified by Imperial Metals (III-T) at the producing Mount …
McEwen adds Minera Andes to his roster
Vancouver – Minera Andes (MAI-V) is the latest junior explorer to fall into the sights of Robert McEwen, who is inv…
Chinese interests to fund Petaquilla development
Inmet Mining (IMN-T) and Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B-T, TCKBF-O) would be bought out of their interests in the Petaquill…
Cream confirms gold-silver zone at Nuevo Milenio
Vancouver Recent prospecting, mapping and sampling have given Cream Minerals (CMA-V) increased confidence about t…
Partners test Moore Lake (December 21, 2005)
The last batch of holes from a summer drilling campaign on the Moore Lake uranium project in Saskatchewan contains …